I've fished Crane Creek off and on for many years. My daughter lives a 1/4 of mile from it. I am able to fish the creek by accessing it through her neighbors field.
I've heard stories about how the fish got there. The most prevalent is a train derailed near the town of Crane which was transporting the fish. Not wanting to let them die they were dumped in the creek and survived. As mentioned that was over 100 years ago. The fish I've caught from Crane creek were beautifully colored and vivid.
It tough fishing for sure, brushy, ticky, snakey and buggy.
I was talking to a conservation agent at Bennett who told me all fish in Mo trout parks are descendants of Crane creek bows. He said if you stopped feeding them trout chow and let them forage naturally they would assume the colors of the Crane bows.
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