Any Lake, anytime

OK guys, planning the vacations for the year and my partner and I have decided to take a 7 day trip to do nothing other than bass fish.

If you could fish anywhere, what lake and what time of year would you go?

Guntersville. Mid April. If that doesn't pan out there's a bunch of other lakes close by to chose from.

Erie in February. You will never forget that!

Any of those Tennessee River chain would be awesome. Chickamugua(Sp?), Kentucky, Wilson, etc. Go catch 4-6lb+ LM bass and big spotted bass too!!!!

Coach

Comodero, Salto and Picachos in the Winter, January or February. Great weather, food and fishing.

Definitely Guntersville, mid April or 2nd week in May. All the green fish you can handle! Been going for several years. Its always amazing that time of year. Went to Chick last year 1st week of May and it sucked. Guide said we were about a week early. Guntersville was great every day.

Toledo Bend late March through early May is lights out.

Or..... A few days on TB and make the short drive over to Rayburn for the rest of the week and do both.

Guntersville April-may for frog fishing

Sugar lake in late July or early August. The Hotter the better.

Joe Pool
Jan 6, 2015

California for some giant spots on giant swimbaits.
The big o flipping for big ones.
Guntersville or chick.
Big smallies up on Erie

Just start checking them off one a year

I like your taste.

Falcon during full moon in February.

If you're really interested in learning when to fish Guntersville or one of the TVA lakes, give Mike Carter of www.Anglingadventures.info a call. Mmike post over on the GFF all the time and I can assure you he KNOWS when and where!
February through April are good on both G-ville and Chickamauga. Weather depending you can experience the trip of a lifetime! In North Georgia we have a several mountain lakes like Carters Lake where you can get your arm broke with a magnum spotted bass, The winter time is the right time for those big spots, fish head spin, jigging spoons, finesse jigs, drop shot, and my favorite, Float n Fly. There are several Tennessee impoundments that can produce super sized spotted bass and smallmouth bass this time of year!

I agree. I went there in April of 2010 and the fishing was awesome. I'll go back one of these days.

Sturgeon Bay mid May to mid June...

clear lake in California, best bass fishery in the nation, hands down, best time to go is early spring(feb-march) for 30 pound bags. if you are in California for a week, id also recommend going to the calfifornia delta. 2 best fisheries on the west coast

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good luck,
PURA VIDA,
bluebonnet2

#1 E. Lake Toho,FL, in late March behind the reed line. #2 A small lake in AR called Hienkle in April, full of Spotted Bass.

Probably lewisville

Northwest Ontario, Canada.....Rainy Lake or Lake o' the Woods.......smallmouth heaven........First week of June.

I wonder if the same thread was on alabamafishingforum.com they would all be saying Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend

sounds like ill be making a trip to Guntersville! Probably early april

I fished for a couple of days this fall on Toho and Kissimmee and that whole connected chain and had a blast. It was really a cool experience with the shallow lakes, the canal system in between each lake that you lock in and out of, and all the different types of grass. The lakes are full of huge fish and the weather is beautiful most of the time! Wherever you decide, booking a guide for the first day or so is well worth the money IMO, helps to speed up the whole getting dialed in process.

I have also fished the Boundary waters up there in Northern Minnesota in June, about 4 weeks after ice out, and that was Smallmouth heaven! As many 2-4lb. smallies as you wanted to catch with a bunch of nice Pike mixed in. You needed one rod with 12lb. line and several white spinner baits so you could change them out as the fish wore them out! We started in Gunflint lake and paddled and portaged through several lakes for a week! That was an unforgettable adventure!!!!

Boundary Waters is awesome, on the right lakes at the right time it is one of the few places left on the planet where you can catch a fish almost every cast. Smallies up to 5lbs. It involves hardcore wilderness camping though. Not for the faint of heart. Sturgeon bay is nearly unbeatable if you get decent weather, but it's a [censored] shoot at best.

I'm sticking around Texas this year. I'm going to pound the eastern lakes in March and April. Mexico is on my radar at some point in the next couple years as well.

+1 to this one, Toledo is so much fun in May, be ready to deal with the heat, but catching 4's and 5's all day will help with that.

Lake Alan Henry in late March, early April or even late April, depending on water temps. Go with Curtis Norrod (TTU Fisherman) here on the board. He has like 5 13's in a row from year to year. Just sayin'. Hope this helps. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

7 days late March early April, you're already in Texas, Big Sam, T Bend, Caddo, Pines, Athens, Monti, Cypress....
Your arms will be wore out....Save your money and book a guide every other lake if you can fit in their schedule...
That would be one heck of a trip, you can fish some of those lakes from one hotel/motel location...

A fly in trip to NW Ontario is the ultimate Small Mouth trip for a lot less money than you think. June through August you can catch 100 SM a day. You can also run across a Musky that can literally eat any bass you have ever caught along with Walleye, Black Bass and Lake Trout.

www.nielsensflyinlodge.com

Sounds awesome! We were not wanting to carry boats and paddle because we had too many lazy people in our group. We actually put in and went up lake about 12 miles and wa-la, there was our resort. We hauled our boats from OK. Anything you wanted, you had to haul in, including gas for the boat. I know several that did it your way and they had a blast......just you and nature!

Guntersville or pickwick. Late March/early april

Lake of the Woods!!

Bahahaha. I do love JP, but mostly because I'm 5 mins away.