What's the make-up of your lake?

[Bassn Blvd]

Below are pic's of my neighborhood lake.  This is one of the 2 neighborhood lakes I fish when I decide at the last minute to go fish, usually an hour or so before dark or when I don't have time to go far.

This lake is at least 25 yrs. old and max depth, that I found so far, is 30 feet.  Average depth is about 8-10 feet.  The lake is very clean and clear with visibility at times up to 10 feet.  

The bottom, and I mean darn near entire lake bottom, is made up of grass.  The grass begins at the waters edge and is found as deep as 15 plus feet deep.

It gets to 3-4 feet in certain ares of the middle and as deep as 9-12 feet within a few feet from shore in other areas.

The biggest Bass I know of being C&R was 13lbs.  It may have been caught and kept since then but I don't know.  I sure the heck haven't caught it yet.

My lures of choice are Watermelon seed worms, Beetle Spins and small Rapalas and small diameter line due to the clear water.  I have yet to try live bait.

These are just a few different parts of the lake. it's actully fairly decent in size.

This is grass is about 4-5 below the surface.

[berniemac]

Make-up of my lake: miles and miles of Mississippi River and backwaters. Visibility up to 1 foot if the water is down and it hasn't rained in a while. Every type of fishable terrain imaginable!! Note: Don't worry, I am fully aware that the Mississippi is not actually a lake...

[Guest muddy]

It has trees and rocks on the shore, and water trees and rocks in the lake, next question

[alger319]

harris chain- coffee colored water with pads and kissimmee grass

lake swatara- clear with pads, cypress trees, kissimmee grass, and eel grass all over execpt passed 8ft deep(30yds out)

[Catt]

Toledo Bend Reservoir

Location: On the Sabine River straddling the Texas-Louisiana state line.

Surface area: 196,000 acres

Maximum depth: 110 feet

Impounded: 1967

Normal Clarity: Clear in middle and lower lake to slightly turbid in upper region

Fishing Cover/Structure

Habitat in Toledo Bend Reservoir consists of aquatic vegetation, standing timber, and flooded terrestrial vegetation. Hydrilla is the predominant plant species, although many native plants (coontail, eelgrass, pondweed, lily pads) are also present. In the lower part of the reservoir the water is typically clear; gamefish are usually found around vegetation edges, flats, humps, and creek channels. In the upper third of the reservoir, the abundance of vegetation typically declines. Timber, brush, laydowns, and creek channels provide upper-lake gamefish habitat. At periods of high water, terrestrial bushes and trees provide excellent habitat reservoir-wide.

The most popular game fish at Toledo Bend Reservoir is the largemouth bass; an excellent year-round fishery exists. Good year-round crappie and catfish fisheries are also present. Striped bass are maintained by annual stockings because conditions at Toledo Bend usually do not allow a successful natural spawn

[paul.]

standing and fallen timber.  variety of underwater grasses.  several types of pads.  some structure - ditches, humps, drop-offs, etc.  several shallow coves.  water usually fairly clear to only slightly stained.  max depth about 25 ft.

[ba7ss3in]

A power plant lake and the Cape Fear River

[Guest avid]

Typical florida recharge lake.

avg. 4-6 feet with some deeper holes,

soft bottom

stained water.

no structure, lotsa lotsa weeds.

[TI_Bassin]

I fish the St. Lawrence River mostly witch has a lot of weeds, rocks, and islands in very clear water.

[Popeye]

+2 to what hawg caller said. Depths can reach 50+ feet in many of the lakes around here:o)

[grimlin]

Well can't get it to post picture,but mine consists of a Dam with a canal type river with mainly structure close to shoreline and heavy grass in the middle.I want to guess the water gets 10 ft at some parts.It does however drop 35 at dam. It connects with 2 lakes as well...so a small 5 minute walk to the otherside of the dam and i'm fishing a different lake. ;D

[Raul]

+2 to what hawg caller said. Depths can reach 50+ feet in many of the lakes around here:o)

50 ft ..... piece of cake.  

Some of the lakes I fish are "shallow" ( 50 ft max depth ) with lots of standing timber, others are really flat ( 20-25 ft depth ), others are built on canyons and can reach depths up to 600 ft. Choose your poison, all of them are within 2 hours drive.

[Tin]

A 350 acre reservoir. It is shallow, the average depth is about 5 feet, with the deepest point being 12 feet. The lake is a big bowl, with two small coves in the NW corner that get choked up with coontail. You cannot run through the middle of the lake because of a large sandbar that takes up about a quarter of the lake. You have to run on pad hugging the eastern shore and stay within 80 feet of the shore. The rest of the lake has scattered boulders ( about the size of VW Beatles) and stumps everywhere. The dam portion is where I do most of my fishing. It is a rock bank on a 45* angle with a stumpfield at the base. I usually always fish a shakey head or football jig and load up the boat. The lake is about 60% largemouth and 40% smallie. It is one of my favorite lakes because it gets no pressure, not because it is hidden or private, but because it is brutal to fish. But after living on it all last year. I really got it figured out. 8-)

[detroit1]

Natural, clear lakes under 1500 acres. Most have depths to at least 50',no standing timber, very little rock,all kinds of weeds, visibility to 8' minimum. Houses on just about every inch of shoreline, very little pressure from "good" anglers, and a lot of pike. There is about 20 lakes like this within a 45 minute drive from my house. I love it.

[ww2farmer]

The lake I fish is typical of the areas natural lakes, long and skinny, large weed flats on the north and south ends. Shoreline cover consists of docks and the occasional laydown. Most of the shore line gradualy slopes off into the max depth of 30', shore line grows thick with milfoil, and eelgrass out to about 12-14', mostly soft bottom. A few rocks, and sandy bottom areas. There are a few creeks and canal's at each end, great spots in spring and fall, summer is slow back there but the ones you do find are usually big ones. Lake size 1000 or so acres, fish present: Bluegills, Crappies, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Pumpkinseeds, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Carp, Bullhead, Northern Pike, Gold Shiners.

[Long Mike]

My favorite lake has water that comes all the way up to the shore.  

[FD.]

There are about a hundred to choose from within an hours drive.  Deep and clear to shallow bowls of pea soup and every combination in between.  I think it makes me a better angler to fish as many different conditions as possible.  Maybe I'm just retarded.  Where's my helmet....

[Hoover]

I fish Lake Livingston in East Texas, located on the Trinity River about 1.5 hours north east of Houston, TX.  It is a 90,000 acre impoundment to a depth of approximately 30 - 40 feet.  Fair on lmb, better on white bass and hybrids.  Livingston is also well known for its catfish and crappie.  Dangerous lake to run at wot due to snags and stumps.  Water can be turbid/stained during the summer, clearing somewhat during the winter.  Hydrilla does not grow well due to stained water, but lillies are abundant.  It is predominantly a very shallow lake, mostly to 11 feet.  It provides water to Houston so lake levels are fairly constant.