SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - This Saturday marks the start of trout fishing season here in Missouri. And it also means a new fishing season across the state. Permits expire at the end of February, this ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) -The Missouri Department of Conservation will not require those who fish to hold a permit, trout permit, or trout park daily tag on June 8 and 9, 2024. The annual “Free ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation will allow people to fish anywhere in the state without a fishing permit on Saturday and Sunday during its annual Free Fishing Days. According to a news release ...

Key Grant catches her first fish of the day, a tiny bluegill, while fishing Monday, May 22, 2025, with her mother, Katresa Lucas, at the lake in Fairground Park. Grant laughed at its size but wouldn’t ...

From the late 1960s through the 1980s, the share of annual state fishing licenses held by non-residents remained steady at 15% or less each year. However, since the 1990s, non-resident fishing ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has authorized an Emergency Fish Salvage Order for Lions Lake in Johnson County, Missouri. The order is in effect now through Aug. 31.