Where are you headed to in 2024?

[Susky River Rat]

How many different bodies of water do you plan on hitting in 2024?  Am looking at about 10 different places. I will be making multiple different stops on the susky. Some regular haunts as well as new ones. I know the susky is the same “body” but certain areas fish and are completely different. I will fish blue marsh but, might try my luck at raystown or lake wallenpaupack. I am not really a lake guy but, I want to get proficient at them. 
 

I know some people have multiple lake menderchucks they go to. So no one needs to mention anywhere by name. I am an open book as far as where I go. I don’t catch big or enough bass to have anyone chase me down. 

[Jar11591]

I’ll definitely be hitting the main 5 in my rotation: A small mountain lake, a medium size mountain lake, a slow mountain river, a weedy bog, and a shallow bowl. 
 

I fished one lake in late 2022 for the first time that I really want to pick apart but I never made it there in 2023. I’m going to make it a point to get back there a few times in 2024. Half the lake is a shallow flooded creek bed, and the other half is steep-banked, rocky, and deep.

 

 

[MIbassyaker]

I bounce around between a whole bunch of little places. I have 25 in mind right now, including 2 new lakes and 2 new river sections.

[Boomstick]

I know I will get a week, maybe two in the cabin I rented last year on Lake Dunmore. That was an amazing experience and I'll probably do it every year for the rest of my life. Then I'll take some other trips here and there, probably to Vermont state parks but haven't decided yet.

 

Then I'll hit all the regular places.

[softwateronly]

My usual is 3 small inland lakes and some shore fishing on Lake Michigan.  There's a chance I'll get to new water this year and certainly look forward to the possibility of it.  If not, I'll still be happy.

 

scott

[bp_fowler]

I have some big plans this year.
 

The town I live in as well as most of the nearby towns all have a reservoir or two (or three) so I have about 7 smallish BOW I fish pretty regularly. I’ll probably still pond hop and hit these from the bank when the opportunity presents itself.

 

However, my goal this year is to get a kayak and hit some of the larger ones near me.  I have several relatively larger sized impoundments:  Rush Creek Lake, Burr Oak and Dillon all of which are about a 30 minute drive and I’ve only fished them a handful of times each. 

 

I have a whole list of about 7 lakes to my N-NE I’d love to hit also.

 

Last but not least, I’m planning a trip to Canada with my pops to do some smallmouth fishing on Lake Huron.  Which will be my first time fishing for smallmouth.

[gim]

There are about 8-10 regular bodies of water I frequently fish, depending on the time of year. One of them may not get fished this season, it’s been nothing but pike for 2 years.

 

Another smaller river has been unfishable because of drought. Hope that changes this season.

 

If I had more time I’d branch out a little further and explore some new waters.

[Bankbeater]

If I can find the time I'd like to try fishing some of the reservoirs over in southern Illinois.  If not then I will stick to the small lakes and ponds that are around my area.

[12poundbass]

I’ll fish the same four I fished last year two of which I fish multiple times each year. I do plan on adding one more big lake in this year that’s just down the road from me. This lake has two other lakes attached to it so I guess you could say three more. I haven’t fished this chain in probably 20 years, so I’m looking forward to it.

[OmegaDPW]

I've already been to my two local places- a private pond and a PFA with like 60 lakes/ponds. Work is sending me to Athens, GA in April and I've already looked around on-line to find a place up there. In October, I hope to go back to Helen, GA and fish Lake Unicoi. I had decent luck there last year at a work convention. 

[throttleplate]

For early season crappie starting in early May i fish the bank of a great producing crappie lake north of detroit lakes minn, usually fish start biting at 7pm and stop at 9:30pm, this time of year its still light out at 9pm. While fishing for crappie bass are always an easy catch as we use minnows.

When walleye opens on May 15 i hit Orwell dam in fergus falls mn area because its wide enough to handle spring thaw runoff and has good banks to fish from, also the flooded river also improves some spots i fish, wife and I catch as many smallies as we do walleye.

 

The north dakota dams i cant fish untill the summer months into fall because the rivers are maxed out near flood stage from the spring thaw as they are narrow rivers to start with and no bank left to stand on. Baldhill dam north of Valley City in ND, is a chocolate colored mess of fast high water in the spring so i have to stick to Minn in the spring which means i have to always buy an out of state Minn license to go along with my ND license.

