Are there any good fresh water fishing lakes near where you live?
I live in western NY and can walk to the Niagara river,which connects lakes Erie and Ontario.
We enjoy 4 seasons of fishing with almost any fresh water species in abundance.Within a 30 mile radius you can fish the lakes and river,streams and ponds,even the Erie barge canal—weather permitting,the weather being if you have to work or not.
Small mouth are every place,Muskie to 55 inches,the Walleye are plentifully,steel-head fill the feeder streams,the lower river-below the falls is full of lake,rainbow/steelies and brown trout,in addition to bass and pan fish.30 pound salmon do not make headlines.
Even the urban settings have great fishing–crappie and perch fishing next to a grain elevator on the ice or on an old set of railroad tracks in a ship canal after ice out.I have caught 10 pound carp and crappie in a lake in a park in the middle of Buffalo–
Western NY and Buffalo might not be everybody place but as for the fishing it cant be beat
February 24th, 2010 at 1:24 am
I live in michigan and we’re surrounded by lakes , but they warn you about eating the fish because of high mercury levels
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February 24th, 2010 at 2:02 am
Back in the day South Lake and Fox Lake (in eastern Central Florida) used to be known throughout the country as two of the best bass lakes in the country… then someone had the bright idea back when we didn’t know any better to use South Lake as a sewage dump… after a LOT of cleanup and decades of not being used for this purpouse, the lakes are coming back, but there’s still a lot of muck and I wouldn’t eat anything from them…
But most/all of the St. John’s River Chain of Lakes are considered prime bass lakes… and it’s a drive from here, but Lake Okeechobee is supposed to be good, too (another I wouldn’t eat anything out of, though)… heck, there’s good bass retention ponds around here… it’s crazy.
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February 24th, 2010 at 2:34 am
yes i live nea the brisbane river 2 mins from me and its gret to fish and its so clean mud crabs and plenty of fish as well .
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February 24th, 2010 at 2:42 am
I’m in Pittsburgh Pa.
We have more than a dozen lakes within 50 miles, which are state maintained.
and over 50 county lakes and Streams
Plus The Three Rivers, Allegheny,Monongahela, and Ohio
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February 24th, 2010 at 3:15 am
"Lake Texoma", has good stripper bass fishing. I like it at "Catfish Bay" in "Texhoma State Park". This park borders Texas and Oklahoma.
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February 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Here in Okla. fresh water is all we have, we have so many lakes,rivers and ponds sometimes it’s hard to decide the best place to go.
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February 24th, 2010 at 4:00 am
yes
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February 24th, 2010 at 4:14 am
I live within 25 miles of Monroe Reservoir, there are lots of fish, but I think all the Bass have been caught 10 times each
they fish lots of tournaments three or four times a week,,
also Boggs Lake, One of my friends has a 5 acre lake and lets me fish it, he has it full of Bass, Black Crappie and hybrid Blue gill–the fishing is fun here,,
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February 24th, 2010 at 4:52 am
Yes, as you can tell by my name and my profile I love to fish. We have many lakes both natural and man made where I live, all within a few miles from us. Caney Lake, Lake D’arbonne, Cheniere Lake, Black Bayou, Lake Claiborne, Poverty Point Reservoir and we have many more reaching, say 75 miles miles or more from here. Yet no less wonderful places to fish. Louisiana is a great place to fish and hunt. The motto for Louisiana was once the Sportsman’s Paradise. Filled with not only an abundant lakes but also fishing ponds, streams and rivers.
We catch large mouth bass, white perch (crappie), bluegill, catfish, red ear perch and sun perch. (never a loss for fresh fish around our area.)
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where the fishin is easy!
Thanks for such a wonderful question about fishing! It sure makes me want to get our boat out, buy some crickets and GO FISHING!!!!
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February 24th, 2010 at 5:37 am
Yes….lots…We go ice fishing on the week end.
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Minnesota –The land of 10,000 + lakes.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:06 am
In northern Wi. there are lakes everywhere.
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February 24th, 2010 at 6:37 am
Yes there a few good lakes near here. Lake Attitash and Lake Gardner in Amesbury MA have good largemouth bass and pickerel fishing. Lake Cochichewick in North Andover is another good largemouth lake. These lakes also have some good crappie fishing.
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February 24th, 2010 at 6:57 am
yes i live in nebraska
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February 24th, 2010 at 7:38 am
yep live in the mountains in south west va.
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went up to the lake today as a matter of fact
February 24th, 2010 at 8:23 am
I live near Chicago and we have a wide variety of fishing. On the great Lake Michigan we have King Salmon, and huge Chinook trout as well as smelt. We have Lake Geneva nearby in Wisconsin that has Northern Pike, Walleye, large and smallmouth Bass, Crappie, and Bluegill. We have many smaller lakes for bass and panfish, and then there is the Chain O Lakes along Fox river which even have Muskee!!
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February 24th, 2010 at 8:44 am
I live in western NY and can walk to the Niagara river,which connects lakes Erie and Ontario.
We enjoy 4 seasons of fishing with almost any fresh water species in abundance.Within a 30 mile radius you can fish the lakes and river,streams and ponds,even the Erie barge canal—weather permitting,the weather being if you have to work or not.
Small mouth are every place,Muskie to 55 inches,the Walleye are plentifully,steel-head fill the feeder streams,the lower river-below the falls is full of lake,rainbow/steelies and brown trout,in addition to bass and pan fish.30 pound salmon do not make headlines.
Even the urban settings have great fishing–crappie and perch fishing next to a grain elevator on the ice or on an old set of railroad tracks in a ship canal after ice out.I have caught 10 pound carp and crappie in a lake in a park in the middle of Buffalo–
Western NY and Buffalo might not be everybody place but as for the fishing it cant be beat
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February 24th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Near Tulsa, my home, we have Eufaula, Grand, McGee, Keystone, Ft. Gibson, Oologah, Skiatook…just some.
Grand Lake hosted the Elite Series Bassmasters for the last 2 years.
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February 24th, 2010 at 9:15 am
i live in south Florida, on Lake Okeechobee.
Besides my home lake, within an hour & half drive, there are many lakes, that are great for fishing , year round.
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February 24th, 2010 at 9:36 am
no they all suck. I fish in small ponds mostly where the fish hardly grow. It can be frustrating at times.
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February 24th, 2010 at 10:08 am
I live on the "Thumb" in lower eastern Michigan, "Orb" is full of crap. There isn’t any more heavy metals in the Great Lakes fish then any where else.
I’ve been fishing Lake Huron, Saginaw Bay, the rivers and surrounding lakes every day all my life. All my friends have fished here.
In the 2008 "Shiver on the river" in Saginaw one of the first Walleyes caught went in at 14 pounds a few ounces, the state record is 16.8 pounds. Last year they took over twelve Walleyes that almost hit the state record.
I have fished nine states now, where you couldn’t see two feet for the density of the water, like coffee. Lake Huron water is so clear you can see down to twenty or more feet.
We’ve caught five species of Salmon with so many we couldn’t lift the cooler out of the boat.
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Michigan Walleye fisherman