I'm curious to know what people think are the legendary bodies of water for bass fishing.  Those lakes or rivers where you just gotta' fish them once in your lifetime.  What would be that one body of water that is on your bucket list to fish?  

Toledo Bend.  

Too many to list! I'll stick to my neck of the woods and say Dale Hollow. When I grew up as a kid in Southwest Ohio, that was the lake everybody talked about going to.

Lake Falcon, Lake Amistad, Choke Canyon Reservoir.

Great lakes, lake Simcoe & lake St Clair for smallmouth.

  

The St John's river and Rodman reservoir in N central FL.

There is a less well known lake that has a local reputation for monster fish.

Kingsley lake, at Camp blanding.

I've fished these^^

I would  like to fish Okeechobee and toho.

And at least once,go up north  

  (Tennessee)??? And catch some small mouth.Dale hollow??

Just some of the ones that I would love to fish at some point in my life: Mille Lacs, Sturgeon Bay, Chequamegon Bay, Lake Champlain, Lake Ocochobee, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie. Just a few off the top of my head

 

When my son was younger we traveled every year on spring break to a new destination. Now, not so much. I have fished Table Rock, Bull Shoals, KY Lake many times, Guntersville many times, Santee Cooper, Lake Toho and I've fished Sturgeon Bay for 40 years. Still on my bucket list: Lake Dardenelle, Toledo Bend, Pickwick, and St Clair

 

Legendary waters, not a bucket list

 

LARGEMOUTH

> Falcon Lake, TX

> Toledo Bend, TX

> Kissimmee Chain, FL

> California Delta, CA

 

SMALLMOUTH

> Lake Erie, PA           

> Green Bay, WI     

> Lake Simcoe, ON     

> Burt Lake, MI

 

 

Roger

3 hours ago, 38 Super Fan said:

Too many to list! I'll stick to my neck of the woods and say Dale Hollow. When I grew up as a kid in Southwest Ohio, that was the lake everybody talked about going to.

 

Dale Hollow would have been on my list as well - 60+ year Smallmouth record kind of puts that in the "legendary" category.

The  susquehanna river in my neck of the woods is  legendary for smallmouth.

Toledo Bend, Tablerock, Guntersville, KY, Okeechobee, and the Ca delta, clear lake and lake berryessa... I guess that's my bucket list more than legendary, but some qualify in my opinion

Back in the day (early 80's) Eufaula was one of the legendary lakes. 

To name a few not already mentioned Kerr Reservoir and Lake Gaston in Va

Oh oh... and El Salto!

Clear Lake, St. Clair, Erie, Toledo Bend, Falcon, Guntersville, Okeechobee, St. John's River, Kentucky Lake, and Oneida are some I'd like to fish. 

A few that I've fished that are legendary or at least well known; Table Rock, Lake of the Ozarks, Bull Shoals, Beaver Lake, and Grand Lake. 

Toledo bend

sam rayburn

okachobee

lake fork

falcon

too many to list! 

 

Did you ever hear the intro for Roland Martins show?

 I'd imagine they just about cover it. Maybe not all the legendary waters but a good start anyways

 One bucket list lake? l dont think I can pick just one

 Top 5 would be Okeechobee, Toledo bend, Lake Fork, Erie, Toho

 

Montgomery Lake, Georgia

Lake Guerrero, Mexico

Lake Baccarac Mexico

Lake Dixon, California

Lake Biwa, Japan

 

Come on guys Lake Tenkiller Oklahoma & Jimmy Houston!

8 hours ago, NorthwestBasser said:

Oh oh... and El Salto!

 

Last I looked El Salto is located in Mexico. not US.

For me it would be Guntersville, Fork, Cal Delta and Toledo Bend

 

 

 

 

Mike 

Okeechobee, lake fork, and clear lake.

Erie has to be on a list.

 

1 hour ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 

Last I looked El Salto is located in Mexico. not US.

 

Just you wait...

  Reelfoot was tops  on my must see list and about ten years ago I  spent several days there .It was some of the worse  bass fishing I ever had .Only  one  keeper bass  was caught .

 

I spent a few hours on Eufala and would like to spend a week there .