 

[A-Jay]

Ended some of 2023 on a new to me Lake Menderchuck.

While I did catch a few, including one insane spinnerbait trip, most of my time spent there was used for 'scouting' in preparation of this next early season pre-spawn bite.

This one's as Big as any water I fish, and a hike which cuts down on actual fishing time.

So I'll be looking to maximize that deal. 

On a positive not, early season access is not ideal.

IME, that is best case scenario for the kid. 

I have high expectations but the only way to know for sure, at least for me, is to commit to it.

Can't be looking over my shoulder thinking about what may or may not be happening on different water; even though I have a pretty good idea what that probably is. 

Here's to finding Bigger and Browner pastures, while not running into any TV personalities on the same spots.  #zona

Trying to top this gal ~

A-Jay

 

 

[T-Billy]

Same two favorite lakes I've fished for decades, but with a bigger focus on muskie through all seasons. 

That said, there'll still be a fair bit of time spent chasing bass, especially in the dark from June through September.

[LrgmouthShad]

I pretty readily share where I fish because I dont think it matters any. I plan to fish on Stillhouse, Somerville, Belton, and Brownwood in TX with possible trips to Ray Roberts and Choke Canyon but those will not be regular trips

[gim]

2 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

especially in the dark from June through September.

 

Aka "floater season." 😂

[Koz]

I live on Sinclair and work on Oconee, so those are givens. But I'm scheduled to fish Clark's Hill, Keowee, Hartwell, and Murray. I'm also entertaining Toho and Okeechobee but I'm not sure if I'm up for the drive.

[WaskaCrank12]

Heading into my second year of fishing I beleive I will stick with the two lakes closest to me. I still have so many things to learn about the craft of fishing that expanding out to other lakes seems it would do nothing but overly complicate things. Going to go with the KISS principle until I gain more understanding/skills.

[Mobasser]

Aside from the two lakes I always fish, I've gained excess to a nice three acre farm pond I plan on fishing. There's been a couple of woppers taken out of there , and I'm looking forward to fishing there.

 

[MickD]

Next Sunday, Long Island, Bahamas with my son for bones.  It doesn't get much better, IMHO.  

[dodgeguy]

3 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Same two favorite lakes I've fished for decades, but with a bigger focus on muskie through all seasons. 

That said, there'll still be a fair bit of time spent chasing bass, especially in the dark from June through September.

I used to love night fishing. Now my vision is so poor I don't bother.

[TOXIC]

End of this month it’s off to Florida and Headwaters for the second year.  Then our regular haunts here in Virginia of the Rappahonock and possibly back to the Potomac.  Then it’s off to St Clair in May and I’m considering pulling the boat back up to Wisconsin in August.  Since I’m getting my rig back seaworthy I might make some other trips.  We usually venture out to the chickahominy river a couple of times but that’s a long hike.  

[Columbia Craw]

I’m staying close to home, two hours or less.  I want to spend some time on the lower Columbia hitting some sloughs and channels off the main River.  The longer days will be in the Gorge around the Dalles.  My home lake, a shallow bowl will get some attention this year.  I purposely stayed off it last year.  I’ll be happy with that.  Fun fishing only for 2024.

[casts_by_fly]

I’ve got my usual half dozen that I fish all of the time. I might do them in a different time frame order this year and focus on different things, but the same lakes. I’ve fished most of the lakes around so there isn’t much new to explore but I do want to put time on the Delaware this spring. I’ve contemplated an smallie focus this year so the Delaware would have to figure significantly. 

[Swamp Girl]

I fish seven bodies of water, but in 2024, I'm thinking about exploring another two. One requires some work to reach, but I know it has five-pounders and likely bigger. The other is reached by paddling up a river and I love those river approaches. One of my seven steady ponds can only be fished for about three weeks, from mid-April to early May. Then weeds choke it. I worked those weeds in 2023, but without success.

[papajoe222]

Along with the lakes I normally frequent, I plan on fishing two new lakes in Indiana, one in Michigan and a muskie trip to northwest Wisconsin (three lakes there that I've visited in the past).

The big trip I plan on taking this year is to Georgia, but I can't decide whether to hit Lake Eufaula,or Lake Seminole. The time of year I go will make the choice much easier.