PURPOSE: This amendment removes St. Louis (Hyde Park Lake) and St. Louis (North Riverfront Park Lake)from these subsections.
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Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission
Chapter 12—Wildlife Code: Special Regulations for Areas Owned by Other Entities
Proposed Amendment
Proposed Amendment
(2) The daily limit for black bass is two (2) on the following lakes:
(CC) St. Louis (Benton Park Lake, Boathouse Lake, Fairgrounds Park Lake, Horseshoe Lake, [Hyde Park Lake,] Jefferson Lake, Lafayette Park Lake, [North Riverfront Park Lake,] O’Fallon Park Lake, North Lake, South Lake);
(5) The daily limit for crappie is fifteen (15) on the following lakes:
(G) St. Louis (Benton Park Lake, Boathouse Lake, Fairgrounds Park Lake, Horseshoe Lake, [Hyde Park Lake,] Jefferson Lake, Lafayette Park Lake, [North Riverfront Park Lake,] O’Fallon Park Lake, North Lake, South Lake);
(8) The daily limit for fish other than those species listed as endangered in 3 CSR 10-4.111 or defined as game fish is twenty (20) in the aggregate, except on the following lakes where the daily limit is ten (10) in the aggregate, and except for those fish included in section (7) of this rule:
(N) St. Louis (Benton Park Lake, Boathouse Lake, Fairgrounds Park Lake, Horseshoe Lake, [Hyde Park Lake,] Jefferson Lake, Lafayette Park Lake, [North Riverfront Park Lake,] O’Fallon Park Lake, North Lake, South 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 October 3, 2025.
PUBLIC ENTITY 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.