Your Top 5

[ModernTroutCowboy]

What is your top 5 trout destinations and why ?

I am looking for places that you all think that would be the best for a trip coming up. BTW this fourm Rock! thank you all for the great tips and news..

[Randall]

#1 White River, Ar.

I would highly recommend the White. I always catch numbers and at least one big brown on every trip down there. This is a good river for both beginners and advanced anglers.

#2 Current River, Mo.

This river changes a little it seems like with every rain, so there's always something new. Until I fished the White this was easily my number 1.

#3 Truman Dam Tailwater, Mo. (not trout, but its always fun)

Way too many memories from undergrad to leave it off the list. Hybrids, whites, crappie, and walleye make for an exciting day or night.

#4 Upper Meramec River, Mo.

My home river. Growing up in Cuba, I spent a lot of time on this river, though generally in a canoe or tube. Fishing for me is either hot or cold. I generally just buck up and make the drive to the Current.

#5 Blue Springs Creek, Mo.

Smallest piece of water I ever fished and probably the toughest I've fished. The fish are small, but you have to earn them more than on other streams. The brush is tight to the stream and I don't think I've ever cast with my boots in the water. The fish are all streambred though and that for me is worth a lot.

Here in a few years when I can start going different places that might change, but until then, these are my favorites.

[ColdWaterFshr]

1. Barbara Eden

2. Farah

3. Ginger on Gilligans Island

4. Morgan Fairchild

5. (tie) Raquel Welch or just about any of the chicks who starred on the Love Boat

[ColdWaterFshr]

Scratch Morgan Fairchild and replace with Bo Derek.

[ozark trout fisher]

1. Little Piney Creek ( I already told you about that) rainbows, smallmouth bass, goggle-eye

2. Current River/Montauk State Park rainbows, browns

3. White River Arkansas, below Bull Shoals Dam rainbows,browns, cutthroat, brookies

4. Bennett Spring rainbow, browns, smallmouth

5. Maramec Spring Branch/ Maramec River Red Ribbon Trout Area rainbows and browns, smallmouth

There are many other good rivers and streams for trout in the Ozarks, but you asked for the top five, so there you go.

[KCRIVERRAT]

Here's my top 5... starting with the places I frequent the most.

1.Jacks Fork... beginning to know every nook & cranny. Smallies galore!

2. Smithville... hometown lake, excellent walleye and crappie.

3. Big Piney... seems to have slowed down, still a beautiful river.

4. Roaring River... nice solitude OUTSIDE the park. Limits 75% of the time.

5. Melvern Lake... crappie out the ying-yang!

[ModernTroutCowboy]

Its good to see everyones taste's. i am a big fan of current the 4 times i have been there. I have a map of all the areas in Missouri for trout parks and seen alot of youtube clips of trips. I hope to have a good photo shoot with a nice brown or rambio on this trip. Getting everything packed up and ready to GO! I need to tye more flyies !!!

Looking forward to going to different spots for next weekend.(NEED A GOOD PHOTO)

Dont get me wrong I love a good trout for dinner, But i have a great respect for trout management. I am not one of those bucket brigdas. Just want to a couple of trout over a camp side grill. I know alot of people can reliate. Anyway. I Love all the help that everyone has given me.

[ModernTroutCowboy]

One more thing.. We are both great outdoors people. A great Sceinic Creek or River.... There is nothing like it (we think) in this world..

[laker67]

#1-- Brown Boulevard, water on.

#2-- Rebar, water off.

#3-- #1 outlet, water on.

#4-- #2 outlet, water off.

#5-- After dark for all of the above.

All of my above 5 choices, have the capability of producing large, to extremely large fish. These are the "top gun" choices that missouri has to offer.

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[Randall]

#1-- Brown Boulevard, water on.

#2-- Rebar, water off.

#3-- #1 outlet, water on.

#4-- #2 outlet, water off.

#5-- After dark for all of the above.

All of my above 5 choices, have the capability of producing large, to extremely large fish. These are the "top gun" choices that missouri has to offer.

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Have you ever fished taneycomo? I've heard there is some good fishing there.