Are There Any Lakes Near You That You Refuse To Fish?

[prjavelin]

If I thought that way I would have to quit fishing. theres only like 3 reservoirs that are "near" me the closest being 45 minutes and the other two at almost 2 hours from my house. This means that when my home lake(the one at 45 min) gets  pounded every day I have to still go there and catch fish. If I had a reservoir 5 or 10 minutes from my house that was highly pressured like you guys say I would still go.

 

pressured waters are the best places to learn and practice finesse fishing, those are the places that would make you better. It makes me better to go to my home lake on sundays after 11am when the weekend tournament has just finished because the bite is gonna be tough and locating and tempting bass to bite is a real big challenge. You guys should try it, Ive done it a couple times and it makes you fish on the moment. 

[Bankbeater]

There are a couple of lakes in a park, maybe 5 min. from my house.  They tend to get fished very heavily.  I also know people have pulled fish out of there and taken them home even though the fish are not legal size.

[SirSnookalot]

I've been leery my local peacock bass spot seeing a few dead snakes there.  2 weeks a live moc was about 2' from me, never going to go there again.

[FrogFreak]

Well, I fish in Minnesota and I have tons of options but we also have tons of anglers so I still go out in my kayak from time to time and hit the little lakes that don't have boat access. I just spent Saturday morning in a little lake with 4 homes on it and I was the only one fishing. Now that's paradise. The cold front kept the morning from producing loads of fish (caught 4) but it was still peaceful. 

 

There's a lake closer to my home that is long and narrow with great bass in it but it gets so busy with boaters and jetskis that you can hardly stay upright in your boat on the weekend. We do sneak out during the week and catch lots of bass that are hiding under the numerous docks.

[ClackerBuzz]

If I thought that way I would have to quit fishing. theres only like 3 reservoirs that are "near" me the closest being 45 minutes and the other two at almost 2 hours from my house. This means that when my home lake(the one at 45 min) gets  pounded every day I have to still go there and catch fish. If I had a reservoir 5 or 10 minutes from my house that was highly pressured like you guys say I would still go.

 

pressured waters are the best places to learn and practice finesse fishing, those are the places that would make you better. It makes me better to go to my home lake on sundays after 11am when the weekend tournament has just finished because the bite is gonna be tough and locating and tempting bass to bite is a real big challenge. You guys should try it, Ive done it a couple times and it makes you fish on the moment. 

x2. i'm def a better angler b/c of learning how to finesse fish the heavily pressured lakes around me.  and i can consistently catch fish in august just about anywhere when other guys hang up their rods till fall. plus i get a thorn in my side till i figure out the situation at hand.  

 

i've been working on this pond for 3 seasons and this is going to be my year. i've literally tried everything there during every season of the year (cranks, jerks, spinners, top water, 8" Hudds, A-rigs, float and fly, jig and pork, live bait, finesse, frogs, punching etc etc etc).  I haven't gotten anything over 4lbs.  its gets very little pressure but the water is gin clear and is completely over run with milfoil.  the bass are buried deep in the under weed canons. if the depth is 10ft in an area, there is literally 8ft of milfoil and 2ft of open water. punching doesn't work b/c the water is too clear and the conditions to stable to crash a 1.5oz lure down to get a bite.  a father and son fish it from kayaks often. they use ultra light gear and love to brag about their number days: 25 crappies, 10 dink bass, 4 pickerel in one day. they think i'm crazy and don't believe there are 6lb+ bass in there.  there are for sure and i am going to snap a pix to show them. 

the answer is something i've never done: night fishing. i don't know why i didn't see it in the first place.   i've never gone so nobody ever taught me the benefits and how aggressive the fish are.  i'm a much better angler for the persistence.

 

to be fair and keep it real i have access to much better water than prjavelin. my mistake to good ratio is probably 20:1.  i'll fish good/unpressured and/or 'new' bodies of water 20x's for every 1x fishing the body that haunts me.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

You know what lake I am speaking of.

 

The best lake local to me is 8 times the size my home lake. They are finishing with 20+lb limits to win on that lake.

 

There was a tournament here that I didnt fish sunday morning. Club tournament monday. Lunker last night, there will be a tournament friday night, at least one saturday if not two and another sunday.

 

Thats  A LOT of fishing for a 1700 acre lake thats more known for its crappie population than bass.

 

Raystown sucks too, don't get it twisted.

 

Two day tournament not long ago, 6 fish limit per day. 27lbs won. Not exactly lighting the place on fire.

 

I did catch a couple over 4 the day before that tournament though. Didnt fish the T.

[bigbill]

Ok this may sound stupid or dumb have you tried beaching the boat near a spot that's been hot before? Or just try fishing from shore and being very stealthy in the process?

From the larger bass I'm seeing swim by me in the water and not being caught I'm thinking they know the boats spell danger at least for the bigger bass.

I know for sure n fishing the smaller spots they do learn our lures I'm sure. What's hot this year isn't so hot next year in the same spot. I think this applies to the torque guys too when the place is steadily hammered. A small body of water with many stories going on is what I mean. I'd try different spots using new lures the fish haven't seen before. This is why I never part with my older lures.