Missouri's Urban Trout Program -- Kansas City area

[tjm]

On 3/25/2023 at 8:21 PM, scooper54 said:

-and eating crayfish and other crustaceans-- to have given their flesh such a bright salmon/orange color.

As best I recall the crustaceans blamed for that awful orange color were scuds, little things absorb the carotene from the stuff they eat (zooplankton?) and the trout eat so many scuds that they concentrate the pigments. Waters where scuds make up the majority of the trout's diet will produce highly colored meat, and I imagine the palewhite factory fish change color faster in such waters.

[Gavin]

MDC does purchase trout from private hatcheries for the urban program. My old buddy Tom delivers trout from Westover to several MDC lakes. He delivers to private lakes as well.

[fishinwrench]

13 hours ago, Gavin said:

MDC does purchase trout from private hatcheries for the urban program. My old buddy Tom delivers trout from Westover to several MDC lakes. He delivers to private lakes as well.

I wonder if MDC would be interested in buying back the ones I catch ?    

Might offset the fuel bill 🤔

[tjm]

That'd be nice; if every trout released in the parks got a refund value against the tag and permit cost.