Table Rock Lake

   Completed in 1959 with its 43,100 acres and 745 miles of shore line. Table Rock is noted for Bass and Walleye fishing also Kentucky (spotted bass), White Bass, Small Mouth, White Crappie, Black Crappie, Catfish, and Paddlefish. The lake has both clear & deep water up to 220 ft.; This Lake located in Southwest-Missouri it is on the White River Chain of Lakes. Surrounded by both natural beauty and manmade attractions especially good for boating, skiing, swimming and fishing, and  draws more scuba divers than any other Missouri lake. Boaters have 19 marinas, and there are 125 motels and resorts with direct access to the water. Lodging and attractions are found at Branson, Kimberling City, Shell Knob, Lampe, Lakeview and Indian Point. There are several major arms of Table Rock Lake- James River and Flat Creek coming from the north and the Springfield watershed and the White and Kings Rivers from the south- Fayetteville, Arkansas watershed.  And then there's the Long Creek arm, also in the south but entering on the eastern side and the Harrison, Arkansas watershed. Campsites are plentiful, with 17 Army Corps of Engineers public-use areas, national forest lands and a state park.

Note:  Lake wide fishing license for border lakes long Missouri and Arkansas.  $10 will buy you an annual permit to fish either side of Table Rock, Bull Shoals or Norfork Lakes, if you're a Missouri or Arkansas resident.