Montauk State Park (Missouri)
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Montauk State Park is a Missouri State Park at the headwaters of the Current River
near Salem, Missouri
that is famous for its rainbow trout
and brown trout
angling.
It has 1396 acres (5.6 km²) and was acquired in 1926. The normal trout season runs from March 1 to October 31, with an additional weekends-only catch and release season running from mid-November until mid-February.
Current River (Missouri)
The Current River forms in the southeastern portion of the Ozarks of Missouri and becomes a 7th order stream as it flows southeasterly out of the Ozarks into northeastern Arkansas where it becomes a tributary of the Black River, which is a tributary of the White River, a tributary of the...
near Salem, Missouri
Salem, Missouri
-External links:* * Historic maps of Salem in the at the University of Missouri...
that is famous for its rainbow trout
Rainbow trout
The rainbow trout is a species of salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead is a sea run rainbow trout usually returning to freshwater to spawn after 2 to 3 years at sea. In other words, rainbow trout and steelhead trout are the same species....
and brown trout
Brown trout
The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....
angling.
It has 1396 acres (5.6 km²) and was acquired in 1926. The normal trout season runs from March 1 to October 31, with an additional weekends-only catch and release season running from mid-November until mid-February.
External links
- Official Missouri State Park website
- MontaukPark.com - Resource Page