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Squirrels and smallmouth bass help make Missouri a great place to hunt and fish.
JEFFERSON CITY–Anglers
generally are as disinterested in the opening dates for hunting seasons
as hunters are in fishing-season dates, but
the fourth Saturday in May is a red-letter day for both groups. That is
opening day for squirrel hunting season and catch-and-keep fishing for
black bass in Ozark streams.
Hunters may pursue gray and fox squirrels from May 26 through Feb. 15,
2013, with rifles, shotguns or archery equipment. The aggregate bag
limit is 10 squirrels and the possession limit is 20.
“Aggregate” means hunters may harvest any combination of fox and gray
squirrels so long as they do not exceed 10 squirrels total in one day.
If hunters bag a daily limit two days in a row, they will have a
possession limit of 20 squirrels. After that, they
must eat or give away some squirrels before going hunting again in
order to stay within the possession limit.
Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, known collectively as black
bass, may be caught and possessed year ‘round from impoundments and
areas other than the Ozarks. These other areas are defined as the
Mississippi river, all waters north of the south bank
of the Missouri River, the St. Francis River downstream from Wappapello
Dam and streams in that portion of southeast Missouri bounded by a line
from Cape Girardeau following Missouri highways 74 and 25, U.S.
highways 60, 67 and 160, and the west bank of the
Little Black River to the Arkansas state line.
The daily limit on black bass in most of the state’s waters is six, with a possession limit of 12. However, many lakes and streams are subject to special daily and length limits. These are listed in the 2012 Summary of Missouri Fishing Regulations. The booklet is available from permit vendors, Missouri Department of Conservation offices and online at mdc.mo.gov/node/6108. The 2012 Summary of Missouri Hunting and Trapping Regulations is available at mdc.mo.gov/node/3657.
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