Heavy generation may draw some shad through the generators and shad patterns can be good near dams. Tailwater trout are inclined to feed when the water is coming up, but rising water is often cloudy and carrying debris. The rise fishes best near the dams where debris is minimal. Large brown trout are known for feeding at night, and the other species will also. During summer, when the rivers are pounded by day and temperatures are severe, night fishing is both comfortable and exciting.
Trout often cruise at night.
Position yourself in a fishy spot and let them some to you. If that doesn't work, move. There are many trout streams and rivers in the Ozarks, including the spring-fed Current, Eleven Point, Meramec, Niangua, and Spring rivers. Nearly all Ozark streams provide excellent fly fishing for smallmouth bass fishing, most have largemouth and spotted bass as well. The Ozarks' big lakes, including those in the White River System, are famous for bass, walleyes, stripers, hybrid stripers, white bass, catfish, and panfish.