Fishing in Cape Girardeau County

Shane Jansen, 12, casts a line Monday, May 21, 2018 before releasing it back into the kids-only fishing lake in Cape County Park North. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Levi Jansen, 14, of Whitewater, Missouri, pulls a spinner bait from his tackle box Monday, May 21, 2018 at the kids-only fishing lake in Cape County Park North. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Shane Jansen, 12, holds a recently caught catfish by the mouth Monday, May 21, 2018 before releasing it back into the kids-only fishing lake in Cape County Park North. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Shane Jansen, 12, holds a recently caught catfish Monday, May 21, 2018 before releasing it back into the kids-only fishing lake in Cape County Park North. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau resident Patrick Zamudio reels in his line while fishing Rotary Lake for the first time Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau resident Patrick Zamudio reels in his line while fishing Rotary Lake for the first time Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

From left, Max Richey, 13, sits in Capaha Park while fishing at the lagoon with Kent Elder, 13, and Keontae Dixon Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

From left, 13-year-olds Keontae Dixon and Damarion Williams watch Kent Elder bait his hook with Max Richey while fishing Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Max Richey, 13, removes a recently caught bluegill from his hook Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Max Richey, 13, puts a bluegill into a bucket Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Keontae Dixon, 13, dumps excess water from a container holding his catch from the day Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Keontae Dixon, 13, walks away after fishing Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Reginald Roberson, left, and Tyquan Logan, 11, fish Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Tyquan Logan, 11, fishes Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Reginald Roberson, right, untangles a line for Tyquan Logan, 11, while fishing Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Tyquan Logan, 11, fishes Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Tyquan Logan, 11, looks towards the lagoon as he baits his hook with balled bread Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Reginald Roberson's special "shake-n-bake" bait mix of balled bread and fish food sits on a bench Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Tyquan Logan, 11, shows off a fishing trick while waiting for a bite Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Tyquan Logan, 11, looks at a recently caught fish Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Reginald Roberson, left, helps Tyquan Logan, 11, take a fish off the hook Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Capaha Park lagoon in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

John Strickland of Jackson holds a catfish caught at Rotary Lake on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

John Strickland of Jackson smokes a tobacco pipe while fishing at Rotary Lake on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

John Strickland of Jackson smokes a tobacco pipe while fishing at Rotary Lake on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

John Strickland of Jackson adds a recently caught catfish to his fishing stringer Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at Rotary Lake in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

John Strickland of Jackson tosses his fishing stringer back into Rotary Lake on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

John Strickland of Jackson baits his hook with a worm Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)