For most people, the price of fishing on Lake Taneycomo will be going up in double digit amounts in 2009. As the result of a recent year-long review of sport permit regulations by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), the Missouri Conservation Commission passed sweeping changes to its sport permit regulations that will impact on the cost of fishing in Lake Taneycomo for locals and visitors alike.
The cost of a Trout Permit will go up 43 percent from the current $7.00 to $10.00 per year for adults and be reduced 28 percent from the current $7.00 to $5.00 for youth under age 16 starting Mar. 1, 2009. Under MDC regulations a Trout Permit is required under two circumstances.
The first is to keep or possesses trout. Generally that means doing anything with the trout except catching it and immediately releasing it back into the water unharmed The other circumstance is when fishing on Lake Taneycomo in the area upstream from the Highway 65 Bridge across Lake Taneycomo to the Table Rock Dam, regardless of whether or not trout are kept. Just fishing in the area requires a Trout Permit.
The Trout Permit is a separate permit and is required in addition to any other required fishing permit, which, in most cases, will be a Resident, Non Resident, Daily Fishing Permit or the new “Fish Forever Permit.” The Trout Permit is also required in the vast majority of cases where no other fishing permit is required, such as youths under the age 16 or seniors over the age 65 by Mar.1 2009.
The Trout Permit is issued for an annual period covering Mar. 1 to the end of February each year and is not prorated based on the date of purchase. The cost is $10.00 ($5.00 for youth under 16) whether purchased on Mar. 2 or Sep. 15 and is the same for a resident as it is for a nonresident.
The cost for most fishing permits will also be going up in 2009. Resident Fishing Permits will be going up 16.6 percent from $12.00 to $14.00 while the Nonresident Fishing permit will rise 5 percent from $40.00 to $42.00. The Daily Fishing Permit, required when a permit is required and the fisherman elects not to purchase the appropriate resident or nonresident permit, will raise about 7 percent from $7.00 per day to $7.50 per day.
How will these increases reflect on the total cost of both a Trout and Fishing Permit? For residents the total cost of a Trout Permit and Resident Fishing Permit will go up 26 percent from $19.00 to $24.00, nonresident cost will go up 11 percent from $39.00 to $42.00 and the first day of a Daily Permit will go up 25 percent from $14.00 to $17.50.
Lamar Patton, the owner of Scotty’s Trout Dock and Marina, located on Lake Taneycomo in the city of Branson’s camp ground, said he didn’t think the increase in fees would impact on his business very much. Patton said, “In terms of what the typical fisherman spends to fish and what someone coming to Branson spends on their trip for fishing the relatively small increases will not keep those wanting to fish Lake Taneycomo from doing so.”
Furnished Courtesy of the Branson Daily Independent https://bransoncourier.com/view_article.php?news_ID=41
