Deep-South Fishin'

[lunker-lander]

Well, this is my dream. Going down to the homeland and givin' it all I got at some good 'ole, 10,000 acre reservoir bass!

I always dream of going down to a big old reservoir, gettin' back to the basics, and tryin' for some hawgs! The perfect scenario would be...

• Pre-dawn take-off; cloudy skies, slight drizzle....
• Fishin' the ledges in 20' of water, rocky bottom, Drop-Shot.....
• Doin' it all out of a Nitro Z-9 CDC w/ a 300 Mercury...

I think that would be great! Any bodey else have a dream trip you're dying to take?

-Lunk-

[bamabassman]

i hope to live it lunker. i am sooo ready for spring. see i live right by guntersville lake in bama. i see it everyday. just waiting for the thaw, lol. but i would love to fish the big water in flcan come down, i'll take youa. one day. tell me when you out on the lake, either guntersville or weiss, i can be at either in mins. just let me know man.

[bamabassman]

what the ??? i can't type tonight. meant to say i want to fish the big lake in fla. tell me when you can come this way and i'l take you on either guntersville or weiss.

[lunker-lander]

Guntersville isn't thawed yet?

-Lunk-

[WTL]

By our standards, its cold - thawed down here though doesnt mean not frozen. Guntersville doesnt freeze, or at least it hasnt for a while.

Lunk, when you come south, be sure not to pick just any old 10k acre lake. Some, even though they are of a southern latitude, still arent worth a dam. I even know of florida lakes that don't have any bass over 4 pounds in them.

I suppose the dream, since I've done G'ville, done Kissimmee, done Pickwick, would have to be exotic. I'm gonna say flyfishing in Russia for Atlantic Salmon. Someday I'll do it too.

[lunker-lander]

I always wanted to visit Russia, especially Siberia.

Do you a boat 'Brother Love'?

-Lunk-

[WTL]

Yea, a couple boats, not to mention my father's boat which I outfitted.

Love is the name alright, lol.

[lunker-lander]

What is WTL, anyway?

-Lunk-

[WTL]

Initials, what else?

[lunker-lander]

William Thomas Louthenburgen?

-Lunk-

[WTL]

Not too far off.

William Thompson Love

[bamabassman]

lunker i have 2 boats as well. besides the bass boat we have a 20' pontoon. when you decide you can come south, that is after you dig outa the snow hehe, kidding. you just let me or wtl know and we'll set you up on a trip. wtl.. i am thinking south sauty in da spring around....april or end of march. you game?

[WTL]

Can we move it to sometime mid march? I live in tuscaloosa but I'm gonna be it huntsville in about 2 or 3 weeks to get a house ready to sell...

[lunker-lander]

Whenever I get get the chance, be ready, because I'm game!

-Lunk-

[bamabassman]

sure wtl, anytime after the thaw. lunker just call buddy.

[carolina-rig-01]

my dream trip is peacock bass fishing on the amazon.

[Bob Smith]

10,000 Acre Lake?? That's just a pond, son! You need to look up the stats on some of the more famous waters down here! That would just about make up one secondary creek cove!
here's a sampling of some of the more popular fishing destinations in Texas (in surface acres):
Toledo Bend - 181,600
Sam Rayburn - 114,500
Livingston - 90,000
Falcon - 83,654
Texoma - 74,686
Amistad - 64,900
Richland Chambers - 41,356
Tawakoni - 37,879
Cedar Creek - 32,623
Fork - 27,264
Ray Roberts - 25,600
Whitney - 23,500
Ray Hubbard - 21,671

[MississippiBoy]

Everything is bigger in Texas...

Here in Mississippi, we've got Sardis Reservoir at 58,500 acres, Arkabutla Lake at 33,400, Ross Barnett Reservoir at 33,000, and Enid Lake at 28,000.

Ross Barnett is practically in my backyard, so that's my usual weekend getaway.

[rodman rat]

MY DREAM TRIP!! I want to bass fish in Mexico catch 20 to 40 bass a day in the 5 to 6lb range. Nice sunsets, good food and lots of drinks!!!

[bamabassman]

well lake guntersville is about 70,000 acres. and then you go up river. on the tenn river all the way through ga and tenn. lots of water here too. then we have logan martin, weiss lake, smith, and on and on. i believe there is more water to fish year around in the south (and i am including texas!) than anywhere else in the usa. not wanting to start a fight. just saying YEAR ROUND FISHING. so you have alot of area to cover. now that got me to thinking..... wonder just how long it would take for someone to actually fish each and every lake there is........hhhmmmmm.

[Bob Smith]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

well lake guntersville is about 70,000 acres. and then you go up river. on the tenn river all the way through ga and tenn. lots of water here too. then we have logan martin, weiss lake, smith, and on and on. i believe there is more water to fish year around in the south (and i am including texas!) than anywhere else in the usa. not wanting to start a fight. just saying YEAR ROUND FISHING. so you have alot of area to cover. now that got me to thinking..... wonder just how long it would take for someone to actually fish each and every lake there is........hhhmmmmm.

What I like about the Alabama lakes is the proximity. You can fish any of them within a couple of hours of driving. From what I can tell in a short time, most of the lakes are really great fisheries!

In Texas, within a 100 mile radius of the centerpoint of Dallas and Ft. Worth are over 100 Lakes that you can launch a bass boat in. Many of those are pretty pathetic for bass fishing, while a few of them are really great lakes. To get to the historically phenominal Texas lakes will generally require driving 4-6 hours or more. They are spread out pretty darn far from each other (with the exceptions of T-Bend and Big Sam).

[Lilmoosecountry]

I'll take table Rock,Truman,Pomme de terre,Stockton,Lake of the OZARKS. Over all of those lakes.

[Lilmoosecountry]

Originally Posted by carolina-rig-01

my dream trip is peacock bass fishing on the amazon.

that i agree on. Some where in South America.

[bcklash]

My son (Bassinbandit) and I got to fish Guntersville last year and a blast but our dream is El Salto. We are also thinking about taking a week and fish 4 or 5 different lakes, a new one every day, lakes that we have never been to.

[lunker-lander]

Originally Posted by Bob Smith

What I like about the Alabama lakes is the proximity. You can fish any of them within a couple of hours of driving. From what I can tell in a short time, most of the lakes are really great fisheries!

In Texas, within a 100 mile radius of the centerpoint of Dallas and Ft. Worth are over 100 Lakes that you can launch a bass boat in. Many of those are pretty pathetic for bass fishing, while a few of them are really great lakes. To get to the historically phenominal Texas lakes will generally require driving 4-6 hours or more. They are spread out pretty darn far from each other (with the exceptions of T-Bend and Big Sam).

Hell, if you live on TB or Sam, you don't need to fish other lakes! You got a lifetime's worth of fishin' right there!

-Lunk-