52 public waters in the St. Louis region — 24 lakes/reservoirs and 28 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Missouri licence.
See every public fishing venue in Missouri on the map, with boat ramps, camping, parking and full rules for each one.
Meramec River Lake, a 179-acre lake in Crawford, Franklin, St. Louis and 3 more counties in Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A Missouri winter Trout lake — an urban or community lake stocked with Rainbow Trout each November, catch-and-keep from the first Saturday in February (catch-and-release November to then). Also holds Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Crappie and Channel Catfish the rest of the year. A Trout permit is required to keep Trout.
Current River (L) Lake, a 135-acre lake in Dent, Shannon and Texas Counties, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Shannon, Ripley, Carter and 2 more counties in Missouri — Current River (Montauk-St Line)) Lake is a 113-acre lake, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Number 114 Reservoir (71 acres) sits in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Loss Lake (51 acres) sits in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Masters Lake, a 28-acre lake in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Ziske Lake (Upper) (27 acres) sits in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Putman Lake (27 acres) sits in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Indian Trail CA (Blackwell Lake), a 26-acre lake in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Huzzah Creek Lake, a 26-acre lake in Crawford and Dent Counties, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Shawnee Mac Lakes CA (Macs Lake) (26 acres) sits in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Dent County, Missouri — Indian Trail State Forest Lake is a 26-acre lake, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Lake Turner, a 16-acre lake in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
In Dent County, Missouri, Shawnee Mac Lakes CA (Shawnee Lake) is a 16-acre lake, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
In Dent, Shannon and Texas Counties, Missouri, Current River (Montauk-Akers) Lake is a 14-acre lake, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri — Gasconade River (L) _ Little Piney Creek _ Mill Creek Lake is a 8-acre lake, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Current River (Montauk-Cedar Grove) Lake, a 7-acre lake in Dent, Shannon and Texas Counties, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Current River (Cedar Grove-Akers) Lake, a 6-acre lake in Shannon and Dent Counties, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Mark Twain National Forest (Howes Mill Pond), a 6-acre lake in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
In Dent County, Missouri, White River Trace CA (Demo Pond 2) is a 4-acre lake, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Dent County, Missouri — Montauk State Park Lake is a 3-acre lake, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Mark Twain National Forest (Howes Mill Lake), a 3-acre lake in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Dent County, Missouri — White River Trace CA (3 Acre Lake) is a 1-acre lake, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
White River Trace CA (Demo Pond 1), a 1-acre lake in Dent County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody): A lake on a Missouri Department of Conservation area — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Crappie and Channel Catfish, managed for quality with length limits on many. Boat access is usually electric-motor-only or car-top; a few allow small outboards.
Meramec River runs 366 km through Crawford, Franklin, St. Louis and 2 more counties in Missouri: A classic Ozark float stream (the Current, Jacks Fork, Eleven Point, Meramec, Niangua, Gasconade, Big Piney, Black, Huzzah, Courtois) — Smallmouth Bass, Goggle-Eye (Rock Bass), Longear Sunfish, and channel and Flathead Catfish, plus stocked and wild Trout in the cold spring-fed upper reaches of several. Spring-fed, gin-clear, gravel-bar-and-bluff canoe water; the Current and Jacks Fork are the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
The Current River — the crown jewel of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, fed by Big Spring and Montauk Spring so it runs cold, clear and full year-round. A wild rainbow and Brown Trout fishery in the upper river below Montauk (blue-ribbon and trophy areas), then Smallmouth Bass, Goggle-Eye, Longear Sunfish and Catfish downstream. World-class spring-fed float water.
