If you could, WHERE? 2024

bigtimfish reply :

If you could bass fish any lake in the U.S., which would it be?I would either pick Falcon or Choke Canyon. Just wondering what you all would say.

roadwarrior reply :

Lake St. Clair

Lake Erie

Stick Marsh/ Farm 13

Falcon

And in that order!

8-)

I Love BassResource reply :

I've Hit St. Clair and Erie, which were my northern haunts

now I want to hit

Falcon

Amistad

RoLo reply :

Assuming that pike & muskies are exempt:

> Dale Hollow Reservoir, TN (bronzebacks)

> Falcon Lake, TX (mossbacks)

> Secret Lake, FL (mossbacks)

> Lake Erie (bronzebacks) near Dwight Hottle's home

Roger

J Francho reply :

Forget "where," there are a lot of "where's," the better question is "where, and with whom."

Pickwick or Dale Hollow w/ RW.

Anywhere w/ Fish Chris.

Toledo Bend w/ Catt.

My Lake O. spots with Muddy.

And not really fishing, but a pile of dirty, broke down reels, a clean bench, with Reel Mech, LOL.

RhodyBass reply :

Castaic

Amistad

SoFl-native reply :

Some of the tex/mex lakes

Clear Lake

Lake Erie for SM

slider head reply :

Champlain.....Falcon.....Clear

fishfordollars reply :

Sam Rayburn

Toledo Bend

Falcon

Guntersville

Fork

Choke Canyon

Ray Roberts (Now that the slot has been removed, the pros will shock you with the weights next year. The next big thing).

Been lucky to have fished them all, just not as often as I would like.

BlakeMolone reply :

Lake Fork for large mouth or Lake Erie for smallmouth

J-B reply :

Give me any little known pond or small lake any day. I love to fish the small waters that get little attention.

Dock Master reply :

Smith Mt. Lake

Lake Amistad

Also, any lake outside of NC

bowfish12 reply :

RoLo you would like Dale Hollow, and they have muskies as well.

Mine are Falcon, which I hope to do next spring, and Lake Guerrero, Mex. again, but I'm not sure if I can get across the border anymore. :-/

grimlin reply :

Dale Hollow

Falcon

Fork

gordonusnret reply :

My choices would be,Cayuga Lake,Ithaca,NY, and then Otisco lake,also in upstate Ny.

Catt reply :

Where ever our next road trip is held

tnbassfisher reply :

Would like to go fish Lake Erie in my lifetime.

I am planning on going to Pickwick sometime soon to fish, hopefully.

roadwarrior reply :

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Where ever our next road trip is held

That would be Pickwick.

Hope to see you there!

8-)

SirSnookalot reply :

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Lake St. Clair
Lake Erie

I spent the first 58 years of my life there, the best action is on the Canadian side ( Lake St Clair).

I'd pick 1 of those northern California lakes.

Catt reply :

Short list

SMITH LAKE, AL

LAKE EUFAULA, AL

LAKE GUNTERSVILLE, AL

LOGAN MARTIN LAKE, AL

LAKE NEELY HENRY, AL

PICKWICK AND WILSON LAKES, AL

BEAVER LAKE, AR

BULL SHOALS LAKE, AR

CALIFORNIA DELTA WATERWAY, CA

LAKE KISSIMMEE, FL

ST. JOHNS RIVER, FL

LAKE TOHO, FL

LAKE OKEECHOBEE, FL

HARRIS CHAIN OF LAKES, FL

Stick Marsh/ Farm 13, FL

CLARK HILL LAKE, GA

LAKE SINCLAIR, GA

LAKE SEMINOLE, GA

ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR, MS

LAKE ST. CLAIR, MI

LAKE MINNETONKA, MN

TABLE ROCK LAKE, MO

SANTEE COOPER RESERVOIR, SC

KERR RESERVOIR, NC

BUGGS ISLAND RESERVOIR, NC

LAKE ERIE, NY

OLD HICKORY LAKE, TN

PERCY PRIEST LAKE, TN

WATTS BAR RESERVOIR, TN

SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE, VA

LAKE AMISTAD, TX

FALCON LAKE, TX

RICHLAND CHAMBERS, TX

Eddie Munster reply :

Wynn Pond near Peachtree City, Georgia. As fertile looking as any place I've ever seen and nearly untouched.

WRB reply :

We have a few closed reservoirs that have big bass populations that I would love to fish. Bard and Bouquet Canyon, near where I live are top on my list. The closed area near the dam at Casitas, where they film celebrity pros catching big bass, is another that place.

