Missouri 2008 Official Vacation Planner - (Page 46) NORTHWEST Fishing and Hunting Snow geese at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, near Mound City MO Largemouth bass are abundant in several lakes in the Northwest Region, including Mozingo, east of Maryville, and Jacomo, in Jackson County. Bass, crappie, walleye and catfish teem at the impressive Smithville Reservoir, north of Kansas City. Of course, big catfish put up big fights in the Missouri River. SWAN LAKE AND SQUAW CREEK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES PIONEERED WETLAND HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN THE REGION. Winter trout fishing is popular at the James A. Reed Wildlife Area east of Kansas City, at Alex George Park Lake in Jackson County and at Chaumiere Park Lake in Clay County. The Missouri Aquaculture AssociMISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION ation (www.moaa.pond.org) provides information about private fishing operations, like the Levasy Lake Service in Buckner. State conservation offices in Kansas City (816-655-6250), St. Joseph (816-271-3100) and Kirksville (660-785-2420) are the fishing authorities for counties in the Northwest Region. See pages 50–51 for fishing opportunities at state parks. Missouri is the nation’s leading turkey state, boasting a population between 500,000 and 600,000, with plentiful birds in the Northwest Region. There are white-tailed deer in every county of northwest Missouri, wherever there’s a mix of forest and open land. Population and animal size are somewhat larger north of the Missouri River. A variety of season types serves the state’s 400,000 hunters who, during the 2006-2007 deer season, donated 161 tons of venison to Missouri food banks. Left: Sunfish string at Maple Leaf Lake, Lafayette County 46 Missouri Vacation Planner 2008 http://www.moaa.pond.org
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