Dry Fork (44 km) flows through Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Little Piney Creek runs 28 km through Phelps, Texas and Dent Counties, Missouri: A classic Ozark float stream (the Current, Jacks Fork, Eleven Point, Meramec, Niangua, Gasconade, Big Piney, Black, Huzzah, Courtois) — Smallmouth Bass, Goggle-Eye (Rock Bass), Longear Sunfish, and channel and Flathead Catfish, plus stocked and wild Trout in the cold spring-fed upper reaches of several. Spring-fed, gin-clear, gravel-bar-and-bluff canoe water; the Current and Jacks Fork are the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
Dent and Shannon Counties, Missouri — Gladden Creek is a 30 km stream: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Pigeon Creek runs 26 km through Dent and Texas Counties, Missouri: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri — Norman Creek is a 23 km stream: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Barren Fork runs 21 km through Shannon and Dent Counties, Missouri: A Missouri blue-ribbon or trophy Trout stream (Crane Creek — a wild McCloud-strain rainbow population, the upper North Fork of the White, the Current above Montauk, Blue Springs Creek, Little Piney, Mill Creek, Barren Fork) — wild and stocked rainbow and Brown Trout in cold, clear, spring-fed Ozark water. Special regulations (flies-only, artificial-only, reduced creel) apply.
South Ashley Creek runs 18 km through Texas and Dent Counties, Missouri: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Dent County, Missouri — Dry Valley Creek is a 14 km stream: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Texas and Dent Counties, Missouri — North Ashley Creek is a 12 km stream: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Dent County, Missouri — Holt Creek is a 13 km stream: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Barnitz Prong (12 km) flows through Dent and Texas Counties, Missouri. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Dent and Phelps Counties, Missouri — Hyer Branch is a 13 km stream: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Little Gladden Creek (12 km) flows through Dent County, Missouri. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
In Dent County, Missouri, Gladden Branch is a 12 km river or creek. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Halbrook Branch runs 12 km through Dent County, Missouri: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Bean Creek runs 10 km through Texas and Dent Counties, Missouri: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
In Dent County, Missouri, Barney Creek is a 10 km river or creek. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Caps Branch (8 km) flows through Dent County, Missouri. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Dent and Reynolds Counties, Missouri — East Fork Huzzah Creek is a 9 km stream: A classic Ozark float stream (the Current, Jacks Fork, Eleven Point, Meramec, Niangua, Gasconade, Big Piney, Black, Huzzah, Courtois) — Smallmouth Bass, Goggle-Eye (Rock Bass), Longear Sunfish, and channel and Flathead Catfish, plus stocked and wild Trout in the cold spring-fed upper reaches of several. Spring-fed, gin-clear, gravel-bar-and-bluff canoe water; the Current and Jacks Fork are the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
Kissock Creek (9 km) flows through Dent and Texas Counties, Missouri. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Dent and Crawford Counties, Missouri — Middle Prong Crooked Creek is a 9 km stream: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
In Dent County, Missouri, Standing Rock Creek is a 8 km river or creek. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Hutchins Creek (8 km) flows through Dent County, Missouri. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
In Crawford and Dent Counties, Missouri, Benton Creek is a 8 km river or creek. A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Dent and Reynolds Counties, Missouri — Stone Hill Branch is a 8 km stream: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Pankey Branch runs 8 km through Dent and Shannon Counties, Missouri: A warmwater Missouri river or large creek — largemouth, smallmouth and Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, channel and Flathead Catfish, Bluegill and Longear Sunfish, and White Bass on the bigger ones. Wade or float; access at MDC river accesses and bridges.
Across its mapped waters, Dent County holds 20 species on PiscaMaps, including Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Rock Bass, Longear Sunfish and Flathead Catfish.
Ramps, put-ins and species for every water — plus the carp layer no other US app has.
Open the Missouri map Join PiscaMapsOne Missouri Department of Conservation fishing permit covers every public water in the state, the Corps and MDC reservoirs included — the resident annual is about $13, the non-resident annual about $52, with 1-day and 3-day permits sold. A ~$10 trout permit is required to fish for or keep trout in addition to the fishing permit (a 1-day permit alone is enough for that day), and the four trout parks charge a separate daily trout tag. Missouri residents 65 and older, and anyone 15 or under, need no fishing permit. Buy at mdc.mo.gov.