World Bird Sanctuary has
been receiving Trout from Bennett Spring Trout Hatchery near Lebanon, Missouri,
for over 30 Years. We receive the culls or the fish that have recently passed.
We feed the Trout to our
Bald Eagles, Condor, Vultures and our White-tailed Sea Eagle--great nutritious
food for our birds.
Every year WBS brings birds for display at this popular event
The staff at Bennett
Spring has been gracious enough to work with us all these years and our way of
saying thanks is to bring birds to display for their Kids’ Fishing Day.
This youngster gets a really close look at an Eastern Screech Owl
At this great event each
child is allowed to catch four Trout.
I consider myself lucky to have been able to participate in these
days. I've attended, with WBS
birds for display, on three occasions. I love the festive atmosphere of fishing, families and fun.
Bennett Spring Trout
Hatchery and State Park is such an amazingly beautiful park—and what a great
place to catch fish …and do we
catch fish. Yes Yes Yes!
The young fisherwoman in the foreground sports a turkey feather in her hat while fishing for her four trout
For this special Kids’
Fishing Day event the Missouri Conservation Department stocked the “kids only”
fishing area with 2,200 trout—30 of them lunkers. In addition, they stocked the rest of the park with 1,500
fish. Kids were welcome to fish in
any portion of the park, but hatchery staff wanted to give the kids a more than
fair chance of catching a fish.
The children may fish anywhere in the Park, but have a specially stocked area set aside for kids only
In addition to Bennett
Spring State Park, the Missouri Conservation Department holds a Kids Fishing
Day every May in the other State Park Trout Hatchery streams. The Kids’ Fishing Day Event is held at
Bennett Spring State Park, Maramec Spring State Park, Montauk State Park and
Roaring River State Park.
For
this and other events check the Missouri Conservation Department’s calendar of
events http://www.missouritrout.com/events.html
Thanks
to the Missouri Conservation Department for allowing the World Bird Sanctuary
to be a part of this and other events and for donating their surplus fish to
feed our birds.
Story and Photos submitted
by Mike Zieloski, World Bird Sanctuary Director of Education
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