Lake Taneycomo's clear cold waters provide some of the finest trout fishing available anywhere in the world. The Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout that ply the waters of Lake Taneycomo provide a year round fishing experience that is exciting as well as varied. From Fly Fishing and artificial only fishing in Lake Taneycomo Trophy Trout Area, near her Headwaters, to bait fishing outside of the Trophy Trout Waters, Lake Taneycomo offers Rainbow and Brown Trout fishing at its best all year round.

Bull Shoals Lake offers some of the finest and most varied fresh water fishing anywhere. On average it is a warm water lake offering the standard varieties of warm water fishing such as Large Mouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, Stripers, Crappie, Channel Cat, Bream, other panfish, and Walleye. On the upper end of the Lake, near the portion of her headwaters consisting of the tailwaters of Lake Taneycomo, there is enough temperature variation to offer Trout fishing for both Rainbow and Brown Trout. It should also be pointed out that the tailwaters of the Bull Shoals Dam feed the White River and its world class Brown Trout fishery. Excellent Rainbow and Brown Trout fishing is also provided in Lake Taneycomo located above the Power Site Dam near Forsyth, Missouri.