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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…

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…

Elk River

Waterway

Warm, gravelly Ozark border river popular with tube and canoe floats from Pineville to Noel, holding smallmouth bass, spotted bass and channel…

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…

Kings River

Waterway

Little-known Ozark smallmouth stream flowing north to Table Rock Lake through Berryville farm country, best floated by canoe or kayak at spring…

New River

Waterway

Ancient, broad river with smallmouth bass, muskellunge and walleye, floated by raft and jon boat through long ledge pools near Radford, with…

Guadalupe River

Waterway

Southernmost trout fishery in the United States, a Canyon Lake tailwater stocked with rainbows and browns each winter and floated or waded…