Richland Chambers is not too far from the metromess either, and has a lot to offer.

Yeah!! Keep Texas great!! LOL

Don’t take this the wrong way. Coming to Texas, and immediately asking for help is kinda “Californian” to me. Lol.



Just kidding.

My sister moved to Los Angeles back in the 90’s. She was there for about 6 years and she’s ruined. Of course, she now lives in Austin where it’s mostly her Cali neighbors there now. So she fits in great.

That's a fair point but I really was not trying to ask for people to give me help and hints while I put in zero effort. It's my bad if it seemed that way. I am more than willing to put in the time and effort to figure out these lakes I really just wanted to see what lake I should go to first. I am going to try all of them. Also here in California there aren't many people I know who have a clue of what bass fishing is so it is nice to be able to talk bass fishing with others. But I do get what you mean, I just want to clear it up that I'm not trying to get help without putting in any effort, I am going to go out myself and start from scratch. This was really just a way for me to learn about what fishing is available in the area and what lakes I should start at. I am just really excited to fish these new lakes so I wanted to learn more about the area.

I'd suggest Twok for sandies, Texoma for stripers, and although a little farther than an hour, cypress for numbers of spots, and Athens for pure fun. The rest...Lew, Grapevine, Roberts, etc, are tough to figure out and are far more frustrating than fun IMHO.

Just messin with ya. I got nothing against someone wanting to get out of there. Texas is a great place to live, just gotta have a good air conditioner and sense of humor come July and August

Thanks man I really appreciate that. I thought I felt hot weather before but from everything I've heard, Texas can get scorching. Going to have that AC blasting probably half the year. Lol

Until you see your electric bill

haha true

If you are joining the Texas High School bass association, you will be in the Metroplex division if you go to FM high or FM Marcus. It is a great set up they have for the high school kids. The tournaments for metroplex are usually Lewisville, Lavon, Ray Hubbard, Ray Roberts and due to covid we had to fish Joe pool this year. Good luck and welcome to Texas.

Very cool I am really looking forward to that. Why did they make you fish Joe Pool because of Covid? Were some of the lakes closed?

Yes we were supposed to fish Hubbard the first tournament of the season, for some reason the weigh in site wouldn't allow that big of a group at one time. Just happened again on our upcoming Feb tournament, they moved it from Eagle mountain to Hubbard.

dfw lakes are mostly corp lakes. no boat docks allowed, hardly any grass. lots of marina and rock fishing. they all fish similar and have nice fish but very crowded with recreational boaters. east Texas is where it gets good and in the piney woods. lots of vegetation and pads to fish along with boat docks and some of the biggest bass in Texas.

I fished JP a lot when i lived 5 minutes from the ramp. Lake has an abundance of 10-14” fish, but there are also a lot of big ones as well. Not a lot in between. I have 2 10+ lbers (weighed) from there, another that i estimate at around 10, and several ~8lbers. Countless dinks. As mentioned above, Athens is worth the drive. Its my favorite lake personally. If squaw creek ever opens back up, pay the exorbitant ramp fee and go during fall/winter, you can smoke 2-3 lbers all day. Like 50+ fish days out there are relatively common.