I had a blast fishing the Middle Racoon River when I lived in Iowa. Caught smallies on a regular basis. It's definitely not the "best" place to fish, but for central Iowa, I never got skunked there. 

The Holston river is certainly one of my favorites. My ancestors were fishing it when I was just a twinkle in their eye

the housatonic river in western ct. has nice size smallies, trout ( 3.5 to 5 lbs for either are not uncommon) and smaller pike ( 25" is about the avg size for me).

 

In my N J & the Delaware River. Too much fishing pressure if you tell any other person. The spot is cleaned out in hours.  No more sharing with people. They see it as food. Can not fault them for that.

On 9/25/2021 at 10:54 PM, Rob St Croix said:

Great Miami in SW Ohio 

Shhhhhh....... that's the one we keep secret. Send people to the LMR instead.

On 9/2/2021 at 9:08 AM, MidwestBassin87 said:

 

Yes I live in Saint louis. Love the northern states though lol

The 4 1/2 lber in my avatar was caught within the St. Louis county lines ?