Wild Trout Streams In Missouri

[eric1978]

hmmm....KS....its not THAT far of a drive.

Since I can't tell if you're joking or not, I'll just make sure you know...strangercreek is an OAF member, not a stream

[Geoff]

well im retarded. i read that all totally wrong.....HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[GloryDaze]

That was funny Eric- if I didn't live so close to Tonganoxie, you might have got me on that one.

[troutfiend1985]

Hey, I have a couple questions. What's the biggest trout that you have caught, or have heard of being caught out of one of MO's wild trout stream? I had a guy try to tell me that he caught a 10lb trout out of crane. I just can't believe that, the creek doesn't seem large enought to support such a trout and the constant low water in the summer would probably stress a fish of that size. Granted, the guy told me he caught this fish over 20 years ago, I still can't see a trout of this size living in Crane.

[ozark trout fisher]

Hey, I have a couple questions. What's the biggest trout that you have caught, or have heard of being caught out of one of MO's wild trout stream? I had a guy try to tell me that he caught a 10lb trout out of crane. I just can't believe that, the creek doesn't seem large enought to support such a trout and the constant low water in the summer would probably stress a fish of that size. Granted, the guy told me he caught this fish over 20 years ago, I still can't see a trout of this size living in Crane.

You would be surprised how large of trout you can find on some of these wild trout creeks. They are the exception, not the rule, but they are there. I've never heard of anyone catching one as large as 10 pounds, but I have seen pics of a surprising number of fish in the 2 to 4 pound range. The biggest that I have actually brought to net in a wild trout creek was 19", from Little Piney. But honestly, I can't say that fish was 100% for sure wild.... They do stock about 4 or 5 miles downstream from where I was fishing. It did look wild though. I hooked another there that was considerably larger. Got a good look, but couldn't slip it into the net before it threw the hook.

All of the creeks have a few lunkers, but they're awful tough to find, and they aren't easy to catch once you do find them. If you really want big ones, stripping streamers is really the only consistent way I find. It cuts your catch rate about 90%, but the ones you catch are generally pretty decent sized.