Super User Columbia Craw Posted December 24, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 24, 2022 Partner or solo. Safety first! Time of year. Amount of time for the trip. Ramp accessibility. Prevailing weather patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Choporoz Posted December 24, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 24, 2022 Not unusual for me to pull away from the house without yet having decided. I'm lucky to have lots of options. Sometimes wind plays a big factor. Upcoming tournament schedule drives me to a lot of prefishing decisions. Living on a lake much of the year now will certainly make the decision easier each morning now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody B Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I usually just go to my secret spot. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex from GA Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Usually go to the lake my boat's docked at unless I'm fishing for the GA Bass Slam. I'll go to the place where the targeted species are with my kayak and a buddy. We usually launch @ bridges and don't see anyone all day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User scaleface Posted December 26, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 26, 2022 proximity and bass population . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbump Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 I choose based on the next tournament. I’ll fish a minimum of 22 tournaments this year on 16 different lakes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted December 29, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 29, 2022 I choose to fish somewhere if it has a propensity to hold big bass. I’ve stopped caring about fishing pressure or size of the lake. To me, the larger the lake and the more fishing pressure, the more I tend to learn anyways. I’ve been skunked so many times I don’t care about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Cbump said: I choose based on the next tournament. I’ll fish a minimum of 22 tournaments this year on 16 different lakes. Cbump, your post made me laugh. We are sooo different. You go where fishermen cluster. I go where I'll be the only one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbump Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 When you’re fishing 50000 acre lakes or bigger it’s easy to get away from people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Cbump said: When you’re fishing 50000 acre lakes or bigger it’s easy to get away from people. A 50,000 acre lake is beyond me as I paddle a puny, pokey canoe. I've scouted a 450-acre bog for 2023 and that intimidates me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 29, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, ol'crickety said: A 50,000 acre lake is beyond me as I paddle a puny, pokey canoe. I've scouted a 450-acre bog for 2023 and that intimidates me. I paddled a canoe on a 60,000 acre lake during the 2022 bassmaster classic. If a lake is that big it’s got miles and miles and miles of protected coves way off the main channel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Whoa! That's big water. I have paddle both Lakes Superior and Michigan, but in retrospect, that seems foolhardy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielG Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 I live on it. Or one the bank anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User WIGuide Posted December 29, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 29, 2022 I'm lucky to live on one of the best largemouth fisheries in my area, in addition to the 100+ lakes within an hour and a half drive. There's quite a variety with that many individual bodies of water as well as species present in them. My tournament schedule and guide trips dictate a lot of my choices on where to fish, but I love to mix it up and explore new bodies of water or fish somewhere I haven't fished in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 30, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2022 3 hours ago, ol'crickety said: Whoa! That's big water. I have paddle both Lakes Superior and Michigan, but in retrospect, that seems foolhardy. Yeah I ain’t doing that haha. Reservoirs are vastly different than the Great Lakes with hundreds of coves and creek arms. I was on lake hartwell in SC . I’ve also canoed in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico but only briefly, went right back up the estuaries 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 46 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Yeah I ain’t doing that haha. Reservoirs are vastly different than the Great Lakes with hundreds of coves and creek arms. I was on lake hartwell in SC . I’ve also canoed in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico but only briefly, went right back up the estuaries Yeah, but I was young when I did it. Y'know, an immortal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 30, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2022 20 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: Yeah, but I was young when I did it. Y'know, an immortal. Yep. 10 feet tall and bulletproof. Been there. I still dabble from time to time, that’s me in the front 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Great photo. It conveys the sound and the fury. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 30, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: Great photo. It conveys the sound and the fury. That’s a screenshot from a video. Why did I not think to post the video???!!!! And my wife paddling thru it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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