OZARKS & MID-SOUTH FISHING MAP
Fishing Hot Spots
Clear Ozark reservoirs and cold trout tailwaters: Table Rock, Taneycomo, Lake of the Ozarks and Truman in Missouri, Bull Shoals, the White River, Norfork, Beaver, Greers Ferry, the Little Red, Ouachita and Hamilton in Arkansas, and Reelfoot and Dale Hollow in Tennessee. Tap any star or dot to see what it is and what to fish there.
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Parks & rules
Safety: these are planning references. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts and proper safety equipment before heading out.
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Month-by-month patterns, fish, ramps and rules for each water:
Fishing Hot Spots by area
Lakes and rivers. Tap one to fly to it on the map.
Clear lakes and trophy trout
The Ozarks are full of big, clear reservoirs where largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, crappie, walleye and striped bass all live together. Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork, Beaver, Greers Ferry and Ouachita are the best known.
Below the big dams, the water stays cold enough for trout: Lake Taneycomo at Branson, the White River at Cotter, the Norfork tailwater and the Little Red River at Heber Springs, which once gave up the world-record brown trout. Dale Hollow, on the Tennessee–Kentucky line, holds the world-record smallmouth.
Rules: each state sells its own license, and Missouri and Arkansas require a trout permit. Dam releases can raise tailwater levels fast; always check the generation schedule.
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