best lake in thornton is hunter's glen 128/Washington. We happen to be the resident champs at the lake the last handful of years we've lived there. There are LOTS upon LOTS upon LOTS of aggressive bass in that lake and MANY other species to provide a wonderful bass haven. It even has gigantic catfish, plenty of bait fish all in the rocks year round, deep tractor-driven channels throughout the lake, great setting and it's a great place to get noticed. Last year at first thaw (jan 19) we caught over 150 BASS all around the lake in one day! People saw us and the biggest fishing boom at the lake began (in terms of people). Of course it slacked off once the novices realized that it takes more than watching someone else do to enable yourself to do it. Come on out, we're usually there every afternoon.....ya know once the ice melts!