Permits and Regulations

All trout fishing areas require a Missouri fishing permit or exemption.

Permit prices as of March 2007 are:

• Resident (ages 16-64) $12
  (residents 65 and older and younger than 16 are exempt)
• Nonresident (age 16 and up) $40
• Daily Fishing Permit $7
• Trout Permit $7
• Daily Trout Tag (trout parks only) $3
• Daily Trout Tag (age 15 years or younger) $2

A trout permit is required to possess trout, except in areas where a daily trout fishing tag is required. Must also have a fishing permit or qualify for an exemption.

A trout permit is required for all fishing in winter catch-and-release fishing in trout parks; and for all fishing year-round in Lake Taneycomo upstream from U.S. Highway 65 bridge.