UTERJanuary
Winter blues and trout parks
Catch-and-release season in the parks.
Table Rock to the Mississippi
Missouri freshwater fishing
What's biting in Missouri freshwater in October: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and spotted bass at their peak, with sauger, bluegill and redear sunfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 20 fish here month by month, from Table Rock Lake to Bennett Spring.
Fall crappie
Ozark highland reservoirs, spring-fed trout parks, clear smallmouth rivers, Truman's flooded timber, and the paddlefish runs and big-river catfish.
Table Rock LakeLake of the OzarksTruman LakeBull ShoalsCurrent RiverBennett Spring
Updated
Now · October
Fall crappie
Brush.
Largemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Smallmouth bassRainbow troutBlue catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
This month here
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Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Black crappie (speck)
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White bass
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Sauger
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Walleye
Flathead catfish
Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Paddlefish (spoonbill)
Common carp
Longnose gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Bass on jerkbaits
Table Rock points.
March
Paddlefish snagging; trout parks open
Black crappie (speck)Paddlefish (spoonbill)Rainbow troutBlue catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Walleye
Osage arm.
April
Crappie on the beds
Truman buckbrush.
May
Bass beds; Ozark river smallmouth
Largemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Smallmouth bassRainbow troutBlue catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Float the Current.
June
Summer floats
Smallmouth.
July
Night bass
Lake of the Ozarks docks.
August
Hot water
Deep.
September
Fall bass
Black crappie (speck)Smallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Flathead catfishWhite bassHybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Shad in creeks.
October · now
Fall crappie
Largemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Smallmouth bassRainbow troutBlue catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Brush.
November
Brown trout spawn
Taneycomo.
December
Winter blues
Truman channels.
Fish guides for Missouri freshwater
When, where and what to use, fish by fishBlack crappie (speck)Blue catfishLargemouth bassPaddlefish (spoonbill)Rainbow troutSmallmouth bassWalleye
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