IT WASN’T WARM THIS MORNING, BUT THE WEATHER COOPERATED TO COMMENCE THE 2022 CATCH AND KEEP TROUT SEASON AT MISSOURI’S FOUR TROUT PARKS…AT BENNETT SPRING, WEST OF LEBANON, HATCHERY MANAGER BEN HAVENS NOTED THAT ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE INSIDE THE PARK, BUT THE FISHING QUALITY SHOULDN’T BE AFFECTED..

OVER 2000 TROUT TAGS WERE EXPECTED TO BE SOLD SOLD AT BENNETT SPRING. LOCAL FISHING EXPERT CHARLIE READING WAS GIVEN THE HONOR OF SIGNALING THE START OF CASTING RIGHT AT 6:30 A.M.