Share“Gone fishing” signs will be posted on doors across the state June 11 and 12 as Missourians enjoy a favorite outdoor pastime at no cost. Each year, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) designates the weekend after the first Monday in June as Free Fishing Days in Missouri. The idea is to encourage people [...]

ShareIn a year in which Missouri has been ravaged by weather related disasters, in an economy which is shaky at best, and with more water coming down the Missouri River, Missouri governor Jay Nixohas asked the Army Corps of Engineers for a quick temporary levee to restore the New Madrid Floodway portions of [...]

ShareEveryone wants to know what’s biting, where, and on what before heading out to fish.
This is part of how fishing guides and fishing resorts make their living. They have to be good at it, and we highly recommend the fishing guides and fishing resorts we do business with. They’re on the water and they know [...]

ShareThe oldest federal fish hatchery in the United States is at Neosho, Missouri. Their grand re-opening was Dec. 9, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sent out this video showing off the new visitor’s center.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP-thvc2wk8

ShareGroup wants to build plant in Grafton, IL on the Mississippi to catch, process, sell silver carp:
Story from the Alton Telegraph.

ShareThis is a followup to the report on the Missouri River 340, an annual human-powered paddlesport event which goes from Kaw Point in Kansas City the width of Missouri to the finish line in St. Charles. More background about the race can be found in yesterday’s post.
The team Easy Living, with paddlers West Hansen, of [...]

Share Photos courtesy KansasCity.com.
The MR340 isn’t about floating.
The annual paddling race left Kansas City yesterday morning headed for St. Charles. The bulk of paddlers arrived at Jefferson City this morning, and already (Wednesday at 5 p.m.) some participants are passing New Haven, between Hermann and Washington, Missouri. Race officials are estimating that this may [...]

ShareUsually, Traveler Country news waits until after breakfast, but not so this morning. This news item wafted over the air while Jo was waking up:
EPA sued over Missouri streams.
The Coalition for the Environment, a St. Louis based environmental activist group, had been working with EPA and Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources to enact water [...]

Sharea href=”http://rhtrav.com/wordpress/?author=97″>Teak Phillips has already brought you the news about the world record Missouri river blue cat. Now word comes from the Missouri Department of Conservation that it has certified two more fishing records this month: a 58-lb striped bass caught at Bull Shoals Lake and a 99-pound flathead catfish caught in the Missouri near [...]

ShareNews of a probable state and world record catfish being pulled from the Missouri River near Columbia Bottom Conservation Area spread quickly Tuesday and prompted local media outlets converge around Greg Bernal and his 130-lb. Blue Cat.
“I am still numb,” Bernal told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I’m still in shock that he’s actually that big. [...]