Ultimate Fishing Vacation!!??

[bcosselman]

So I have been wondering for a while now, if I had lets say 30 days, to hit as many lakes anywhere in the country, where would I go to fish? Lake fork has always been a dream of mine but so has Okeechobee, Guntersville, Kentucky, Chickamauga, Mille Lacs...I mean the list goes on and on.

 

So I propose this question to yall. You and your boat, 30 days to fish where do you go any why? Bucket list lakes?

[jr231]

I'd go south..  your odds of a double digit increase more than slightly !! 

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ 

I've been very fortune to have been to my own personal Bucket list local  - Lake Baccarac In Mexico.

And I'm pretty sure that if I did some how manage to do 30 straight days there - my mind would explode ~

A-Jay

 

[papajoe222]

If I had to pull my boat to Mexico, I'd have to apply for citizenship because I couldn't afford to pull it home and I sure wouldn't leave it there.

[Clinton john]

That would be easy for me I would stay home and fish the Bend for 30 days straight daylight to dark.

[bcosselman]

So I'm in a fortune situation, ill be coming home from a deployment in a few months and I plan on spending a few weeks traveling and trying to hit some of these lakes I never thought that I would be able to hit. I really wanna vist Fork and Okeechobee but I don't know how to narrow down my bucket list lol there is like 30 lakes on it.

[Darren.]

Welcome aboard!

 

I'd pick the big O first and foremost, methinks.

 

Then I'd go to South America for some beastly

Peacock bass. Then I'd pick the best smallmouth

bass lake in the US...then...I dunno. Maybe hit

the saltwater havens and search for Blue Marlin!

 

Lots of fish, so little time...alas....

[2tall79]

Canoe portage in the Canadian Shield.

[Gundog]

1 hour ago, 2tall79 said:

Canoe portage in the Canadian Shield.

This to name just one. I hear the natural beauty of the Canadian Shield is incredible. Then Lake St. Clair for the big, bronze basses. After that Guntersville, Toledo Bend and over to Okeechobee. Of course, after 30 days of traveling and fishing I'd need a vacation. Maybe in Lake of the Woods or Erie.

[Jar11591]

7 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ 

I've been very fortune to have been to my own personal Bucket list local  - Lake Baccarac In Mexico.

And I'm pretty sure that if I did some how manage to do 30 straight days there - my mind would explode ~

A-Jay

 

 

I don't know which would happen first. My head exploding or my arms giving out. My wrists were screaming by the time I left after my 3 days there. 

[Oregon Native]

Having moved to Tennessee from Oregon I am personally really satisfied.  So much so close.  The Columbia was my favorite back in Oregon.  So big...so many fish...and so so not many people.  Amazing fishery if you don't mind wind.  Now in Knoxville,Tn its two hours or less to some amazing fisheries ... many of which I have hardly touched.  My bucket list is short.  Good luck with your choices....have fun.

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Jar11591 said:

 

I don't know which would happen first. My head exploding or my arms giving out. My wrists were screaming by the time I left after my 3 days there. 

 

My liver was bruised.

A-Jay

[visagelaid]

Luckily I live in northern Alabama and can fish many of the lakes that are on people's bucket list.  I fish Guntersville, Wheeler, Logan Martin, Pickwick, and Smith lakes pretty regularly.  My bucket list is still like Fork, Big-O, Falcon, and Sugar Lake.  Those would be awesome, but I also realize how fortunate I am. 

[XpressJeff]

bcossellman welcome home!

 

A week at Lake of the Woods, and then some of the lakes out west for 2 weeks.

 

Last week at the big O!

 

 

Better get my reels in for service!

[N Florida Mike]

Away from home Id love to catch some smallmouth ( for the first time ) Dale hollow probably or wherever one of you smallmouth guys would recommend. Toledo bend also. Would also like to fish on Smith mountain lake ( my uncle has a place there.) Closer to home Id go fishing/ camping on the Suwanee river, and Id go Pond jumping / camping in the Ocala nat. forest,although Ive done that. If any time left Id go to some of the local lakes,like Sante fe .

[RoLo]

Largemouth Bass ->   Lake Kissimmee, FL | Toledo Bend Reservoir, TX

Smallmouth Bass ->   Lake Erie (eastern basin) | Lake Huron (Les Cheneaux Islands)

 

Roger

[Troy85]

I'd go with Toledo Bend as my primary.  I'd really like to fish Gunthersville too. 

 

You can hit some of those big southern lakes in FL, AL, LA and TX.  Then along the way make a slight detour to SE Louisiana and get in on the best inshore saltwater fishing in the country.

[Mike L]

If I had a gun to my head and told I had to leave Okeechobee....

Rodman Reservoir 

Toledo Bend 

Fork

All of the "big bass lakes" in California 

Lake Erie for smallmouth 

 

 

 

 

Mike 

[roadwarrior]

My choice during the summer would be the Great Lakes. or more specifically, Lake Erie.

Catching 50 or more 3-5 lb smallmouth every day trips my trigger. And with just a little

luck you might catch a big fish or two!

 

[WRB]

I would go to Toledo Bend and teach Catt how catch big bass.

Tom

[Catt]

31 minutes ago, WRB said:

I would go to Toledo Bend and teach Catt how catch big bass.

Tom

 

Sure you can handle all night?

 

My choice!

 

@Raul "wassup wit'choo"

[Scott F]

I do a two week trip to Northern Wisconsin every year. I'm so worn out after two weeks, I know I could never do 30 in a row!  Nice days, almost never too hot, lots of bass, so many lakes to fish, and most days you never see another bass fisherman. Wait a minute, don't pay any attention to what I just wrote. PLEASE go somewhere else, anywhere else. I like catching loads of bass in solitude and comfort. I don't need any company.  

[Chris at Tech]

Fish my way down the east coast of Florida, and back up the west coast through the panhandle.  Alternating between freshwater and saltwater.

 

largemouth, peacocks, reds, trout, snook, jacks, cobia, permit, kingfish, sailfish, tarpon, sailfish, sharks, tuna, snapper, grouper...

[roadwarrior]

20 minutes ago, Chris at Tech said:

Fish my way down the east coast of Florida, and back up the west coast through the panhandle.  Alternating between freshwater and saltwater.

 

largemouth, peacocks, reds, trout, snook, jacks, cobia, permit, kingfish, sailfish, tarpon, sailfish, sharks, tuna, snapper, grouper...

 

Yep...

 

If you are into multi-species and salt, this cannot be beat.  

[lonnie g]

start in texas and florida then keep on going south. then the excitement would raise the adrinalin. and increase the heart rate. then you prove the docs wrong and keep on fishing.