The White River and Border Lakes area is a tremendous fishery, as are the stretches of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers in the state. Norfork Lake is renowned for its striped bass fishing. The rivers and streams of the Ozarks are excellent trout waters, while the state's lakes and impoundments, like Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Lake are awesome largemouth bass fisheries.
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