MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION March 1 marks the annual opening of catch-andkeep trout fishing at Missouri’s four trout parks: Bennett Spring State Park near Lebanon, Montauk State Park near Licking, Roaring River State Park near Cassville and Maramec Spring Park near St. James. The catch-and-keep season at the trout parks runs through Oct. 31. The daily limit is four trout and the possession limit is eight for all four parks. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) operates trout hatcheries at all four parks and will stock about 20,000 trout among the four parks for opening day. MDC will continue to stock the trout parks daily during the catch-and-keep season, totaling more than 600,000 trout annually at the four trout parks and about one million trout annually statewide. Due to ongoing construction, Bennett Spring State Park will be stocked three times per week. “Despite production challenges due to historic flooding experienced last year, we expect to have a…