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Reading water, packing right, going guided, and the programs worth chasing.

Current River

Waterway

Spring-fed Ozark river with stocked rainbows and wild browns from Montauk down through the Akers and Pulltite reaches, floated by canoe and…

Eleven Point River

Waterway

Wild and Scenic river fed by Greer Spring that supports a blue-ribbon rainbow trout fishery from Greer down to Riverton, best fished…

Niangua River

Waterway

Ozark float river that picks up cold water at Bennett Spring below this gauge, holding stocked rainbow trout near the park and…

Meramec River

Waterway

Clear Ozark river with stocked rainbow and brown trout in the Maramec Spring reach near St. James and strong smallmouth bass floating…

Big Piney River

Waterway

Remote, slow-moving Ozark smallmouth stream with long pools and gravel bars, floated by canoe and kayak from Slabtown to the Gasconade confluence,…

Gasconade River

Waterway

Longest river entirely in Missouri, winding through bluff country with smallmouth bass, goggle-eye, catfish and walleye, fished from jon boats and canoes…

Jacks Fork

Waterway

Narrow, spring-fed Ozark National Scenic Riverways tributary with wild-feeling floats from Buck Hollow to Alley Spring and Eminence, holding smallmouth bass and…

Black River

Waterway

Exceptionally clear upper Black River above Clearwater Lake, floated by canoe and kayak through Lesterville and Annapolis for smallmouth bass, goggle-eye and…

James River

Waterway

Ozark smallmouth river that eases from wadeable riffles near Springfield into the deeper Galena reach above Table Rock Lake, floated by canoe…

Buffalo River

Waterway

Free-flowing Ozark national river with towering bluffs, floated by canoe and kayak from Ponca to the White River for smallmouth bass, goggle-eye…