Mississippi River - Pool 25

Fishery History

On Pool 25, the Clarksville, Carrol and Dog Island Chutes between Pleasant Hill and the Rip Rap Landing public use area north of Mozier produce as does Gilead Slough a bit south and Prairie and Dixon pond areas north of Batchtown. Seven ramps are located along this pool.

Site Regulations

All Nongame Species Combined: 100 total fish daily harvest limit (excludes endangered and threatened species and the following game species: Crappie, Channel/Blue/Flathead Catfish, Rock Bass, Warmouth, White/Yellow/Striped/Hybrid Striped Bass, Trout, Largemouth/Smallmouth/Spotted Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Chain/Grass Pickerel, Walleye, Sauger, Paddlefish).

Blue or Channel Catfish: 20 fish daily limit.

Flathead Catfish: 10 fish daily limit.

Largemouth, Smallmouth, or Spotted Bass: 12 inch minimum length limit; 6 fish daily limit.

Northern Pike: 1 fish daily limit.

Paddlefish: 24 inch (eye to fork) minimum length limit; 2 fish daily limit. Snagging for Paddlefish is permitted from September 15 through December 15 and March 15 through May 15 within a 300 yard downstream limit below lock and dams on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri except of the the Chain of Rocks low water dam at Chouteau Island, also known as Dam 27 at the Chain of Rocks (Madison County) where no snagging is permitted. Sorting is permitted; every Paddlefish greater than or equal to 24 inches eye to fork length must be returned immediately to the water. Once the daily harvest limit of Paddlefish has been reached, snagging must cease. Gaffs may not be used to land Paddlefish.

White, Yellow, or Hybrid Striped Bass: 30 fish daily limit; Statewide regulation limiting daily harvest to 3 fish greater than or equal to 17 inches is not in effect on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri.

Walleye or Sauger: 14 inch minimum length limit; 6 fish daily limit.

White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie: 30 fish daily limit.

Additional Information

Recreational Use Restrictions:

It shall be unlawful to enter upon a designated duck hunting area between sunset of the Sunday immediately preceding opening day of regular duck season through the day before regular duck season and Canada goose season as posted at the site, or to fish on such areas during the regular duck season except in areas posted as open to fishing. It shall be unlawful to enter upon areas designated as waterfowl rest areas or refuges from two weeks prior to the start of the regular duck season through the end of duck and Canada goose season.

Fishing License: 

Officers of Illinois and Missouri will recognize and accept valid sport fishing licenses of either state when legally possessed and used in the Mississippi River and its backwaters within the boundary of Missouri adjacent to the state of Illinois. Persons licensed in only one state may also fish in the other state’s portion of any oxbow lakes through which the Illinois-Missouri boundary passes, and may fish from or attach any device or equipment to land under the jurisdiction of the other state. Persons licensed in only one state may not fish in tributaries of the Mississippi in the other state. Sport fishermen shall comply with the regulations of the state in whose waters they are fishing unless the regulations of their licensing state are more restrictive, then must comply with the more restrictive regulations. The center of the navigation channel is considered the boundary between Illinois and Missouri, except in situations where it is clearly shown to be elsewhere.