bcosselman Posted April 15, 2017 Author Posted April 15, 2017 I think ill start up north at mille lacs for that bassmaster event. never been to one that would be cool and my gpa has a cabin on pool 10 of the Mississippi river so ill hang there for a while and do some fishing there. After im headed south... Guntersville, Okeechobee for sure.. im thinking EUFAULA maybe.... Thought on Eufaula? on the way home to CO ill be stopping into fork and Toledo bend! Gonna be such a good trip. 2 Quote
BassThumb Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 Sounds like a great road trip! If you can, stick around for a few days on Mille Lacs. It's a different kind of lake in that it's not easy to find fish. The bass form tight schools and they have a lot of room to roam, and you'll catch as many walleyes as bass somedays. The lake fishes very big: big distances, big waves, big fish. But once you find them, you've struck brown gold. If you can, shoot for weather with wind in the 4-9 mph range. Anything over 10mph and you've got 3 foot rollers. It's just a 130,000 acre shallow bowl. Quote
Scarborough817 Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 i would have to say go south and work east to west okeechobee, seminole, guntersville, fork, clear lake, the delta Quote
bcosselman Posted April 17, 2017 Author Posted April 17, 2017 18 hours ago, BassThumb said: Sounds like a great road trip! If you can, stick around for a few days on Mille Lacs. It's a different kind of lake in that it's not easy to find fish. The bass form tight schools and they have a lot of room to roam, and you'll catch as many walleyes as bass somedays. The lake fishes very big: big distances, big waves, big fish. But once you find them, you've struck brown gold. If you can, shoot for weather with wind in the 4-9 mph range. Anything over 10mph and you've got 3 foot rollers. It's just a 130,000 acre shallow bowl. I do want to try and get on a school of smallies out there. I saw the bags of fish they were pulling in there last year on tv and holy cow! That's incredible. Plus I don't think the girlfriend has ever caught a walleye so that will be cool. Quote
Hawkeye21 Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 As much as I'd love to fish some of the great lakes in the South I'd much rather spend my time on a lake alone. One of the greatest experiences I had was canoeing up in the Boundary Waters. We camped out for 3 days on one lake and only saw one person during that span. We had the entire, huge lake to ourselves and it was amazing. 3 Quote
Super User Master Bait'r Posted April 20, 2017 Super User Posted April 20, 2017 On 4/18/2017 at 10:21 AM, Hawkeye21 said: As much as I'd love to fish some of the great lakes in the South I'd much rather spend my time on a lake alone. One of the greatest experiences I had was canoeing up in the Boundary Waters. We camped out for 3 days on one lake and only saw one person during that span. We had the entire, huge lake to ourselves and it was amazing. This is more my speed as well, but big name waters have an allure all their own. Given that he has a whole month, I'd say there's plenty of time for both ??? Quote
Hawkeye21 Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Master Bait'r said: This is more my speed as well, but big name waters have an allure all their own. Given that he has a whole month, I'd say there's plenty of time for both ??? Canada was an experience like no other. No motors at all, just canoe. Had to drink the lake water and catch most of our meals. We caught so many large pike and smallmouth. I remember how clear the water was. Could see the bottom in what seemed to be close to 20 ft of water. As great as it was it was still a ton of work and a week seemed to be plenty. I still remember the first place we ate when we were on our way home, KFC. Quote
RPreeb Posted April 21, 2017 Posted April 21, 2017 On 4/14/2017 at 2:15 PM, Scott F said: 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. I am just beginning to re-learn about bass fishing, so I don't have a real bucket list. I'd have to do some research, but since I don't have a boat (and really don't ever expect to have one), I'd be more into smaller lakes that my kayak would be better for. However, the one lake that is guaranteed to be on my list is the one I fished for 14 summers - from the time I was big enough to hold a cane pole until we moved to Montana during my senior year in HS. We were poor folks, but we were lucky enough to have a clapboard cabin sitting on 25 acres of land on Balsam Lake, WI. My grandmother was a teacher in St. Paul (MN) so she was off all summer and we mostly lived at the cabin with her during the summer. I misspent much of my youth fishing from our canoe all over that lake. Loved getting out an hour before sunrise and fishing along shore and in the lily pad covered bays til the bass finished their morning feed. Then crappie or bluegill during the day, and back to the bass after supper. Never caught anything huge there (PB is only 2½ lbs), but I would love to fish it again and replay the memories along the way. 1 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted April 21, 2017 Super User Posted April 21, 2017 North Central Wisconsin has hundreds, if not thousands of small lakes that are perfectly suited to fishing from a kayak. Many of them, almost never see a bass fisherman. I know about a lake that is no motor, catch & release with portages to 3 other lakes that are loaded with largemouth. There are plenty of places to stay and many restaurants that cater to all tastes. Quote
