Favorite water you've fished.

[Chris at Tech]

The Gulf of Mexico

[TnRiver46]

Right here. Took this pic today actually. There is not a single house "on" this lake and Most of the land around it belongs to Uncle Sam. I don't think I can live on this lake but we have a family house on the next one downstream! Some guys have all the luck

[Angry John]

Favorite place I ever fished was black lake in upstate new york.  Only spent a week there with my best friend but it was amazing and had ever species you would want from musky to panfish.

[Oregon Native]

10 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Right here. Took this pic today actually. There is not a single house "on" this lake and Most of the land around it belongs to Uncle Sam. I don't think I can live on this lake but we have a family house on the next one downstream! Some guys have all the luck

Pretty

[Burtonxj]

Potomac River

 

Little bit of everything 

[TOXIC]

I agree, the retirement component skews my answer because if I'm retired, winter will not find me no matter how hard it tries.  BUT.....my favorite lake?  St Clair in Michigan would have to rank right up there.  There's a group of us that have been going for 15 years and that lake never ceases to amaze me.  Via the rivers you can get to Huron and Erie if you ever have a need to leave the lake.  Had a chance to buy a house on an island a couple of years ago but passed and I am still kicking myself.  As soon as winter showed up I would not be in the state, let alone the lake.  

[TnRiver46]

4 hours ago, Oregon Native said:

Pretty

Saw the eagle while driving the truck today, not the boat. I'm guessing I see one 80-90 percent of the times I fish. And I fish a lot

[Dwight Hottle]

Lake Erie is where I chose to move for retirement. Plenty of diversity when the bass aren't biting. Winters are best spent south in Florida.  

[bkohlman]

I would choose a privately owned lake in central Kansas. I have fished it a few times with a member and it has been solid for producing quality and quantity over the years.

[Scarborough817]

if it's something i've already fishing it would be my home lake, it's currently 2+ hours away but i love it with all my heart and one day i will live there anyway

[Chefster]

Of my small sample size of waters I have fished I would be a tie between Shasta and Trinity lake in California.   

[Sam]

Lake Gaston.

[WRB]

On January 28, 2018 at 5:59 AM, Chowderhead said:

Vail Lake — Temecula, California. Fished there only once as a kid with my dad. Loved that place - not sure what it’s status is now. One of the few fishing trips I went on with my dad. 

Unfortunitly Vail Vail fell on hard times with law suits over ownership issues and now closed. 

Tom

 

 

[Catt]

#2 would be Toro Creek below the Toledo Bend levee. The water crystal clear & stays in the 40s.

 

Aint gonna catch Hawgs but you'll catch 50-60 Kentucky Spots a day.

 

[Chowderhead]

8 minutes ago, WRB said:

Unfortunitly Vail Vail fell on hard times with law suits over ownership issues and now closed. 

Tom

 

 

That is too bad. I have no idea how it stacked up against other SoCal lakes at the time (late 80’s), but for me, there was something special about that place. 

[WRB]

Having fished all over the world, both fresh and salt water that is a difficult question.

Most places have changed a lot and not the same today as I remember them and most of the people who shared the experiences are no longer around.

Sunrises on remote wilderness fly in lakes with my father in law in his plane stir some wonderful musky and lake trout fishing.

Marlin fishing off remote coast of Baja's Magdelina bay with the sea alive with thousands of birds diving on bait and big tuna and Marlin in a feeding frenzy, the images are etched into my memory.

Catching giant bass at Casitas and Castiac are cherished memories.

catching my PB musky, my wife trying to net it brings a smile.

I live where I planned to retire and sharing life with lovely wife, life is good.

Tom

 

[N Florida Mike]

It's hard for me to pick one or two , because I'm in Florida. I'm very content with the small lake I live on . It has consistently produced for 40 + years now. Caught my pb largemouth , catfish , and bream in it . Have had lots of fun experiences through the years here with family and friends.

If not there , I'd like to live or fish on a remote part of the St John's river, where the area around it would never be developed. A part of old Florida that would always stay the same.... 

[DogBone_384]

To date it’s Plymouth, Massachusetts. If there’s a better place to catch SMB & LMB in SE Mass, I’ve not found it.

 

Of course, I can't stop searching. Isn’t that one of the reasons we fish, to continually seek better waters?

[Gundog]

On ‎1‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 9:44 PM, Angry John said:

Favorite place I ever fished was black lake in upstate new york.  Only spent a week there with my best friend but it was amazing and had ever species you would want from musky to panfish.

100% agree. Spent a week up there and it was amazing. I'm dying to go back. 

[Mike L]

Lake Okeechobee...

 

Why?

Because it's Lake Okeechobee!

'nuff said

 

 

 

Mike

[ThatredneckguyJamie]

I used to travel a lot for my current employer and my former...and I always carry a travel rod with me wherever I go. I have fished all over this great land of ours from sea to shining sea, and across the purple mountains majesty. But if I had to pick one body of water to fish for the rest of my life...that is easy, right here at home on the mighty St Johns river. Trophy bass to the south, to tailing bull Reds to the north, it has enough diversity to keep you busy for a lifetime full of fishing.

[Spankey]

Smallmouth Bass are in my heart. But I like catching other species. Trout and Salmon are favorites of mine. 

 

Have to be Lake Ontario. Winter on it might kill me though. 

[J Francho]

I could fish Port Bay, and the surrounding Lake Ontario area for the rest of my life.  In fact, my first 20 years of fishing were spent there, since we had a cottage on the bay.  Largemouth, pike, panfish in the bay, smallies, trout, salmon, and perch out in the lake.

[Spankey]

I think I'm gonna fish up around Oswego before the 4th of July for a few days. Will be a solo trip for a few days. I'll drag my puddle jumper up a chill for a few days. 

 

Late summer I'd like to get the wife, two girls and my son-in-laws back up for some King fishing. We tore the up this past year. 

 

I think about Lake Ontario almost everyday. I got bit by that bug. 

 

 

[Mr. Aquarium]

theres 2 places in mind! both ive fished in the past! both are big  deep lakes  with out big boats, only car top boats.  both are hard to get into so i dont fish em enough, when i do it in a yak with no electronics and cant fish em properly, both have GIANT bass.  i would love to live on them have a skiff out back with electronics and really learn how to fish these places.