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Mark Twain Lake is a public lake in Monroe County and Ralls County, Missouri, managed by Missouri Department of Conservation (managed public waterbody). It is public water managed for fishing by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
Mark Twain Lake (18,600 ac) on the Salt River in northeast Missouri — a fertile, stained Corps reservoir known for largemouth bass, a big crappie population, white bass and hybrid stripers, bluegill, and channel, blue and flathead catfish. Standing timber in the upper arms; two state-park recreation areas.
Mark Twain Lake covers about 18,353 acres in the Northeast region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass, channel catfish; blue catfish, flathead catfish, black crappie, white crappie are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Mark Twain Lake (Hunt-Fish #35) and Jack Simpson Lake.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, MDC trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Missouri. The trout parks are day-only (30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset in season); many MDC-area lakes gate at night or post hours, and some conservation areas are day-use only. Trotlines, throwlines, limb lines, bank lines and jug lines are legal on most waters (not trout water, not the trout parks) with the gear tagged, and gigging and snagging have their own seasons.
Boats: Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Truman, Stockton, Pomme de Terre, Smithville, Mark Twain, the Missouri and Mississippi have no horsepower limit; idle / no-wake zones are marked near ramps, marinas, dams and coves. Most MDC-area and community lakes are electric-motor-only or have a small gas-hp cap (shown at the ramp), and the Ozark float streams are canoe, kayak and jon-boat water. Missouri requires a boater-education card for operators born after 1 Jan 1984.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Missouri state parks (which sit on the best lakes and rivers — Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock, Stockton, Pomme de Terre, Wappapello, and Bennett Spring, Montauk, Roaring River, Meramec, Sam A. Baker on the trout and float streams), Corps campgrounds on Truman, Stockton, Mark Twain, Smithville, Bull Shoals and Wappapello, the Mark Twain National Forest (dispersed camping across most of it), and the gravel bars of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Current and Jacks Fork).
Tackle: Statewide black-bass daily limit is 6 (12-inch minimum on most impoundments; 15-inch on Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork and many Ozark streams; a protected slot on the Smallmouth Bass Special Management Areas). Crappie 15-30 depending on the lake; walleye 4 (15-inch); white bass 15; catfish limits vary; paddlefish snagging is 2 per day with a 34-inch body-length minimum on most waters. Trout limits and tackle rules depend on the area (trout park, Blue/Red/White Ribbon, Lake Taneycomo zone). Check the current MDC regulations for this water.
Boat ramps: 18 mapped — Elk Fork Salt River, Cr 447, Mark Twain Lake, Robert E Allen RA, Mark Twain Lake, Indian Creek Marina and others nearby.
Camping: 20 sites mapped nearby — John Spalding Rec Ar, Cedar Ridge, John C. Briscoe Group Use, Scout Area, Ray Behrens, Nighthawk and others.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16-64 needs a Missouri Department of Conservation fishing permit — the resident annual is about $13, the non-resident annual about $52, and 1-day and 3-day permits are sold (a 1-day permit needs no trout permit to fish trout parks that day). A trout permit (about $10 resident / $12 non-resident) is required to fish for or possess trout anywhere in the state EXCEPT with a daily 1-day fishing permit; the trout parks also charge a separate daily trout tag. Missouri residents 65 and older, and anyone 15 or under, do not need a permit (the trout permit and daily tag still apply). A single permit covers the Corps and MDC reservoirs. Buy from MDC at mdc.mo.gov. A Missouri fishing permit covers this water; a trout permit is also required to fish for or keep trout (a 1-day permit alone is enough for that day). MDC-area lakes may have electric-motor or hours rules.
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