Public Fishing Docks in the Brainerd Lakes Area

For anyone interested in fishing this area without access to a boat, I have posted the fishing piers to check out in the area from the MN DNR site.


Crow Wing County:

Crow Wing	Boom Lake	pier	In Brainerd, in Kiwanis Park, at the E end of the College Drive Bridge.
Crow Wing	Green's Point	platform	From Brainerd, 4 mi N on Hwy 25, then 3 mi E on Executive Acres Rd at end of Rd.
Crow Wing	Mississippi River	pier	In Brainerd, the pier is at the E end of College Drive Bridge by Kiwanis Park.
Crow Wing	Mississippi River	platform	Ft. Ripley Landing, N of Ft. Ripley, take Hwy. 371 N 1 mi., then W on access rd.
Crow Wing	Pennington Pit	platform	In Ironton, 0.5 mi N of Hwy 210 on Co Rd 30, then 0.5 mi W. Park in water access lot.
Crow Wing	Pine River	platform	In Cross Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers Coulter Recreation Area, on Hwy. 3, just below the dam.
Crow Wing	Rice Lake Reservoir	pier	In Brainerd's Lum Park, on the city's NE end, off Hwy 210, pier near the S tip of the lake.
Crow Wing	Ruth Lake	pier	In Emily, 0.5 mi E of Hwy 6 on Mill Road. Park in water access lot.
Crow Wing	Serpent Lake	pier	In Crosby, 3 blocks E of Hwy 210, on N shore of the lake's W end.
Crow Wing	South Long Lake	pier	8 mi S of Brainerd on Hwy 25. S shore of lake.
Crow Wing	Whipple Lake	pier	In Baxter, from Hwy 210 & 371, go W 2.5 mi on Hwy 210, then N 1.5 mi on Memorywood Drive, then W 0.5 mi on Clearwater Rd. Park in water access parking lot.

Cass County:

Cass	Birch Lake	pier	In Hackensack, 1 block W of Hwy 371, on SE shore.
Cass	Cass Lake	pier	In Cass Lake, on the E side, off Hwy 2 at Pike Bay/ Cass Lake channel, on S shore.
Cass	Crow Wing River	platform	Fisherman's Bank, downstream of Sylvan Dam, from Baxter 8 mi SW to Sylvan Dam Road. Site is at the end of the road. Shore fishing.
Cass	Crow Wing River	pier	In Pillager, north shore, downstream of Pillager Dam.
Cass	Gull Narrows	pier	From Hwy 371 junction in Nisswa, go W 2.5 mi. on Co Rd 77 to the bridge. Park at Gull Narrows public water access lot.
Cass	Leech Lake	pier	E of Walker in Shingobee Island, about 1.5 mi W of the junction of Hwy 371 and 200, the pier is in the MNDot rest area on the S side of the road.
Cass	Norway Lake	pier	In Pine River's Pine River Park, on the W bank, 1/2 block N of Hwy 84.
Cass	Pillager Lake	pier	From Pillager, go N 2 mi on Hwy 1 to the township park on S shore.
Cass	Sylvan Reservoir	platform	Fisherman's Bridge, above the Sylvan Dam. From Baxter, 2 mi. W on Hwy 210, then S 4 mi on Co Rd 36. Site is at the SE corner of the Gull River Bridge. Shorefishing.