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Best walleye lakes in Missouri

17 Missouri waters hold walleye, 4 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Low-light predator with reflective eyes. Feeds on structure edges at dawn, dusk and night.

1. Table Rock Lake — 218 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
2. Lake of the Ozarks — 130 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
3. Norfork Lake — 176 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
4. Bull Shoals Lake — 210 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
5. Harry S. Truman Reservoir — 90 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
6. Gasconade River — 12 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish
7. Stockton Lake — 100 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
8. Mark Twain Lake — 70 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
9. Current River — 10 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Longnose Gar
10. Pomme de Terre Lake — 80 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie
11. Smithville Lake — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
12. Osage River — 30 ft max · Walleye, White Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish
13. Eleven Point River — 10 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
14. Mozingo Lake — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
15. Fellows Lake — 81 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
16. Lake Jacomo — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
17. Longview Lake — 66 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie

When to fish walleye in Missouri

• Spring 4–15 ft — Spawning runs to gravel shoals, rocky shorelines and inflows.
• Summer 15–35 ft — Deep humps and breaklines by day; edges and flats in low light.
• Fall 12–40 ft — Fish steep structure near deep basins; big fish move shallow at night.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Deep basin flats and humps; short dawn/dusk feeding windows.

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