CASSVILLE, Mo. -- Anglers at Roaring River State Park don't mind if a big trout is on the hook one moment, then gone the next.

Anglers gladly spin stories about the ones that got away during winter trout fishing season at Roaring River State Park.

Roaring River State Park is the No.1 most-visited state park in Missouri. Most visitors come for the rainbow trout-stocked river that flows through the park, giving anglers an almost-guaranteed catch.

Fishing earlobe to earlobe with family and friends is part of the fishing party that takes place every March 1 when catch-and-keep trout season opens at Roaring River State Park.

There will still be plenty of fish ready to catch at the opening of trout season at Roaring River State Park near Cassville. The hatchery has been closed for $2 million worth of renovations for ...

Roaring River Hatchery manager Paul Spurgeon says the river is stocked with 6,000 trout, including 100 lunkers.

Smoked trout on a cedar plank is one way trout was prepared during a morning seminar at Roaring River State Park southeast of Cassville, Mo.

CASSVILLE, Mo. — Roaring River Hatchery assistant manager Brad Farwell says he and other hatchery employees are gearing up for what makes the park the most visited in the state.

ROARING RIVER STATE PARK—Shrill whistles and light, freezing mist at the crack of dawn kicked off Missouri’s opening day of catch-and-keep trout season Friday. For angler Mike Luttrell of Sand ...

Many trout likely were pushed downriver, out of the Roaring River State Park, where special trout fishing regulations are in place.

As the rising sun is reflected in Roaring River, 10-year-old Kayla Hendrix, of Washburn, tries her luck Wednesday on the opening of the catch-and-keep trout season at the state park near Cassville.

In Neosho Saturday is also time for Neosho’s trout season kickoff. Anglers of all skill levels are invited to Morse Park’s Hickory Creek as the catch-and-keep fishing season officially begins ...