Super User Jar11591 Posted April 21, 2017 Super User Posted April 21, 2017 I'm lucky enough to have gotten to go on my dream fishing vacation-that's Lake Baccarac in Mexico. It's a bass fisherman's paradise, literally. A couple more places I'd love to fish before I die would be Alaska, northern Canada, and the Florida Keys. 1 Quote
Super User soflabasser Posted April 24, 2017 Super User Posted April 24, 2017 On 4/14/2017 at 1:45 PM, N Florida Mike said: 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 . I just came back from a trip up north and caught a couple smallmouth bass for the first time, they are a blast to catch and its worth making a trip to fish for them. Pound for pound smallmouth bass are stronger than a equal sized largemouth bass, but butterfly peacock bass are much stronger than a smallmouth bass. On 4/14/2017 at 0:02 AM, Darren. said: 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.... Good list! I plan on fishing South America for speckled peacock bass and other strong fighting fish of the Amazon. 2 Quote
bh91 Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 I would just go back home to San Diego and fish Miramar and Dixon. .hopefully Dixon still has that 25lber plus Quote
Super User Jar11591 Posted April 25, 2017 Super User Posted April 25, 2017 19 hours ago, bh91 said: hopefully Dixon still has that 25lber plus Dottie was found dead unfortunately Quote
S. Sass Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 Living with Toledo Bend Reservoir (2 1/2 hr drive), Lake Fork (1hr drive), Lake O' the Pines (1hr drive), Lake Texoma (1 1/2hr drive), Caddo Lake (2 1/2 hr drive), and many other awesome lakes I can be at in a relatively short time I really never saw a need for a bucket list. Besides by making a list you may forget one leaving it off and then what... I could spend 30 days at any lake near by and have a blast not wasting precious fishing time driving. Quote
bh91 Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 3 hours ago, Jar11591 said: Dottie was found dead unfortunately well hopefully those genes were strong 1 Quote
KHNC Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 On 4/14/2017 at 3:07 PM, roadwarrior said: 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! Do you go to the PA section of Erie or the Ohio section? I went to the PA area last june and it was just an "ok" trip. Going again June 10-17 this year. Hoping to finally unlock a secret or two to catch some 4-5lbers. Only 2-3lb fish last years trip. Quote
Hot Rod Johnson Posted June 5, 2017 Posted June 5, 2017 I would suggest for you to fish the "Reservoirs of the Tennessee River Valley", Fort Loudoun Lake, Chickamauga Lake, Guntersville Lake, Wheeler Lake, Wilson Lake, Pickwick Lake, Kentucky Lake, and Barkley Lake... Starting with the "FULL MOON PERIOD" in February to the "FULL MOON PERIOD" in March... Start first with the smallest body of water first to hit pre-spawn/spawn working up to the next largest body of water and so on to the next largest body of water... These "EIGHT RESERVOIRS" will challenge you and give you great diversity of waters to fish... Your travel time will be shortened as to traveling all over the United States giving you more fishing time... Plus your learning curve will be shortened because of similarities of the body's of waters... Three and three fourth days on each Reservoir, talk about running and gunning as a "POWER FISHERMAN"... 2 Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted June 6, 2017 Super User Posted June 6, 2017 Peacocks in Brazil. Nothing else even comes close. Some of the best fishing days I've ever had. Quote
Big Daddy Hoff Posted June 6, 2017 Posted June 6, 2017 I made a point to drive from Ohio to Lake Fork Texas to check off a lake on my bucket list.......... WOW, is all I can say.... that place was fantastic......... so good I made it a point to go back three years in a row......... Quote
huffman1988 Posted June 7, 2017 Posted June 7, 2017 I would start at lake eerie to catch some big small mouths. A bunch of guys I work with have been and it seems like a blast. Then I would stop at Kentucky lake and my last stop would be okechobee. I'd want to spend ten days at each. Quote
Chance_Taker4 Posted August 19, 2017 Posted August 19, 2017 On 4/14/2017 at 2:02 PM, RoLo said: Largemouth Bass -> Lake Kissimmee, FL | Toledo Bend Reservoir, TX Smallmouth Bass -> Lake Erie (eastern basin) | Lake Huron (Les Cheneaux Islands) Roger I live on the western basin of Erie. You have to weed out all the walleye but when you get to the smallies they are big on this side to. For me I would move to Panama City, FL That way you are in the middle to travel to the Big O, Kissimmee, St Johns River, Seminole Lake, Cherokee Lake, Pickwick, Guntersville, Lanier, Pontchartrain, George Walter Res. Plus all the partying that goes on in Panama. On 5/30/2017 at 10:59 AM, KHNC said: Do you go to the PA section of Erie or the Ohio section? I went to the PA area last june and it was just an "ok" trip. Going again June 10-17 this year. Hoping to finally unlock a secret or two to catch some 4-5lbers. Only 2-3lb fish last years trip. Living in Ohio I can tell you the absolute best smallmouth fishing on Erie is in Canada. Just cross the boarder to Pelee Island or up towards the Detroit river to Amherburg. For some reason the Canadians do not have the pressure that the American waters get. I fish BFL and club events on it and always run straight to Canada. Quote
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