We've got a house on the lake and are on this lake almost every weekend. We are back in a cove at the 8 mile marker on the main channel. During the summer if you want to wakeboard you have to get up and get going early in the morning before the PWCs and tubers get going. You will find that the main channel of the lake is too rough for a wakeboard boat most any weekend. But, after Labor Day and especially on Mizzou football weekends, there are not nearly as many people on the lake. If you get away from the main channel of the lake and get up into one of the arms of the lake you can find some good water. In the Gravois Arm if you get towards the end of the arm the water is good. There are also a couple of large coves in the Gravois that should have good water. In the Gravois Arm there are several bars and restaurants on the water including Coconuts and Jolly Rogers. Breakfast brunch at Jolly Rogers on Sunday is awesome. You could also go into the Grand Glaize Arm. Most of the land that surrounding that arm is a state park so there isn't as much development as the rest of the lake. Party cove is at the 2 mile marker in this arm but once you get past that it really thins out. This arm of the lake is pretty long, 12-13 miles if I remember correctly, and usually has some good water, especially in Sept. Kirby's School of Wake uses the area around Public Beach #1 for their training. Kirby moved there this year to get better water. I'm not familiar with any bars in the Grand Glaize Arm but there a few right around the corner on the main channel. Two that I like are Shorty Pants and Redheads. Both of these are in the same cove off of the main channel 1 mile or so from the Grand Glaize. Dog Days is right in the mouth of the Grand Glaize but I have never been there. Another arm would be the Niangua. It's quite a ways up the lake from where I am at so I'm not too familiar with it. I've been up there a few times when we took the kids to Ha Ha Tonka park and Bridal Cave. That arm gets pretty narrow the farther you go but is really neat. We went in the fall of the year and I recall the water being really good. There are bars in this area also, though not as many as there are closer to the area I'm in. Captain Ron's is about 2 miles from this arm. That's the bar where they used to have BroStock. It's right on the main channel so it was always pretty rough for the event but it won't be anything like that in late Sept.

Do you know where you might be staying if you come? If so I can maybe give you a little more specific advice.