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Ozarks

Missouri's trout-park seasons and Arkansas's spawning closure below Bull Shoals Dam. We found no agency page giving hatch months for the Ozarks, so none is charted. Each row is charted only for the months its source gives; where a source names an insect but gives no months, it is not charted. Conditions vary by water and year: use this to plan, then ask a local shop.

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Hundreds of mayflies floating on the calm surface of a wide river below a low bluff, in black and white
A mayfly hatch on the Green River at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming (Tom Koerner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Photo: Tom Koerner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Month by month

  • Season or closure
Ozarks: months each hatch, run or season occurs, by source
Event, where, sourceJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Trout park catch-and-keep season (stocked daily)Season or closure · Maramec Spring, Bennett Spring, Montauk and Roaring River trout parks, Missouri[1] Missouri Department of ConservationJanuary: noFebruary: noMarch: yesApril: yesMay: yesJune: yesJuly: yesAugust: yesSeptember: yesOctober: yesNovember: noDecember: no
Brown trout spawn closure (Bull Shoals Catch-and-Release Area)Season or closure · White River below Bull Shoals Dam (Bull Shoals White River State Park), Arkansas[2] Arkansas Game & Fish CommissionJanuary: yesFebruary: noMarch: noApril: noMay: noJune: noJuly: noAugust: noSeptember: noOctober: noNovember: yesDecember: yes
Trout park winter catch-and-release season (flies only)Season or closure · Missouri trout parks[1] Missouri Department of ConservationJanuary: yesFebruary: yesMarch: noApril: noMay: noJune: noJuly: noAugust: noSeptember: noOctober: noNovember: yesDecember: yes
  • Trout park catch-and-keep season (stocked daily) March to OctoberSeason or closure · Maramec Spring, Bennett Spring, Montauk and Roaring River trout parks, Missouri · [1] Missouri Department of Conservation
  • Brown trout spawn closure (Bull Shoals Catch-and-Release Area) November to JanuarySeason or closure · White River below Bull Shoals Dam (Bull Shoals White River State Park), Arkansas · [2] Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
  • Trout park winter catch-and-release season (flies only) November to FebruarySeason or closure · Missouri trout parks · [1] Missouri Department of Conservation

What each source says

The source's own words behind every row, so you can see exactly where the months come from.

  • Trout park catch-and-keep season (stocked daily), Maramec Spring, Bennett Spring, Montauk and Roaring River trout parks, Missouri (March to October): Maramec Spring Park, Bennett Spring State Park, Montauk State Park, and Roaring River State Park are open and stocked daily from March 1 through Oct. 31.[1]
  • Brown trout spawn closure (Bull Shoals Catch-and-Release Area), White River below Bull Shoals Dam (Bull Shoals White River State Park), Arkansas (November to January): Simply walking through a trout redd can have disastrous results, which is why the Bull Shoals Catch-and-Release Area along Bull Shoals White River State Park is closed to angling from Nov. 1 to Jan. 31 each year.[2]
  • Trout park winter catch-and-release season (flies only), Missouri trout parks (November to February): Only catch-and-release fishing is available from the second Friday in November through the second Monday in February. Only flies may be used during the catch-and-release season.[1]

Use it on the water

Pick flies with the fly finder, check an insect with the fly identifier, and read the flow and temperature on each water page before you go.

Sources

Every fact on this page is our paraphrase of the page cited beside it, read on the date shown. Rules and seasons change: check the agency's current regulations before you fish.

  1. Trout Parks Missouri Department of Conservation, read Oct 24, 2026.
  2. Tiptoe through the trout streams during the fall spawn Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, read Oct 24, 2026.

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