Where the fish are right now
The creek, cut open from the side. Drag the hours and watch them move through the column as the light changes.
Cross-section of the creek showing the depth bands and where trout are holding through the day.
Where to fish it, and why
Two miles of private stream, stocked from the ranch's own hatchery — fish go in at 2 lb and better, the average is about 3 lb, and the ranch record is 16 lb. These six spots are where the creek's own shape says those fish can hold.
Ranked by sun angle for the middle day of the trip.
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Ranked for this time of day
Zones are read from the creek's measured shape — its centreline from OpenStreetMap and the ground elevation beneath it from the USGS 3DEP survey. Bends scour deep on the outside; gradient breaks concentrate food. That is where fish can hold. It is not a report of where they were biting, and anything the ranch tells you on the day beats all of it.
One thing to ask at check-in. Catch & Release is a designated area, not the whole creek, and the ranch does not publish where its boundary runs. An angler's account from 2009 put it at about a mile of the two in summer, but that is old and unconfirmed, so it is not drawn here. If you are fishing Catch & Release, ask which water is yours before you walk to a spot on this map.
Are you in?
All three days. It is private water, so there is no Missouri fishing licence and no trout stamp to buy.
Who is bringing what
Tap anything to put your name on it. The lodge restaurant does three meals a day, so this list is only what it does not cover.
The gear chart
Both permits, hour by hour, so you can see the difference before you pick one. The blocks follow the real light for that day.
In the bag regardless
Permit, weather and time of day do not change any of this.
The water
Same creeks, same crew, earlier in the year. Drag it sideways.