Fishing near Van Buren, MO

Van Buren sits in Carter County in the southeastern Missouri Ozarks, where the crystal-clear Current River is the centerpiece of the local fishing scene. The river runs through the Ozark National Scenic Riverways — the first stream designated a National Scenic River — and this stretch is one of the most popular floats in the Ozarks, drawing anglers for smallmouth bass and more on gravel-bar-lined, spring-fed water.

Top waters to fish near Van Buren

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Alligator Gar

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

American Paddlefish

Polyodon spathula

Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Black Redhorse

Moxostoma duquesnei

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Blue Sucker

Cycleptus elongatus

Bowfin

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Chain Pickerel

Esox niger

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

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