WRB

slider head reply :

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Smith Mt. Lake
Lake Amistad

Also, any lake outside of NC

Dock Master

Smith Mtn is for you. Only about 1.2 million docks on SML. 25% of them nicer than my house!

flechero reply :

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RICHLAND CHAMBERS, TX

Catt, please elaborate on this one for me. :-?

joshuaryan reply :

Anywhere getting a line wet other than being stuck at work right now.

Branuss04 reply :

Wherever Paul. Fishes ;D

I would like to fish the area at Castaic that they close down during the spawn. Heard of guys fishing it during the spawn (Illegally :-/ ) and stuck some good fish)

Dale Hollow TX

Cuba

mikey16 reply :

i would say EL salto

amistad

sam rayburn

falcon

but then again why would i want to leave florida

Catt reply :

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RICHLAND CHAMBERS, TX

Catt, please elaborate on this one for me. :-?

What's to elaborate? I've seen it & want to fish it

bmadd reply :

Catt, I'm interested in your omission of Kentucky Lake. Have you fished it before? If not, the summer time bite here would be right up your ally.

Catt reply :

Dude I'm the kind of angler that will fish anywhere it's wet!

Have rodwill travel

Lucky Craft Man reply :

I see a lot of people mentioned Lake Erie. I feel very fortunate to have close access to this fishery (it is an unbelievable place to fish). I would probably say El Salto would be first on my list (actually, Erie would be first, but I am assuming this if for places we have never been)

DMac reply :

I've been to Casitas and Table Rock. So my list now is:

1. Guntersville

2. El Salto

3. Champlain

4. Falcon

5. The big "O"

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Wynn Pond near Peachtree City, Georgia. As fertile looking as any place I've ever seen and nearly untouched.

Interesting It might be a little more touched once I'm done with it. Whoops that came out wrong :-?

bmadd reply :

I know it's not your Texas sized fish, but pulling up to ledges, humps, and drops in the summer and catching schooling fish off of big texas rigged worms makes me think of you all the time

tnhiker44 reply :

I have fished a lot of great eastern waters in my lifetime... but the place I most want to fish again is a local lake that I just recently had a bad outing on, Lake Oconee, here in Georgia. I have fished Guntersville, Okeechobee, Kissimmee, Dale Hollow, Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Eufala, ect., and they are all fantastic lakes. But the lake that tops my list is the one that just slapped me a goose egg during a club tourney. My next club tourney is on that same lake and I will not let that happen again.

Muddy reply :

For me not where but with who

Bruce: always the other 1/2 of 2 Mooks in a boat

Sharkbite

Dink Whisperer

.ghoti.

Skunked Again

Long Mike

Road Warrior

Speed bead

Riskkid

LBH

J Francho

Uncle Leo

Jimzee

What ever Burleys name is this week

The Beast

Catt

Paul Roberts

Glenn

Zel

Robbie

Micro

Flechero

Senile

Cart 7

Fishfor dollars

BassnBlvd; We would gain 15 lbs each just on lunch!

One special request: Greenwood Lake with ROLO

tritz18 reply :

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Give me any little known pond or small lake any day. I love to fish the small waters that get little attention.

RoLo reply :

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One special request: Greenwood Lake with ROLO

DANG, that would be Kool as a moose!

You, me & Greenwood Lake would never be the same

ROLO

Texas10Man reply :

Falcon or Guntersville

Kenny418 reply :

Guntersville,Farm 13

DINK WHISPERER reply :

Lake Amistad

Lake Falcon

and even though it's not US, Sugar Lake Mexico

Quitlimpin reply :

1. Rayburn--Single most frustrating, rewarding, aggrevating, awesome body of water I've ever fished.

2. OH Ivie--Grew up fishing here. Full of lunkers. Top notch white bass fishery as well

3. Falcon--Never been. Hope to change that this fall

Hammer 4 reply :

Toledo Bend ..Tx

Clear Lake..No. Cali

Chlamplain...we all know where that is..

Elite Image Fishing reply :

Jordan AL (Coosa River Spotted Bass)

Seminole GA

Big G AL

Falcon Tx

Branuss04 reply :

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One special request: Greenwood Lake with ROLO

DANG, that would be Kool as a moose!

You, me & Greenwood Lake would never be the same

ROLO

Well, I'm sure the lake would stay the same... But you and muddy, well that would be a whole different story :

bowfish12 reply :

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Sugar Lake Mexico

Good pick, if you ever go to Falcon it's just a short trip across, there have been some really big fish coming out of that lake this year.

flechero reply :

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RICHLAND CHAMBERS, TX

Catt, please elaborate on this one for me. :-?

