What lhree lakes make your "Never Go Back" list?

For me its easy:

1. Bardwell
2. Granbury
3. Tawakoni

fork
fork
fork

Well, the only one I haven't at least caught a fish on that I've fished this year was pat mayse... But all that does is make me want to go back and catch a few so I can give it the finger

Granbury
Arlington
joe pool
imo

Fort Phantom.

Falcon.
Tawakoni.
Limestone.

Ft Phantom is a good one. So is Arlington. That crusty little Kirby Lake south of Abilene too.

Mountain Creek X3

What's wrong with granbury

I don't know if I've ever fished a lake that I wouldn't go back to. Even if I struggled there, that just makes we want to go back to figure them out even more.

Check out Arlington. Lol. It's so nasty you'll regret putting your boat in that water. . .

Ray Hubbard
Joe Pool
Arlington

I can't say that I won't go back to them, but three that I will only fish if a tournament takes me there are:

Tyler
Fork
Granbury

I live 5 minutes from Lake Tyler. I only put my boat in there if I have to. It's overpressured and now that the grass has all been killed I feel lucky if I catch fish there. Fork is, in my opinion, a bigger Lake Tyler. It has improved in recent years so I am probably unfairly judging it at least in part based on how frustrating it was for about a decade starting in the late 90s. Maybe I just hit Granbury at a bad time, but I fished three days there and caught one fish. My partner in the boat with me didn't catch a keeper and our other four team members didn't exactly slay them, either.

I catch more and on average better fish in 15 other lakes than those three.

Tawokoni
Ray Hubbard
Joe Pool

I'm pretty sure I saw a 28lb sack that won on Arlington Saturday, that's enough reason for me to fish it! (But not enough reason to drive 5 HRs to fish it)

I don't have any I wouldn't fish again but I hate Livingston, murvaul, and red river

Arlington x3

Unfortunately I only live 5 minutes from ramp. That stupid lake is very humbling.

Same for Ray Hub

Fairfield
Purtis Creek
Ray Hub

ft Gibson
twakani
wright patman

I forgot about Livingston. I probably should have substituted Livingston for Fork in my list.

Ray Hubbard
Lewisville
Grapevine

Ray Hubbard
Eagle Mountain
Lewisville

Lol, beat me to it.

Surprised to see Hubbard on so many people's lists

+1

Ray Roberts
Ray Hubbard
Ray Roberts

Not necessarily in that order...

Falcon. One really bad, really expensive trip was enough. And the one good trip the previous year was not enough to cancel out the really bad, really expensive one.

Fork
Inks
Fork

Fork...during any big Tournament

Im so happy to see that some people aren't coming back to Fork, it's a shame that more folks don't feel the same way.

Seems like some peoples favorite list would overlap a ton with other folks' hate list. Guess that's not really surprising.

Ross Barnett, Livingston, and Bardwell. Actually have never been to Bardwell to fish. But if a dessert could be compaired to a lake, Bardwell would be the one to compair it with. Part of fishing is being in the outdoors enjoying the surroundings. For UGLY.... Bardwell is the king.

Worthless
Arrowhead
Old Hickory

Don't think are any lakes I would say no to but 3 that I could care less if I ever fish are.
1. Rayburn
2. Canyon Lake
3. Norris Lake in Tennessee

Fished canyon and Norris a few times a piece and it's a struggle for this muddy water fisherman. And Rayburn, I just hate rayburn. It Has my number.

wow, really surprised that fork, Granbury and Joe pool made lists... I mean granbury is a lake that I have had NO issues with. Pool is ok, but not my NEVER GO BACK list...

Idk if there is one i would NEVER go back to... havn't had THAT bad a trip... Only one close is Toledo, but I know there are fish there we just didnt get on them. And i have to drive past Cherokee to get there

Granbury
Whitney
Cooper

Cooper
Bardwell
Michigan

I see murvaul made the list,big mistake,this lake is awesome in the spring

Fork
Fork
Fork

1. Lake Tyler east
2. Lake Tyler west
3. Lake Tyler

And I live right next to it. Thanks for killing the grass. Might as well drain that lake for a golf course. Oh wait. Too many jet fleas for a golf course.

LOL. I feel the same way and I can be at the 64 ramp from my house in 5 minutes.

I didn't know we could list out of state lakes. If so, Ross Barnett is definitely on my list. I caught a three pounder there during a two day tournament and my partner and I celebrated as if we had just won the Powerball.

I've only fished three lake in Texas, Ray Hubbard, Levon and fork.
For me! Lavon is the hardest

+1

I should have definitely added "Limestone" to my original list. That lake is the king of "suck"!

Well if you must know in no special order,
Rayburn
Palestine
T-Bend

you could say I'm sick,twisted,delusional,masochist........I mean ...why go somewhere
where you can catch fish, just stay at Fork and not worry about it





yeah your right its a love/hate relationship

Lake Houston for all three. A mud hole .

damn. Tell us how you really feel!

Uhhhh why? It sucks

Can't think of three but these two make the list:
Texana
Gibbons Creek

I've had a few rough days there, but the fishing is far more consistent than anywhere else I've fished.

Texoma
Bridgeport
Lake Puke,sorry I meant lake Ute in N.M.

I am really starting to feel that way about Bonham. I just can't figure it out. But I 'Have' to be there. I hate the waves and traffic on Cedar Creek and Tawakoni.

