Hazelgreen Access

[UnCivE]

You're in the right spot, for sure. If you intend to take out the 10' jon boat, you'd probably outta have a motor or a troller or something to move you around. I'd imagine it'd be rough to paddle a jon upstream for any period.

Anyway, I'd recommend Riddle Bridge (which is a lot closer to Ft. Wood than hazelgreen) and the area downstream to HWY 28. It's a special management area, so you can only keep 1 smallmouth, but the fish should be larger (in theory).

I usually fish around the HWY 7 access, Schlicht Springs access, Riddle Bridge, or even Adams Ford if I feel like driving. All of these spots have boat ramps (hwy 7 is a little sketchy though). You can find directions at:

http://www.missouricanoe.org/river-maps/gasconade.html

or even better, the google earth KMZ file referenced above by Gavin.

You can also checkout the Big Piney, which flows right through Ft. Wood and intersects the Gasconade downstream of HWY 28.

[Bitethis]

Excellent, thanks a lot guys. This will give me something to look forward to. I have a 35lb troller, so we should be good ;-)

[Flysmallie]

(hwy 7 is a little sketchy though)

That's like the understatement of the year.

[UnCivE]

That's like the understatement of the year.

HA! Yeah, I guess I should say "Don't try to put a boat in at highway 7, unless you've got 4-wheel drive and a hovercraft."

[AmericanAngler]

I used to drive up to Vienna with a buddy from Rolla there is access there as well. And we would head south towards the overpass on 63. Great Bass and Cat fishing around that area. Some shallows to watch for but we used a 10 ft as well and Im a big boy and did fine.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Missouri Highway Department also has county by county road maps in pdf format...Its a good supplement to a Delorme Gazateer...helps a bit with local road & place names but not geographic details.

There are a lot of fords that make good access points. When you see a road that accesses the rive from both sides and no bridge, chances are its a ford.