Spring Fed · Limestone · Missouri

Eleven Point River

The Eleven Point is the prettiest of the Ozark trout waters — a National Scenic River running clear and cold through the Mark Twain forest country, given its character by Greer Spring, which roughly doubles the river's flow where it comes in and turns a warm Ozark stream into trout water.

Species

About as good as it gets

Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.

75% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
15°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity6712% weight
Conditions
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp
15.1°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
25°C
Wind
E 11 km/h
Light breeze
Pressure
1020 hPa
Rain · 24h
0.0 mm
No rain
Rain · ahead
1.7 mm
No meaningful rain · next 48h

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though time of day could be better.
Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Brown SedgeHatch
2
3
2
Freshwater ShrimpHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Blue Winged OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
2
Mayfly (Green Drake)Hatch
2
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Missouri Trout Permit required to possess trout; the Greer Spring branch and the river below carry a trout-management zone with specific gear/length rules — verify the exact zone, dates and tackle rules against current MDC rules
  • A National Scenic River — respect the corridor.
Directions
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About this water

The Eleven Point is the prettiest of the Ozark trout waters — a National Scenic River running clear and cold through the Mark Twain forest country, given its character by Greer Spring, which roughly doubles the river's flow where it comes in and turns a warm Ozark stream into trout water. Below the spring branch it's a float-and-wade river of long clear pools and gravel riffles holding stocked and wild rainbows and a few browns, the kind of water you fish from a canoe as much as on foot, with the scenery half the point. It's spring-fed, so it runs stable and cold rather than rising and falling on a dam's whim — a different and gentler animal than the big generation tailwaters. Fish scuds, midges and soft hackles through the cool months and small dries when the fish are up, and give yourself time to drift the bluff pools. A scenic spring-river counterpoint to the pack's tailwaters.

  • Limestone
Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 January → 31 December
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