I too have boated many times at Smithville Lake. We have not been up there this year at all because I got tired of being beat to death. I find the water between the bridges to be almost as rough as the Lake of the Ozarks on the weekends and rarely can find water smooth enough to enjoy a speed run in my 22 Daytona without having the cooler tossed all about the cockpit. The last time I went north of the bridge it cost $1500:00 dollars to install a new propshaft and prop after hitting underwater trees. You want a nice place to boat....go to Lake Stockton.