Favorite Bass Lakes?

[Kicker]

I'm not a local fisherman, but within driving distance for an occasional "after work" fishing outting and i was wondering what are some of the best bass lakes in the area? i haven't fished a lot of lakes but the ones i have fished over there seem very weedy and full of fishy cover, which ones produce the best? you can share a little without giving up all your secret spots right?

Kicker

[Jig Master]

For the bigger lakes I'd go with Either Tetonka, Jefferson, German, or Washington when it comes to bass fishing. All those lakes have good shallow cover you can fish if you've never been on the lake before. They also have deep spots, but those you'll have to find for yourself

[bassman186]

If your looking for size hit minnewashta, it is a C&R Lake so please abide by the rules! and if you want quantity try out minnetonka.

[taxmancommeth]

I tell you what don't go to Madison. Not much today was caught (Bass wise) at the Metro LETS series. Their was one 6lb caught but nothing else much above 2lb...

There was also a 30 boat Bass tourney on the lake so who knows.

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[Dan Wood]

Yea, we left Madison less than impressed on the bass fishing... We had our 6 in an hour and 20 minutes, so the fish are there, but they weren't much at all for size... We didn't spend much more time on bass after that. I can't believe how many fish we caught that were in that 12.25-12.5" range, must be a strong year class. Maybe it will be a good fishery for bass in a couple years?? That lake gets a LOT of fishing pressure, which could have something to do with it.. As Scott mentioned, there was a 6.0 piggy weighed in at our LETS event. That was the highlight for bass, a couple decent ones up to around 3 lbs., the rest all looked to be in that 12-13" "minnie" bass range... I'd be interested to see if the other tourney found many bigger fish..

[katoguy]

top place was 5 for 15.05#
2nd had mid to high 14's.
Big bass was only a 4.90#

Many small bags from 4-7 pounds.

[Dan Wood]

I'd take a 3 lb. average on that lake, good job guys!

[james_walleye]

So what were the winning weights in the LETS tourney? Anyone bring any walleyes or northerns in or was everyone after bass?

[Dan Wood]

There were a lot of nice walleyes that came in (biggest caught was 27 or 27.5" that couldn't be weighed in because that team already had their 1 fish over 24" - 26.5").. A 9.9 lb. pike as well was weighed in..

1 - 36.8 lbs. (4 bass, 2 pike, 4 walleye)
2 - 33.3 lbs. (1 bass, 3 pike, 6 walleye)
3 - 25.8 lbs. (6 bass, 1 pike, 5 walleye)