Children use nice weather as chance to go fishing

April 29, 2012 | 7:47 p.m. CDT

Daveon Stuart, 8, Nathan Cates, 8, Davontae Stuart, 6, and Tyrone Stuart used the nice weather Sunday as an opportunity to fish at Twin Lakes Recreation Area. The group biked down the MKT Nature and Fitness Trail to Twin Lakes on Sunday afternoon.

Davontae Stuart, left, 6, and Daveon Stuart, 8, prepare to cast their lines while fishing at Twin Lakes Recreation Area on Sunday. Although thunderstorms came through earlier in the day, the weather cleared up enough for the two boys to go fishing with their friend and grandfather. | Megan May

Davontae Stuart, left, 6, Nathan Cates, 8, and Daveon Stuart, 8, bait their fishing poles at Twin Lakes Recreation Area on Sunday afternoon. The Missouri Department of Conservation stocks the lake with channel catfish, crappie and black bass. | Megan May

Daveon Stuart, 8, casts his line at Twin Lakes Recreation Area on Sunday. His grandfather, Tyrone Stuart, frequently takes Daveon Stuart and his friends fishing at the park. | Megan May

Daveon Stuart, left, 8, Nathan Cates, 8, Davontae Stuart, 6, and Tyrone Stuart fish at Twin Lakes Recreation Area on Sunday. The group took advantage of the nice weather late in the afternoon and biked to Twin Lakes on the MKT Nature and Fitness Trail. | Megan May