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 Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/27/21 04:21 PM
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Whoever said any lake before they killed the hydrilla is spot on
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: Dubee]
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01/27/21 04:34 PM
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coachallentca
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Monticello take 30 # to win. Every time the club fished it we broke another club record. Great smallmouth fishing too.
Fawn Lake was loaded with 8 # plus bass. Until a guy started potting it for his dinner. I'll bet I caught over a hundred of them, but all of mine were catch and release. Or I caught the same 8+ 100 times.
Caught 1 that went 9 on a mechanical scale. At the time the state record was just over 10.
Also saw the biggest alligator snapping turtle in it. Probably went 2-300 pounds. Big as a saltwater turtle. Maybe a 150 years old. That year everything that floated on the water got eaten except the adult swans.
Cypress . Never got skunked on that lake. Just real good fishing except for the sand bass.
Stik Marsh
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never saw a smallie at monti. He has to be talking about a different Monticello That is what I am thinking. Never seen or heard of a smallie caught out of there..
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/27/21 05:02 PM
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Fishingking
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Cedar Creek
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: coachallentca]
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01/27/21 06:36 PM
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Monticello take 30 # to win. Every time the club fished it we broke another club record. Great smallmouth fishing too.
Fawn Lake was loaded with 8 # plus bass. Until a guy started potting it for his dinner. I'll bet I caught over a hundred of them, but all of mine were catch and release. Or I caught the same 8+ 100 times.
Caught 1 that went 9 on a mechanical scale. At the time the state record was just over 10.
Also saw the biggest alligator snapping turtle in it. Probably went 2-300 pounds. Big as a saltwater turtle. Maybe a 150 years old. That year everything that floated on the water got eaten except the adult swans.
Cypress . Never got skunked on that lake. Just real good fishing except for the sand bass.
Stik Marsh
Fork
Champlain
never saw a smallie at monti. He has to be talking about a different Monticello That is what I am thinking. Never seen or heard of a smallie caught out of there.. “Smallies”. The new term for DINKS.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/27/21 06:58 PM
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I couldn't narrow it down to just 3 lakes.
The glory days were the 60's, 70's & 80's up to the early 90's.
Comparing to that time frame, there isn't a decent fishery still in existence in the state.
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/27/21 07:50 PM
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Lake St. Clair
Lake Erie
Sam Rayburn
And the Big O
Gotta do some major traveling to have memorable days... Dan
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/27/21 08:15 PM
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Man I really need to get out more. I'm so jealous of the fishing from the 80's-90's!
#1 for me is Houston County Lake. Tiny little lake but I started going there back in '09 and had some amazing days before they sprayed the grass.
#2 is Falcon. Only went there one time with a guide but my dad and I had 42 lbs for our best 5 and probably 30-40 total
#3 I'd hate to say Lake Arlington but I think I'd have to because I've had my best personal day there and have caught two DD's there as well.
Thats my money fish ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/vXEgQG1t.jpg) Kris Winhold
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: bassnman]
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01/27/21 09:46 PM
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My glory days were a few years back:
Thomas Hill - best warm water lake ever. Colder it got, the better the fishing.
Shelbyville - new lake effect, could catch over 100 per day easy. No monsters though.
Stockton - new lake effect. could make 3 casts gong down a bank, catch a 4 lb LM, a 6 lb walleye and a 10 lb northern.
Kinkaid - new lake effect. Honorable mention. Huge northerns mixed in with the LM.
Originally a Yankee. Yeah, no kidding. Don't know if I ever heard of any of those.
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it !
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/27/21 10:00 PM
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Bruce Allen
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Fork. Fork, Fork
OK Rayburn and Cypress
Lake Fork Anglers Every Thursday Daytime Tournaments. Lake Fork Sportsman's Association www.lakeforksa.com/We are VERY PROUD of our Induction into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/27/21 10:03 PM
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I lived the first 28 years of my life in Louisiana. Caught a ton of bass over 4 lbs, but never broke the 5 lb mark. Came close several times, hit the 4-15 mark a few times, but never had one 5 or over.
So these days are my glory days.
Quality Wise my top 3 lakes are:
1. O.H. Ivie
2. J.B. Thomas (which will be history soon)
3. Oak Creek
My favorite lakes to fish for a mix of Numbers/Quality are:
1. O.H. Ivie
2. Amistad
3. Champion Creek
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/27/21 10:35 PM
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Cedar Creek in late 70 to early 80 win it was lined with grass.
Amistad
Hubbard Creek before it went dry we fished a Media Bass out there had 5 for I think 19 something and didn't get a check.
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/28/21 02:34 AM
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Baylor lake at Childress Tx. Most of the bass guys practiced catch and release. It was a small lake but produced numerous 10# plus bass thru the years. Sad to say the golden algae wiped it out for the second time.
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/28/21 03:36 AM
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Fork,Purtis Creek and Cooper
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: senko9S]
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01/28/21 03:57 AM
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Alan
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Toledo Bend 80's
Lake Fork. 80-90's
Gibbons Creek in the dead of winter up in the hotwater discharge throwing DB3's by the wing dams.
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember
[Re: Jarrett Latta]
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01/28/21 04:27 AM
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Didn’t they use to ban fishing during the spawn?
Toledo before 2016
Rayburn
Lake Austin before wake boats. They need to ban those.
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