Missouri Water Levels & the Daily Bite

Live water for the Show-Me State — the great Ozark reservoirs Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock, Truman, Stockton & Bull Shoals. Missouri is also a trout wonderland: Lake Taneycomo, the trout parks (Bennett Spring, Roaring River, Montauk) & the wild spring rivers. Every lake here runs live off NOAA pool gauges. Each tube shows the pool, the level, the lake's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge. Scroll down for the Ozark trout, the Missouri River blue cats, the famous Current River float, and Mississippi-flyway duck country.

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Flood / above normal At normal pool Below normal Current level Bite gauge: slow → hot (solunar)

Hover a fish for its species · click a fish to search that lake's 2026 tournaments

Each cylinder is scaled to its own operating band: the gold line is normal full (conservation) pool, the red line is the flood / above-normal line, and the blue water is the live reading. Missouri's reservoir gauges report true pool elevation in ft MSL — every lake here is elevation (ft MSL). The colored bar at left is a solunar bite forecast for right now at each lake (red = slow, green = hot).

Ozark Trout — Spring Rivers & Trout Parks

Missouri's spring-fed Ozarks hold world-class rainbow & brown trout — the Current at Montauk, the Eleven Point at Greer Spring, Bennett Spring on the Niangua, and Roaring River. (The famous Lake Taneycomo tailwater below Table Rock Dam rounds out the state's trout.) The cylinder shows live gage height (ft) — low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.

Roughly 100–200 cfs is prime wadeable/tubing flow; big releases above ~1,000 cfs run fast and cold. Always check Canyon Dam releases before wading.

River Catfish — the Missouri & the Mississippi

The Missouri (Kansas City, Boonville, Hermann) and the Mississippi (St. Louis, Cape Girardeau) hold trophy blue catfish & flatheads. Live river stage (ft) from NOAA, with action & flood marked. Rising, off-color water turns the cats on. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.

Ozark Float Streams — Current, Jacks Fork & Eleven Point

The clear, spring-fed Current, Jacks Fork & Eleven Point are the most famous floats in the Ozarks — gravel bars, bluffs & smallmouth — with the Meramec & Niangua alongside. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT, EXPERT & FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.

The Current, Jacks Fork & Eleven Point are clear, spring-fed, year-round floats — gentle most of the season but flashy after Ozark rains. Always check the gage before launching.

Duck Water — the River Bottoms & Swan Lake

Missouri is a Mississippi-Flyway powerhouse — the Missouri River bottoms, Swan Lake NWR, Grand Pass & Fountain Grove. Live river-level (ft) from NOAA. Hover a duck for the species; tap it for a guide.

The river bottoms & refuges flood for the migration. Missouri duck season runs roughly late November–January by zone.