July 13, 2011
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Vol 13 No 28
Spring Hunting and Fishing Recipes
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Mayor Hennessy Speaks
Traigh Cavanaugh fishes at his family’s camp in Gasconade County. Photo by Randy Davies.
Great Prospects Close to Home Missouri is a great place to hunt and fish. We have outstanding and abundant fish, forests, and wildlife throughout the state. The best part is you don’t have to travel a long way to find them—there are plenty of excellent hunting and fishing opportunities close to home in the St. Charles and North County areas. Fishing is one of the most popular outdoor pastimes. Who can resist the soothing feeling of being near or on the water, rod and reel in hand, with time and stress dissolving away in the riffles! Taking a drive out to August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St. Charles County opens up a world of over 30 fishing lakes. Anglers can pursue the whole gamut—bass, sunfish, catfish, crappie—depending on the lake. It’s a good idea to make a brief stop at the visitor center for an area map and to find information about which lake best suits your fishing interests. North County residents are fortunate to have a number of fine lakes and river accesses where they can wet their lines. January-Wabash Park Lake in Ferguson offers very good populations of catfish
By Dan Zarlenga, Missouri Department of Conservation and bass, but you’ll also find crappie and sunfish. Spanish Lake in St. Louis County’s Spanish Lake Park is not only scenic, but highly fishable! Anglers can count on excellent prospects for both bass and sunfish, along with a reasonable shot at pulling in crappie and catfish. If you’ve got big water in mind, you’re really in luck. The St. Charles and North County areas sit right at the Confluence of the North America’s two greatest rivers, the Missouri and Mississippi. There’s world-class catfishing in these waters—literally! In July 2010, a Florissant angler hauled in a 130lb blue cat right here from the Missouri River. For a time, this behemoth held both state and world records! Anglers who want to get a shot at snaring a record big river fish of their own can set out from one of the river accesses at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area in Spanish Lake, Sioux Passage Park in Florissant, Blanchette Landing, Frontier Park or Bangert Island Conservation Area in St. Charles, or Weldon Spring Conservation Area in St. Charles County.
The big news for hunting in Missouri this time of year is spring turkey season. Our state has some of the best wild turkey hunting in the nation, with a healthy population of the big birds and plenty of See HUNTING AND FISHING page 2
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