56 public waters in the Ozarks region — 15 lakes/reservoirs and 41 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.
Big Piney River (L) - SMB Lake (1,138 acres) sits in Pulaski, Texas and Phelps 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 (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.
In Texas, Pulaski and Phelps Counties, Missouri, Big Piney River (Complete) Lake is a 86-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.
N. Fk. White River-RRTA Lake (51 acres) sits in Douglas, Ozark 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.
Roubidoux Creek Lake (46 acres) sits in Pulaski, Texas and Laclede Counties, 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.
Shannon, Texas and Howell Counties, Missouri — Jacks Fork River_SMA Lake is a 35-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.
Texas County, Missouri — Austin Community Lake is a 22-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.
In Pulaski and Texas Counties, Missouri, Big Piney River (RM31-RM47) Lake is a 12-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.
Texas County, Missouri — Mark Twain National Forest (Roby Lake) is a 9-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.
Gist Ranch CA (North Pond), a 3-acre lake in Texas 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.
Texas County, Missouri — White (George O) SF (Nursery 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.
In Texas County, Missouri, Gist Ranch CA (South Pond) 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.
The North Fork of the White River (the 'North Fork') below Rainbow Spring — a Wild Rainbow Trout stream and one of Missouri's premier Blue Ribbon Trout waters, with wild browns as well. Big spring flows keep it cold; the Rainbow-Spring-to-Blair-Bridge section is trophy water. Also Smallmouth Bass in the warmer lower reaches.
In Texas, Pulaski and Phelps Counties, Missouri, Big Piney River is a 174 km river or creek. An Ozark smallmouth stream (the upper Gasconade, Big Piney, the Meramec headwaters, Big Sugar and Elk River, the upper Osage Fork, Bryant Creek) — clear, gravel-and-bluff water with wild Smallmouth Bass ('brown bass'), spotted and Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass ('Goggle-Eye'), and Longear Sunfish. Missouri has designated Smallmouth Bass Special Management Areas on many.
Roubidoux Creek (91 km) flows through Pulaski, Texas and Laclede 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.
Jacks Fork runs 75 km through Shannon, Texas and Howell 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.
Shannon and Texas Counties, Missouri — Spring Valley Creek is a 50 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 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.
Phelps and Texas Counties, Missouri — Spring Creek is a 39 km stream: 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.
Beaver Creek runs 40 km through Wright and Texas Counties, Missouri: An Ozark smallmouth stream (the upper Gasconade, Big Piney, the Meramec headwaters, Big Sugar and Elk River, the upper Osage Fork, Bryant Creek) — clear, gravel-and-bluff water with wild Smallmouth Bass ('brown bass'), spotted and Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass ('Goggle-Eye'), and Longear Sunfish. Missouri has designated Smallmouth Bass Special Management Areas on many.
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.
Casto Valley Creek runs 21 km through Shannon 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.
In Texas County, Missouri, North Prong Jacks Fork is a 16 km river or creek. 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.
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.
South Prong Jacks Fork (15 km) flows through Texas County, 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.
Boone Creek runs 13 km through Texas 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 Texas and Phelps Counties, Missouri, Sherrill Creek is a 15 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.
Texas County, Missouri — Little Piney River is a 17 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.
Texas County, Missouri — Bender 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.
In Texas County, Missouri, Hamilton Creek is a 16 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.
Arthur Creek (15 km) flows through Texas 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.
South Sherrill Creek runs 13 km through Texas and Phelps 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.
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.
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.
Bald Ridge Creek runs 12 km through Pulaski 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.
In Texas County, Missouri, Big Paddy Creek 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.
In Texas County, Missouri, Dry Bone Creek is a 11 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.
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.
Burton Branch (9 km) flows through Texas 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 Texas and Pulaski Counties, Missouri, Mooney Branch 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.
Texas and Howell Counties, Missouri — Potter Creek is a 11 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.
Douglas, Howell and Texas Counties, Missouri — Little Indian Creek is a 9 km stream: An Ozark smallmouth stream (the upper Gasconade, Big Piney, the Meramec headwaters, Big Sugar and Elk River, the upper Osage Fork, Bryant Creek) — clear, gravel-and-bluff water with wild Smallmouth Bass ('brown bass'), spotted and Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass ('Goggle-Eye'), and Longear Sunfish. Missouri has designated Smallmouth Bass Special Management Areas on many.
Wright and Texas Counties, Missouri — East Whetstone Creek is a 10 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.
Gill Branch (9 km) flows through Howell 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.
Hobbs Branch (8 km) flows through Texas 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 Texas County, Missouri, East Fork Roubidoux 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.
Texas and Wright Counties, Missouri — Burkhart Branch 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.
Spargo Branch runs 5 km through Texas 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.
West Fork Roubidoux Creek runs 0 km through Texas 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.
Slabtown Branch (8 km) flows through Texas 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.
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.
Texas and Douglas Counties, Missouri — Hungry 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.
Little Paddy Creek (7 km) flows through Texas 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.
Across its mapped waters, Texas County holds 15 species on PiscaMaps, including Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, 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.