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Heritage Park in Southern Olathe gets stocked with trout

Two lakes stocked with 4,000 pounds of rainbow trout:

This past week, Heritage Park, in Southern Olathe, got stocked with part of a 4,000 pound shipment of trout.

Johnson County Park officials said most of the trout would be caught by the start of the summer by anglers. About 30 fish are tagged, so park official can keep track of how many have been caught. They said a few might survive until August but not many. Trout is a fish that likes cold water and is not native to Kansas.

The 4,000 pounds trucked into the parks this week came from a fish hatchery in Ava, Mo., which is just east of Springfield.

The load cost the district $11,600 or $2.90 a pound. Park officials said those dollars don’t come from taxpayers. The money is derived from fees paid to the park district by anglers for the right to catch the trout.

Park officials said they spend slightly more than $20,000 a year to stock the lakes with fish.

I heard that stocking that lake at Heritage Park was quite a spectacle. A hole was cut in the ice and the fish were dropped in the hole. I was told that kids in the spectator crowd were allowed to handle the trout and drop into the holes. Sounds kind of fun!

I haven't been out to Heritage Park to fish but it sounds kind of fun. Fishing for trout is fun in the Missouri rivers and I wonder if fishermen get the same kind of experience at Heritage Park. I plan on getting a license this year and taking the kids out to Heritage Park and checking out this adventure for myself.

Does anyone have any Heritage Park fishing experiences they would like to share.

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Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Best Associates
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