What's to elaborate? I've seen it & want to fish it

Just wanted to make sure you didn't have any super duper inside info... I used to drive past it every weekend to and from the deer lease and drooled every time, then met/fished with some guys that live out there and realized it's not what my mind had made it out to be. (I thought of fork each time i drove by) Good lake? yes... but not the hog pen I imagined.

Bass Junkie reply :

I really don't care. Give me a legitament shot at a 10lber and I'll be fine. I doubt the lakes I fish, with the exception of one, have ever hosted a 10lber in my lifetime :-/ :-/

YankeesWin reply :

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I really don't care. Give me a legitament shot at a 10lber and I'll be fine. I doubt the lakes I fish, with the exception of one, have ever hosted a 10lber in my lifetime :-/ :-/

I'm with you pal. Let me know when your heading out and how long we'll be gone.

8-)

Bass Junkie reply :

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I really don't care. Give me a legitament shot at a 10lber and I'll be fine. I doubt the lakes I fish, with the exception of one, have ever hosted a 10lber in my lifetime :-/ :-/

I'm with you pal. Let me know when your heading out and how long we'll be gone.

Sounds good to me!!!!1

Wayne P. reply :

Falcon

Clear Lake

Paul Roberts reply :

I guess I actually COULD go just about anywhere. But I don't get enough time on my own local waters as it is. I'd love to knock off work today and hit one of my ponds.

Muddy reply :

Can anyone imagine being in the same boat, on the same body of water with Catt and Matt Fly, during the college football season?

Question: who would wind up in the water first?

BassDeaton01 reply :

Guntersville, any local pond in Fla

Captain Obvious reply :

Fork and Falcon

And I'm guarding Ray Roberts with my life !! That used to be the best keep secret in Texas now everyone is blah blahing about it on the website well I better fish it hard till the pros come and ruin it all. :-[

flechero reply :

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Can anyone imagine being in the same boat, on the same body of water with Catt and Matt Fly, during the college football season?
Question: who would wind up in the water first?

Depends on whether or not YOU are operating the trolling motor!! :

flechero reply :

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Fork and Falcon
And I'm guarding Ray Roberts with my life !! That used to be the best keep secret in Texas now everyone is blah blahing about it on the website well I better fish it hard till the pros come and ruin it all. :-[

Ry Roberts has been a jewel for a long time!! I used to fish it fairly regularly in the mid-late 90's. The pros won't ruin it... there will be a little more pressure, but by nature of the location I doubt it will ever be hammered unless a state record comes out of it.

bass wrangler569 reply :

Amistad

Falcon

Erie

mrlitetackle reply :

any of the small and private farm ponds that bill dance fishes in his shows

IMO,

way more productive than any large lake could be (in a short period of time at least),

in terms of catching multiple "large fish" (5lbs +)

skunked_again reply :

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For me not where but with who
Bruce: always the other 1/2 of 2 Mooks in a boat

Sharkbite

Dink Whisperer

.ghoti.

Skunked Again

Long Mike

Road Warrior

Speed bead

Riskkid

LBH

J Francho

Uncle Leo

Jimzee

What ever Burleys name is this week

The Beast

Catt

Paul Roberts

Glenn

Zel

Robbie

Micro

Flechero

Senile

Cart 7

Fishfor dollars

BassnBlvd; We would gain 15 lbs each just on lunch!

One special request: Greenwood Lake with ROLO

great list. id remove myself and add Raul. the idea of 9 days south of the border is so tempting.

bassman31783 reply :

I was fortunate to grow up 20-30min from Lake Fork. Sadly I have moved, but only 2hrs away now so I still get to fish it consistently. As for other lakes I would have to go with.

-Falcon

-Amistad

-Castaic

-El Salto

-Huites

Muddy reply :

Please don't take this wrong I would rather spend 2 days talking with Raul ( notebook and pencil on hand) than to fish with him.

skunked_again reply :

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Please don't take this wrong I would rather spend 2 days talking with Raul ( notebook and pencil on hand) than to fish with him.

oh i have a long list of questions, a few of which hes already done a great job of addressing in pm.

Fishing Rhino reply :

If you could, WHERE?

I can. So right in my honey hole which in a direct line from my house is only a drive, fairway metal, and a seven iron across the road.

There are dozens of places I'd love to try, but I don't have them listed according to priority.

But this one thing I am sure of. If I had no access to the pond I regularly fish, it would be at the top of my list.

Fish like these are routinely caught on a day's fishing. I am extremely grateful to have access to this natural, unmanaged pond.

I doubt ten percent of the town's residents know it exists.

It has produced this kind of fishing year after year for decades. The only change is that it was once a smallmouth pond.

10331

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