Changing Times

[Gatorjet]

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Not doing my homework like I normally do, I didn't know the lake size limit was 12" for bass.  I was pretty confident in my pre-fishing adventures, as I had caught at least 4 keepers "over 15" each time out. With the 12" limit I couldn't begin to tell you how many 12" + fish I caught each outing.  

Is there even a 12" length limit in the state regulations?

[Phil Lilley]

No there's not.  There's no length limit on Taney for bass.  Number limit is the same.

[Phil Lilley]

http://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/3csr/3c10-6.pdf

 

(B) Impoundments: No length limits,

except:

1. All black bass less than fifteen inches

(15") in total length must be returned to the

water unharmed immediately after being

caught from Blue Springs Lake, Long Branch

Lake, Longview Lake, Mark Twain Lake,

Smithville Lake, Stockton Lake, Table Rock

Lake, or Thomas Hill Lake.

2. All black bass less than thirteen inch-

es (13") in total length must be returned to

the water unharmed immediately after being

caught from Pomme de Terre Lake.

3. All black bass less than twelve inches

(12") in total length must be returned to the

water unharmed immediately after being

caught from the Clarence Cannon Reregula-

tion Pool (below Mark Twain Lake dam).

4. All largemouth bass and smallmouth

bass less than fifteen inches (15") and all

spotted (Kentucky) bass less than twelve

inches (12") in total length must be returned

to the water unharmed immediately after

being caught from Bull Shoals Lake, Lake of

the Ozarks, Norfork Lake, or Truman Lake.

5. All black bass less than eighteen inch-

es (18") in total length must be returned to

the water unharmed immediately after being

caught from Montrose Lake

[Old plug]

Sounds to me like you horsed that fish. 

[Ketchup]

Thanks for the info guys. My lack of Taney knowledge is showing. So you mean to tell me that I could have weighed in 5 or those 9" bass I caught?  Record weight for fewest pounds in a bass tournament with a 5 fish limit.