Family Fishing & Boating Spots

2015 ING & FAMILY FISH OTS G SP RICA BOATIN IN AME Getting out on the water to boat and fish is one of the best ways to enjoy the outdoors and spend time with your family and friends!

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FISHINGISAGATEWAY % TOTHEOUTDOORS MILLION 78 of outdoor enthusiasts 3.5 participate in fishing miles of rivers in (Enough to go around the United States the globe X)

* 7,804 $46 state parks in the U.S. is the average annual cost of fishing licenses for a family of 

FAMILYFRIENDLYPLACES TOBOATANDFISHARE

Part of a state or city Near a public park with amenities Full of fish for Recommended body of water such as parking, all (stocking by other (lake or river or bathrooms, picnic Easily accessible programs, anglers (who ocean) tables, playgrounds, healthy bodies voted for (within an hour’s drive fishing piers and/or of water, easy to these spots) of your big city!) boat ramps catch species)



Seattle   Spokane 9 Presque Isle State Park

 5 Keystone State Park

 6 Clear Lake State Park  10 Lackawanna State Park Minneapolis Green Bay        Albany Grand Rapids    Milwaukee  Providence Madison      Detroit Scranton        Cleveland  New York Chicago         Philadelphia Sacramento    Pittsburgh    Omaha  Indianapolis  Baltimore   Columbus San Francisco    Denver Cincinnati Washington    Kansas City  Charleston   Richmond  St. Louis  

     Raleigh   Asheville  Nashville Charlotte  Los Angeles       San Diego Phoenix  Atlanta  Birmingham Charleston     Dallas  Jacksonville   Kissimmee State Park 4 Austin New 3 Blue Springs State Park Houston Orleans San Antonio  Skyway Fishing Orlando Pier State Park 7  Galveston Island 1 Everglades National Park 8 State Park Miami 

Key West Bahia Honda State Park 2

Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL  Table Rock State Park, Branson, MO  Lake Livingston State Park, Livingston, TX  Bahia Honda State Park, Big Pine Key, FL  Nockamixon State Park, Quakertown, PA  Niawanda Park, Tonawanda, NY . Blue Springs State Park, Orange City, FL  Cedar River State Harbor, Cedar River, MI  Table Rock State Park, SC  Kissimmee State Park, Lake Wales, FL  Lake Chabot Regional Park, Castro Valley, CA  North Point Marina on Lake Michigan, Winthrop Harbor, IL  Keystone State Park, Derry, PA  Graon Lakes State Parks, Cropseyville, NY  Tropical Park, Miami, FL  Clear Lake State Park, Kelseyville, CA  Cape Cod National Seashore, Cape Cod, MA   Lakeshore State Park, Milwaukee, WI  Skyway Fishing Pier State Park, St. Petersburg, FL  Smith Mountain Lake State Park, Huddleston, VA  Portage Lakes State Park, Akron, OH  Galveston Island State Park, Galveston, TX   Fort Custer State Park, Augusta, MI  Two Rivers State Recreation Area, Waterloo, NE  Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA  Moonlight State Beach, Encinitas, CA  Mosquito Lake State Park, Cortland, OH  Lackawanna State Park, North Abington, PA  Little Buffalo State Park, Newport, PA  Johnson Sauk Trail State Park, Kewanee, IL  Round Valley Recreation Area, Lebanon, NJ  High Cliff State Park, Sherwood, WI  Holly Recreation Area, Holly, MI  Bull's Island State Park, Stockton, NJ  Kernersville Lake Park, Kernersville, NC  Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, IN  Spruce Run State Park, Hampton, NJ  Pocahontas Lake State Park, Chesterfield, VA  High Falls State Park, Jackson, GA  Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area,  Lake Wanahoo State Recreation Area, Wahoo, NE  Lake Corpus Christi State Park, Mathis, TX Ogallala, NE  Pleasure Cove Resort and Marina, Napa, CA  Gantry Plaza State Park, Long Island City, NY  Starved Rock State Park, Oglesby, IL  North Cascades National Park, Sedro-Woolley, WA   Pymatuning Lake State Park, Linesville, PA  Moraine State Park, Portersville, PA  Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Anahuac, TX  Natchez-Trace State Park, Wildersville, TN  Chain O'Lakes State Park, Spring Grove, IL   Potholes State Park, Othello, WA  Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ  Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, New Hope, NC . Itasca State Park, Park Rapids, MN  Fort Yargo State Park, Winder, GA  Lake James State Park, Nebo, NC  Don Edwards San Francisco Bay  Lake Pueblo State Park, Pueblo, CO  Brookville Lake-Whitewater Memorial National Wildlife Refuge, Fremont, CA  Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY State Park Complex, Liberty, IN  Sleepy Hollow State Park, Laingsburg, MI  Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, AL   Dockweiler State Beach, Playa del Rey, CA  Guntersville State Park, Guntersville, AL  Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, Jamestown, KY  Summit Lake State Park, New Castle, IN  Belmont Lake State Park, North Babylon, NY  Carson Park, Eau Claire, WI  Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA  August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area,  Father Hennepin State Park, Isle, MN  Hempstead Lake State Park, West Hempstead, NY St Charles, MO   Lake Talquin State Park, Tallahassee, FL  Lake Norman State Park, Troutman, NC  Oneida Shores Park, Brewerton, NY  Grand River Park, Grand Rapids, MI Maumee Bay State Park, Oregon, OH  Tugaloo State Park, Lavonia, GA  American Lake Park, Lakewood, WA Bayshore County Park, New Franken, WI  John Heinz at Tinicum National Wildlife Refuge,  Aurora Reservoir Park, Aurora, CO  Harlan County Reservoir, Alma, NE Philadelphia, PA  WJim Edgar Panther Creek Park, Chandlerville, IL  Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Hardeeville, GA   Chatfield State Park, Littleton, CO  Sioux Passage Park, Florissant, MO Riverside Park, Hammond, IN . Bear Creek Lake State Park, Cumberland, VA  Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Phoenix, AZ   Cedar Hill State Park, Cedar Hill, TX  Woods Canyon Lake, Payson, AZ  Walden Pond State Reservation, Concord, MA  Lake Anna State Park, Spotsylvania, VA  Inks Lake State Park, Burnet, TX  Georgia Veterans State Park, Cordele, GA Governor Nelson State Park, Waunakee, WI  Dodge #4 State Park, Waterford, MI  Fort Snelling State Park, W Saint Paul, MN

For more places to fish and boat, check our interactive map @ www.TakeMeFishing.org or www.VamosAPescar.org

When you buy a fishing license or register a boat, you are helping fund the conservation of our waterways and natural places through projects such as fish stocking, aquatic education, habitat improvement, fisheries research, fishing and boating access and more.

Take Me Fishing, with the help of state fish and wildlife agencies, identified more than  Sources: AmericanRivers.org; TakeMeFishing.org; Take Me Fishing’s Top family-friendly places to fish and boat across the country. The list was then voted on by more than Family Fishing and Boating Spots Sweepstakes; Southwick Associates 23,000 outdoor enthusiasts to select the top 100 places to fish and boat in America’s Top Family *Based on two adult fishing licenses. Most states do not require Fishing and Boating Spots Sweepstakes. children under age 16 to purchase a license.