Isn't that funny, I have had the exact opposite experience of you. Funny how some lakes are like that.

fork (I only live 15 minutes from it and have not been on it since 2009.... I have surrendered that one to the big city boys)
twok .... what a mud hole
Palestine.... stump city


honorable mention.... Livingston, wright patman, cooper

1) Limestone
2) Bardwell
3) Georgetown

I don't like to say 'never,' but Buchanan would probably be on the list. Maybe Lady Bird, and probably Farmersville South Lake.

I can't catch fish on any lake so I can't pick out three. I just make the rounds and keep catching a bucket of suck and move on to the next one.

Lewisville, Ray Hub, and Joe Pool....

1. Cooper
2. Purtis Creek
3. Brandy Branch (worst facilities in Texas)

I can't think of anywhere I have ever fished that I would never go back to.

Cooper, Coffee Mill, and Marine Creek.. I'll add Pat Mayse too!

I'd have to add Grapevine too.....

Cedar creek , Hubbard and Lavon.

If you can't figure out how to catch fish on Rayburn or Toledo, you might want to consider selling your boat. But saying that, if you only fish a lake once a year, it's not fair to have great expectations. All lakes can be tough some days, but those two can put a smile on your face real quick.

Rayburn and Toledo are usually easy to catch fish on....if you keep trying, they will produce big time.

Lake of the Pines x 3

I wouldn't say I'll never go back to Lake Tyler but I don't fish it and I'm 15 minutes from there. I can catch fish on it but it's a lot of work and I fish for fun not work. I will gladly fight the stumps on Palestine and catch fish without having to work too hard. Much better fishing on Palestine than Lake Tyler.

Ray Roberts
Cedar creek
Ray roberts

Lake waxahachie, Alvarado, and joe pool

big lake
fork
half full

Lewisville -twok-richland chambers

Lewisville
Lewisville
Lewisville
Dont believe there is even a bass over a pound in that lake.

some really good fisheries listed here.

My three are:
1. Fork (It feels like going to work rather than fishing)
2. Tawokoni (I can't even spell it much less catch fish in it)
3. Bob Sandlin (This past Saturday confirmed it is my number 3 "never go back to lakes".)

Ray Roberts
Eagle Mt.
Ray Roberts

You guys complaining about Fork, Ray Hubbard, etc. need to experience Fort Phantom (north of Abilene). It is a god awful lake. I wouldn't even take a dump in Fort Phantom.

What lake DON'T you hate??? maybe you need to find a new hobby...

He wants to fish Bill Dance's spinnerbaits pond.

Lol

Ray Roberts
TWok
Ray Roberts

Texoma
Aquilla
Lewisville

Conroe

Livingston

Lake Houston, which I have never fished, but its on my list

for those of us that live at the lakes listed that YOU would never go back to it just makes me happy to know there will be less traffic. Thanks folks.

There is none in Texas on my list. I honestly cannot think of a lake that I have already fished all around the country that I would not want to give another try.

I guess it makes a difference when you fished a lake. I spent about 7-8 days on Ross Barnett in 2006 and 3-4 days on Granbury in 2009. Maybe they have gotten better since then.

I like easy lakes full of dumb fish that bite. I fish for fun, not to work trying to find a hidden bunch of fish on an overpressured lake full of highly educated and elusive fish. If I want to work I'll go to my office. It definitely pays better...LOL.

Medina
Canyon
Choke

For black bass ... Buchanan and Whitney. However they are stellar white bass fisheries.

Fork almost made the list when I was 15. Fell in the water TWICE in one day my first time out there and the fishing was terrible. Went back the next weekend and won my first club tournament throwing top water all day. Needless to say, it redeemed itself.

My bottom 3 are Limestone the only "0's" I have ever had, Livingston to many stumps no boat lanes, Bob Sandlin - just never was able to figure them out. I will go back to them just because I like challenges.

Everyone who said Tawakoni (or a similar spelling!) must have been fishing for the wrong species! I wouldn't go there either to catch LMB... It's a freezer-filler tho when the slime fish are spawning and done good with crappie and trash-bass. Bonham has eaten my lunch and Roberts has eaten my prop AND my lunch! Can't say I wouldn't go back to any of them tho since Athens is so far from Mckinney.

Don't we all?

Lake Naconiche X 3

What other lake has taken such a fall from stardom as Cooper? Started out like the next Lake Fork but after a while it turned out to be T'woks not so talented little brother.

Lavon
Tawakoni
Cant add Hubbard as its the only lake i have ever caught over 100 fish in one day.
Lewisville because of all the rude butt holes that go there.

Granbury
Limestone
Cedar creek

Lake Waxahachie
Lake Tyler east and west
Lake Bardwell

Alan Henry

Pretty sad when Canyon is now fishing better than Choke.

Purtis Creek,Livingston , and Jacksonville

Lake Weatherford x3

WACO

I can only imagine the changes to some of these list prior to the introduction of way too many grass carp. Granbury and pool will shock you. I know I will catch grief for this because there are SOME toads in there but the numbers suck and I can get my boat in Benbrook in five minutes. So I'm going Benbrook x3 on that list of suck. Don't know of any other lake I don't enjoy fishing in the Lone Star State. Don't give me wrong I've caught 10 pound hybrids out of there on my flyrod it's great for that!!!!Who dosnt love ray bob Great Lake right there.

Hubbard
Whitney
Lewisville

There are really 2 reasons at play here so I will give 2 lists (keep in mind I live next to Bardwell so everything is UP from here)

BOAT TRAFFIC/CROWDS
1.FORK
2.Lewisville
3.Conroe

BASS FISHING POOR FOR ME
1.Trading House
2.Lavon
3.Whitney

Texoma
Limestone
Houston County