3 CSR 10-11.205: Fishing, Methods and Hours

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Purpose

This rule establishes provisions for fishing methods and hours of restricted public use on department areas.

Summary:

This amendment adds Three Creeks Conservation Area (Waters-Russell Unit) to the list of department areas where fishing is restricted to authorized educational groups and fish must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught, except by holders of a special use permit.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter 11—Wildlife Code: Special Regulations for Department Areas

Proposed Amendment

(2) Fishing is permitted only by reservation by educational groups, and fish must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught, except as provided by special use permit on the following department areas or individually named lakes: 

  (A) Bass Pond, Catfish Pond, Hybrid Pond (Bellefontaine Conservation Area);

  (B) Belladonna Pond (Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery); 

  (C) Bois D’Arc Conservation Area Aquatic Education Pond;

  (D) Bray Pond (Bray (Marguerite) Conservation Area);

  (E) Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area Aquatic Education Pond;

  (F) Lost Valley Fish Hatchery;

  (G) Mule Camp Pond (Twin Pines Conservation Education Center);

  (H) Prairie Fork Conservation Area;

  (I) Sunfish Lake (Hartell (Ronald and Maude) Conservation Area);

  (J) Three Creeks Conservation Area (Waters-Russell Unit); and

  [(J)]K Woods (Walter) Conservation Area Aquatic Education Pond.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule was previously filed as 3 CSR 10- 4.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed February 7, 2025.

PUBLIC COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

Comment on this proposed regulation
Official public comment period: March 18, 2025 to April 16, 2025
Published in the Missouri Register on March 17, 2025 -- Volume 50 Number 6