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River Fishing
County River Area Name Boat Access
Cass S. Grand Amarugia Highlands CA Yes
Clay Missouri Cooley Lake CA Yes
Clay/Jackson Missouri LaBenite Park/ Liberty Bend CA Yes
Jackson Missouri Fort Osage Yes
Missouri Riverfront Park Yes
Blue Brown Athletic Area Yes
Platte Platte Humphrey Access Yes
Platte Platte Falls CA Yes
Platte Kendzora CA No
Platte Marshall CA No
Platte Ringold Access  
Platte Schimmel City Access Yes
Platte Union Mill Access  
Lake and Pond Fishing
County Area Name Acres Boat Access (# of ramps)
Cass Amarugia Highlands CA 55 Yes
Harrisonville North Lake 34 Yes
Clay Chaumiere Lake 1 No
Englewood Lake 1 No
Lakewood Lake 1 No
Smithville Lake   Yes
Jackson Alex George Lake 8 No
Bergan Lake 3 No
Blue Springs Lake 720 Yes (2)
Blue Valley Lake 1 No
Bowlin Road Pond 4 No
James A. Reed Memorial WA 252  
Lake Jacomo 970 Yes (2)
Lake of the Woods 1 No
Lone Jack CA 35 Yes (1)
Longview Lake 930 Yes (2)
North Terrace Lake 1 No
Penn Valley Lake 1 No
Prairie Lee Lake 150 Yes (1)
Scherer Lake 15 No
Tarsney and Wood Lakes 17 & 8 Yes
Troost Lake 1 No
Wyatt Lake 3 No
Platte Guy B. Park CA 17 Yes

For More Information

The Conservation Department’s Kansas City Regional office at 3424 NW Duncan Road in Blue springs (816-655-6250) has brushpile maps for some of the lakes. The office can also provide you with the annual “Fishing Prospects” guide, recipes for dough baits and a list of fishing regulations for all Jackson County Parks lakes.

You can get more information about fishing at Smithville Lake by contacting the Liberty office at 816-792-8662.

For more conservation information about the area, visit the Kansas City region Web site at www.missouriconservation.org/areas/kcmetro/.

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author TODD GEMEINHARDT is a fisheries management biologist in the Kansas City region and has been with the Missouri Department of Conservation since 1999. In his free time, he enjoys hunting and fishing as well as spending time with his wife, Nicole, and his 15-month- old daughter, Madelyn.

author PAM LANIGAN is a fisheries management biologist who has been with the Department of Conservation for more than 15 years. She and her husband, Tim, live in Independence with their two young children, Luke and Logan. Pam and her family like to fish, hunt and spend time outside with their dogs.

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