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 Springs, Oklahoma, a good deed landed an exceptionally nice birthday present at Roaring River State Park near Cassville.
Flipping a black-and-yellow jig, he hooked and reeled in a beautifully-hued, 3-pound rainbow trout.
“When I got it in I saw it was also hooked by another fisherman,” Luttrell said.