RV'n and Fishing

Trolling?

What you are looking for is pretty common in eastern Oklahoma.

The Strayhorn Landing COE access area on Tenkiller Ferry Lake in Oklahoma has a concessionaire-operated marina. There are commercial operations as well, like Barnacle Bill's, combining RV resort with marina. Similarly Pelican Point Marina on Fort Gibson Lake, and I'm sure there are others I've not yet visited.

Several of the RV resorts on Grand Lake of the Cherokees have their own docks; there may or may not be a dock fee. Some have marina services like fuel. In any case, there are commercial marinas on this lake (in Grove particularly) that are not be too far from the public campgrounds at the two state parks or the RV resorts not operating marinas.

Many of the larger inland lakes in northern part of the Michigan Lower Peninsula, northwest corner particularly, have marina operations close to campgrounds or RV parks; most of these are commercial.

Closer to home for you, you'll find marina operations combined with resorts on Lake of the Ozarks (south of Jefferson City) and Mark Twain Lake (just west of Hannibal).

I've also found campgrounds with docks or marinas at the northern end of Land Between the Lakes.

I also find RV parking lots as part of marina operations all along the Mississippi River. The one I pass most often is across the river from Louisana, Missouri on the Illinois side of the US-54 bridge, I think it is called Two Rivers.

Thanks for all the good info...I will be looking at a few of these to travel to in the future...

Most US Army Corps of Engineer campgrounds are on water of some sort and most have campsites on the water. hey usually have a boat ramp within the park. you can pull your boat to shore at your campsite. You have to check each campground. Some have easier access to the water than others.

Idaho Power Company has several nice parks along Hell's Canyon. Woodhead is my favorite. There is a dock and boat launch area. I use a kayak, so I've never used it myself.

Although we do not carry or use a boat, we love to fish, and most of the campgrounds we visit have lakes or river, many of which have docks and fishing piers. The problem is that most of the states think that their fish are the most valuable in the world, and require you to have a expensive fishing license just for their state. Traveling over a number of states, this can become very expensive in a hurry, just for a couple of days fishing from the bank near our campsite. Much cheaper just to sit and skip flat rocks. We have stayed at a number of private campgrounds that have their own lakes or ponds, and that encourage the use with no extra charge. Many are cared for and well stocked with fish.

seveal along the Colorado River, like Cattail Cove on Lk. Havasu, or Lk. Mojave, as well as in Needles,at the San Bernardino County park. Have on water, then as someone said, there is Cachuma, and all the ocean campground along the harbors in the west.

Just came through AR and MS, pretty much any state park that had a lake, pond, or decent river, had docks.

tegu69 wrote:
Trolling?

I'm not sure if you think I'm trolling or what...I asked a specific question about parks with boat slips, parking etc beside the campsites...I just don't want to have to move the RV everyday to get the boat in and out of the water...