By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The Missouri Department of Conservation is encouraging anglers to not take the winter off from fishing. The Department of Conservation has stocked the Everyday Pond on the Missouri Western Campus, as well as the Krug Park Lagoon, with rainbow trout. Department Spokesman Bill Graham says the rainbow trout is a cold-water fish that can be caught year-round, but some of the common warm water fish can also be caught in these colder temperatures. "Trout like cold water year-round, so catching them is about the same year-round, they'll take bait off the bottom or lures, flies, and fly rods," Graham tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "But the other warm water fish, bass, crappie, and catfish, they can be caught in the winter too, they're just not as active." Graham says there is no such thing as too cold for the rainbow trout, adding the only way the fish would not be active is if the lake was frozen from top to bottom. "The only
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