by Mathew Pilger | Mar 12, 2026 | News
Missouri’s four trout parks opened the 2026 catch‑and‑keep season with nearly 8,000 tags sold, highlighted by a big turnout at Roaring River State Park, located near southwest Missouri near Cassville. Roaring River Leads the State Roaring River once again topped all...
by Sue Danielson | Feb 27, 2026 | News, Outdoors
(Jefferson City, MO) — Anglers will be lining the banks of Missouri’s trout parks this Sunday, to mark the start of the catch and keep trout season. The season opens at 6:30 Sunday morning. Residents 16-to-64 and nonresidents 16 and older must have a...
by [email protected] | Feb 25, 2026 | News, Outdoors, Show Me Today
For a lot of Missourians, March 1 is a tradition. Before sunrise, bundled up against whatever late winter throws at them, anglers line the banks at Roaring River State Park, Bennett Spring State Park, and Montauk State Park, waiting for that 6:30 a.m. start to catch...
by Marshall Griffin | Mar 1, 2025 | News, Politics / Govt
Sirens will sound at Missouri’s four trout parks at 6:30 a.m. today to signal the start of the state’s catch-and-keep trout fishing season. Tom Whelan oversees trout hatcheries for the Missouri Department of Conservation. “What I call the trout parks...
by Alisa Nelson | Dec 31, 2024 | News, Weather
Historic flooding in November has beat up southeast Missouri’s Montauk State Park – causing about $4 million to $6 million in damage. Justin Adams, with Missouri State Parks, thinks the rainfall was historic – surpassing the 2017 record by about six feet. “We believe...
