Conservation department alters winter trout stocking schedule for area lakes

By My Courier-Tribune

KANSAS CITY — The Missouri Department of Conservation is altering the winter trout stocking schedule for lakes in the Kansas City area. Normally, area lakes get stocked with fish from MDC hatcheries in phases during the winter months ending in March. But this winter, the schedule was altered due to drought conditions impacting water flow at some of the hatcheries and ongoing construction at others, according to a MDC press release.

“The Kansas City area lakes will get the same number of fish as scheduled for the winter, but they will all be placed in the lakes over a period of weeks with three January stockings,” states MDC. “The stocking dates will be announced on the Kansas City area fish stocking hotline after the fish are in the water.”

In the Northland, the lakes receiving stockings are: Chaumiere Lake, which is part of the Kansas City Parks system; Capitol Federal Sport Complex, two ponds in park in Liberty; and Jesse James Park Lake, Kearney.

Anglers may keep trout up to a limit of four if they have a Missouri trout fishing permit. Missouri residents over age 15 and under 65 need a valid fishing permit. Non-residents over 15 need a state fishing permit and a trout permit.

To check on whether the January trout stocking have occurred, call MDC’s fish stocking hotline at 525-0300, press 2 at the recorded prompt.