(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...
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...
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...
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...
You can almost hear the anglers preparing as the weather starts to warm. The beginning of the catch-and-keep fishing season is right around the corner. Cameron Conner is speaking with the Missouri Department of Conservation’s fisheries program specialist Andrew...
