Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piney Spring Piney Spring Branch | Spring | 37.77834, -91.81317 | MDC's Blue Ribbon description takes in Piney Spring Branch as well as the main creek. |
| 2 | Highway 63 Access Slipway at the US 63 crossing | Access / boat ramp | 37.79163, -91.82907 | OSM names this one only 'Hwy 63'. Upstream end of the easy-access water near Newburg. |
| 3 | USGS 06932000 - Little Piney Creek at Newburg USGS streamgauge | USGS gauge | 37.79747, -91.83649 | Small spring-fed creek: it clears fast, but a summer thunderstorm will colour it for a day. |
| 4 | Highway W Access Slipway at the Route W crossing | Access / boat ramp | 37.82842, -91.86133 | OSM name is 'Hwy W'. |
| 5 | FS Access Mark Twain National Forest | Access / boat ramp | 37.86460, -91.87097 | Forest Service ramp on the lower Blue Ribbon water. |
| 6 | Milldam Hollow Access Blue Ribbon lower limit | Access / boat ramp | 37.88219, -91.87274 | MDC's Blue Ribbon section runs 9.9 miles from the Phelps County line down to this access; the White Ribbon section runs 3.7 miles below it. Names and boundaries only - read the current rules before you fish. |
| 7 | Highway T Access Last ramp above the Gasconade | Access / boat ramp | 37.91009, -91.90377 | OSM name is 'Hyw T'. The creek meets the Gasconade a few hundred yards below. |
Gauge: USGS 06932000 — Little Piney Creek at Newburg, MO. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Regulations: mdc.mo.gov/fishing/regulations/special-waterbody-regulations/little-piney-creek
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Lane Spring Recreation Area, Mark Twain National Forest - camping available. From Rolla, Highway 63 south 12 miles, then west at the Forest Service sign for Lane Spring and 1.5 miles in on pavement.
Milldam Hollow Access - off Forest Road 1735 at the end of County Road 7400. This is the downstream boundary of the Blue Ribbon section; below it the creek is a White Ribbon put-and-take area with different limits.
Vida Slab - MDC samples upstream from here, and rates Highway 63 down to Vida Slab as the best water on the creek.
The White Ribbon section downstream is reached by Highway T and County Road 7400.
Private land is interleaved with Forest Service ground across the 9.9 regulated miles; wa
Spring: high water and the best distribution of fish through the runs. The creek can run off-colour after a hard rain and drops back quickly.
Summer: the springs hold it cold enough to fish all summer, and the extra size here makes it more forgiving than the smaller creeks in low water.
Fall: prime. Cool water, low flows, and the biggest fish of the year moving in the better habitat above Vida Sla