3 CSR 10-12.130: Fishing, General Provisions and Seasons

Purpose

This rule establishes where and when fishing is allowed on areas under management agreement with the department.

Summary:

This amendment adds North Central Missouri College (Barton Campus Pond) to this section.

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Chapter 12—Wildlife Code: Special Regulations for Areas Owned by Other Entities

Proposed Amendment

(3) 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 areas or individually named lakes:

(C) North Central Missouri College (Barton Campus Pond); 

[(C)](D) St. Louis County (Suson Rearing Pond); and 

[(D)](E) St. Louis (Forest Park–Bullfrog Lake, Catfish Cove, Cypress Lake, Fish Tail Lake). 

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-4.116. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed February 4, 2026.

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

PRIVATE 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.

Official public comment period: March 17, 2026 to April 15, 2026