The Lamine River flows through west-central Missouri, originating at the confluence of Richland and Flat Creeks in northern Morgan County. It travels approximately 50 miles northward through Cooper and Johnson Counties before joining the Blackwater River and ultimately the Missouri River. The river exists in a transition zone between prairie and Ozark border landscapes, featuring river bluffs, broad meandering floodplains, and rolling uplands. Named Riviere a la Mine or River of the Mine by French prospectors who discovered lead there in 1723, the Lamine River watershed encompasses 1,080 square miles of mostly rural countryside with a diverse fish population and varied fishing opportunities.