03-19-13, 12:31 PM | #1 |
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Bcket List of Lakes to Fish
Just wondering from the cold up here in Canada what Lakes are a must fish for Smallies and Bucket Mouths? God willimg I will join in on a forum trip 1 year if I can fit in someones boat, as its a long haul to drag my rig down south to do some bucket mouth fishing.
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dale hallow , ky lake. lake barkley. percy priest and old hickory
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guntersville, wilson, wheeler, smith, eufaula,....all in alabama of course. lol!! come on down buddy, i'll set you up front on the RAJUN CAJUN.
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Guntersville, Dale Hollow, Fork, Caistaic, Toho, El Salto
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If you ever get the chance checkout Newton lake in Southern Illinois. A ton of 6 pounders up 2 the lake record of 12
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Hoosier, have you fished it?
Bassmaster Classic Champion Denny Brauer, who has filmed more than a dozen TV and video segments on Newton Lake, agrees with you. Seeing I plan on living forever...I have no 'bucket list'. But Newton is a lake I want to fish! So fishing stories say that you can fish a tournament load up with 6 pounders and still not even have a legal length fish in boat. 18 in. min. I'm actually considering this trip within a couple of weeks. This little boy is 'FLAT OUT JONESING' to be fishing!!! Commitments may be sending me south for a short trip. If you know this water, fish this water or any experience at all on this water, Pm me. This thing is like 1700 acre lake with a 25 hp motor limit on it. I swear I saw Denny in his Bass boat for one clip plus I think he and his boy did a Bauer on Bauer competition with their bass boats? Where does a boy begin. If spawn is on and I can find a place to 'safely' keep the kayak at night....I just may stay a week.
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Always wanted to fish any of the big bass lakes in Texas, Florida or California.
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Okeechobee, Grand Traverse Bay (Traverse City), Oneida, Falcon, Dale Hollow, New Orleans Delta, Clear Lake, St. Clair, Lake Baccarac, El Salto, Guntersville, Erie....there are so many awesome lakes I would love to fish.
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Guntersville, Santee Cooper, and Eufaula (OK).
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I got to say Falcon, Amistad, St. Clair, Pickwick, any of the Mexico fisheries, South American Peacock, back to reality...Fork, Guntersville, and I will stop at Caddo.
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I always wanted to fish Lake Powell for it's unique beauty; though I'd be intimidated by all that deep water!
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My list:
Lac Besson, l'Alpe d'Huez, France. Lago Vicente Guerrero & Lago El Salto, Mexico. Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
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04-01-13, 08:53 AM | #14 |
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cb, the May 2012 issue of Bass Master has a list of the top 100 Bass Lakes.
Can probably be googled online, but I'm still on my first cup of coffee I also saw a book on the 50 best Smallmouth lakes in Gander Mountain. I didn't buy it, just looked to see what ones were in Michigan
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Your Gander has a fishing section?
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04-01-13, 10:45 AM | #16 |
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You think I go there for the beef jerky?
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Being smart Mike.
The guys from the Gander in my town get their supplies at Wally World. Our store has nothing of value...unless it's ganders own brand. Whichever one they are using that month. They have 10 30' aisles with fishing supplies.Half the store is clothing and footwear and a 20' aisle for boat supplies. Literally. Couldn't find pork trailers there last Fri. Said they didn't carry pork. They had every plastic Uncle Josh and Kalins carries but no pork products. Oh. There was ONE aisle that both sides were filled with Musky Supplies. No Musky to fish for within two hundred miles and we live in a river town. Was not meaning to knock you Mike, sorry if you thought that was my intentions.
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I really have no lakes on my list.. Rivers however are many..
Northeast in VA Lower Mississippi in LA St Johns in FL are just a few.. Lakes do not have tides so I try to avoid them. Capt Mike
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We have fished Okeechobee, Kentucky Lake, Guntersville, Dale Hollow, Smith Mtn, Santee Cooper, Douglass (Adam) and Kerr (Adam). By far our favorite of these is Dale Hollow.
Now for our bucket list: Lake Fork Falcon Lake Champlain El Salto
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Don't worry, Joe, I didn't take offense. Never even crossed my mind to be honest. Now that you mention it tho.....lol Our Gander is pretty respectable fishing wise, probably cuz they're 10 minutes from the Grand Traverse Bay (which was listed in that book lol). If it weren't for them, my choices would be Dunham's (pfttttttt), Wally World (which has gotten better in the last year) and MC Sports (ehhhhhh). 10 years ago I'd have to drive 45 minutes the the WW in Cadillac to find any decent gear. I heard from an idiot I work with, that there's a BPS coming to Traverse City. Not according to their website lol,although a satellite store would make good money here
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Falcon just jumped to the top of my list!
Love me some Texas BBQ! Keep in mind tho....I'm relying on the types of sauces lol, but I LOVE the kick that Texas sauce has! I tried Bulls Eye Memphis, KC and Texas last year, to determine my fav. The way I listed them, is the way I thought it would rank out. Exact opposite!
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