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Opening day is the 'Daytona 500 of trout fishing in Missouri,' says hatchery manager
Wed, March 2, 2022, 11:26 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opening-day-dayton...00554.html
The air is thick with excitement as anglers prepare their rods and reels, and folks at a couple of Missouri's fish hatcheries are raring for the start of trout season.
Technically speaking, you can catch trout all year long, but March 1 marks the first day of catch-and-keep fishing season at Roaring River State Park near Cassville, Bennett Spring State Park near Lebanon and Montauk State Park near Salem. The season wraps up Oct. 31.
Roaring River Hatchery Manager Paul Spurgeon said the damage from an April 2021 major flood has been repaired.
"The stream is all put back together from the floods that they had a year ago," Spurgeon said. "So the stream will be in good shape."
Roaring River has already been stocked with trout raised on site — something it had not been able to do because of renovations. Water was drained from the hatchery ahead of the two-year renovations, so fish production halted, and existing fish were moved to hatcheries at Shepherd of the Hills, Montauk State Park and Bennett Springs State Park. Those hatcheries helped stock Roaring River State Park during the construction overhaul and through the 2021 season.
"The fishermen will probably enjoy that because we know that they always like our fish the best, of course," Spurgeon said.
The 2021 opening day saw 1,700 tags sold at Roaring River, and Spurgeon wondered if they'll see those high numbers again on March 1.
"We were very popular last year when the pandemic started to open things back up," Spurgeon said.
Bennett Spring Fish Hatchery Manager Ben Havens said he anticipates anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 tags to be sold on opening day.
"Opening day is kind of like the Daytona 500 of trout fishing in Missouri," Havens said. "We start it with a big bang, and then as the season moves along, we have our different fishing events and so forth."
Interest in trout fishing appears to be increasing.
"If we can blame something good on COVID, it's given people a wider view of what is available to them close to home," Havens said. "Missouri Department of Conservation, and especially the trout hatcheries, provide a really good opportunity for families to come out and enjoy the outdoors, recreate and go fishing generally close to home for most folks."
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We all look forward to Spring time and enjoying the outdoors.
Here's a news reading
Opening day is the 'Daytona 500 of trout fishing in Missouri,' says hatchery manager
Wed, March 2, 2022, 11:26 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opening-day-dayton...00554.html
The air is thick with excitement as anglers prepare their rods and reels, and folks at a couple of Missouri's fish hatcheries are raring for the start of trout season.
Technically speaking, you can catch trout all year long, but March 1 marks the first day of catch-and-keep fishing season at Roaring River State Park near Cassville, Bennett Spring State Park near Lebanon and Montauk State Park near Salem. The season wraps up Oct. 31.
Roaring River Hatchery Manager Paul Spurgeon said the damage from an April 2021 major flood has been repaired.
"The stream is all put back together from the floods that they had a year ago," Spurgeon said. "So the stream will be in good shape."
Roaring River has already been stocked with trout raised on site — something it had not been able to do because of renovations. Water was drained from the hatchery ahead of the two-year renovations, so fish production halted, and existing fish were moved to hatcheries at Shepherd of the Hills, Montauk State Park and Bennett Springs State Park. Those hatcheries helped stock Roaring River State Park during the construction overhaul and through the 2021 season.
"The fishermen will probably enjoy that because we know that they always like our fish the best, of course," Spurgeon said.
The 2021 opening day saw 1,700 tags sold at Roaring River, and Spurgeon wondered if they'll see those high numbers again on March 1.
"We were very popular last year when the pandemic started to open things back up," Spurgeon said.
Bennett Spring Fish Hatchery Manager Ben Havens said he anticipates anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 tags to be sold on opening day.
"Opening day is kind of like the Daytona 500 of trout fishing in Missouri," Havens said. "We start it with a big bang, and then as the season moves along, we have our different fishing events and so forth."
Interest in trout fishing appears to be increasing.
"If we can blame something good on COVID, it's given people a wider view of what is available to them close to home," Havens said. "Missouri Department of Conservation, and especially the trout hatcheries, provide a really good opportunity for families to come out and enjoy the outdoors, recreate and go fishing generally close to home for most folks."
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