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Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATIONDivision 10 - Conservation Commission
Chapter 6 - Wildlife Code: Sport Fishing: Seasons, Methods, Limits
Section 3 CSR 10-6.540 - Walleye and Sauger

Mo. Code Regs. tit. 3 § 10-6.540

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Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 24, December 16, 2024
Section 3 CSR 10-6.540 - Walleye and Sauger

PURPOSE: This rule establishes seasons, methods and limits for taking walleye and sauger.

(1) Daily Limit: Four (4) in the aggregate, except on the Mississippi River, the daily and possession limit is eight (8).
(2) Methods: Pole and line, trotline, throw-line, limb line, bank line or jug line.
(3) Seasons: Throughout the year, except that from February 20 through April 14 walleye and sauger may be taken and possessed only between one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset in the Swan Creek Arm of Bull Shoals Lake above Highway 160 and in the unimpounded portions of all streams except the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Walleye and sauger may not be possessed on waters or banks thereof during closed seasons or closed hours.
(4) Length Limits: All walleye and sauger less than fifteen inches (15") in total length must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught, except:
(A) All walleye and sauger less than eighteen inches (18") in total length must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught from Bull Shoals Lake and its tributaries, Current River and its tributaries, Eleven Point River and its tributaries, Long Branch Lake, Norfork Lake and its tributaries, Table Rock Lake and Wappapello Lake and its tributaries including the St. Francis River and its tributaries above Wappapello Dam.
(B) On the Mississippi River, there is no length limit on walleye and sauger.

3 CSR 10-6.540

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. I V, Mo. Const. Original rule filed June 13, 1994, effective Jan. 1, 1995. Amended: Filed May 30, 1995, effective Jan. 1, 1996. Amended: Filed April 25, 1996, effective March 1, 1997. Amended: Filed May 10, 1999, effective March 1, 2000. Amended: Filed May 9, 2002, effective March 1, 2003. Amended: Filed Oct. 2, 2006, effective Feb. 28, 2007. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective April 30, 2009.