Table Rock Lake

Type
Lake or reservoir, Missouri (South)
Designation
Agency-named bass water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
4 nearby
Shops
None listed

Today on Table Rock Lake

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Table Rock Lake is a lake or reservoir in Missouri, listed as Agency-named bass water by Missouri Department of Conservation.

More about Table Rock Lake

4 guides nearby are listed here.

Updated · Sources: Black Bass Special Area Regulations

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Table Rock Lake is a lake or reservoir in Missouri.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Table Rock Lake or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Table Rock Lake

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Table Rock Lake

Restrooms near Table Rock Lake

Restrooms within 2 miles of Table Rock Lake in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

Map of 2 restrooms near Table Rock Lake

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 2 restrooms near Table Rock Lake, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom

    1.8 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  2. Restroom

    1.9 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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    Photo credit

    Fog on Lake Taneycomo, Missouri. Photo: Luke Wisley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Lake Taneycomo

    Missouri · about 18 mi

    Rainbow trout, brown trout & smallmouth bass

  • The Eleven Point River in the Missouri OzarksAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not James River
    Photo credit

    The Eleven Point River, Missouri. Photo: Charlie Llewellin from Austin, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not James River.

    James River

    Missouri · about 14 mi

  • Crooked Creek at Yellville, a calm pool between wooded banks in evening lightBlue RibbonRepresentative photo · not Crane Creek
    Photo credit

    Crooked Creek at Highway 14 in Yellville, Arkansas. Photo: Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Crane Creek.

    Crane Creek

    Missouri · about 20 mi

  • The Buffalo River flowing below tall limestone bluffs in the OzarksDesignated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Roaring River
    Photo credit

    Buffalo National River, Arkansas. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Roaring River.

    Roaring River

    Missouri · about 20 mi

  • Fourche Maline Creek reflecting frosted pines and bare treesAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Elk River
    Photo credit

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    Elk River

    Missouri · about 57 mi

  • Mist over Bull Shoals Lake at dawn, with forested Ozark hills along the shoreAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Stockton Lake
    Photo credit

    Bull Shoals Lake on a misty morning, Taney County, Missouri. Photo: Semipaw, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Stockton Lake.

    Stockton Lake

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Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Agency-named bass water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under bass.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
41,780 acres
Watershed
James

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

389.2 of 720.7 mi of shoreline on public land

  • Table Rock Recreation AreaArmy Corps of Engineers · 384.3 mi
  • Mark Twain National ForestForest Service · 3 mi
  • Beaver Recreation AreaArmy Corps of Engineers · 1.2 mi
  • Table Rock State ParkUnknown · 1 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Table Rock Lake

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

What 4 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 4 nearby guide websites

  • Brown trout2
  • Rainbow trout2
  • Trout2
  • Bass1
  • Smallmouth bass1

When the bugs come off

How we put this together

Named by guides nearby (within 40 miles), counted from the species each guide lists on its own site. No agency page we hold lists species for this water.

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on stillwater

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Table Rock Lake.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 8 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Table Rock Lake” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.