Top 50 Lakes in the Country/What do you all think about this ranking

Here is a list of the top 50 lakes in the country, by a study done by Crappie Nation. Your Thoughts?
Pretty Accurate but I think Truman Res MO got jobed in this rating. JMO Washington over Dardanelle...Hmmmm?
1. Grenada Lake, MS
2. Sardis Lake, MS
3. Kentucky Lake, TN
4. Reelfoot Lake, TN
5. Arkabutla Lake, MS
6. Lake Washington, MS
7. Green River, KY
8. Barkley Lake, KY
9. Lake Dardanelle, AR
10. Logan Martin, AL
11. Weiss Lake, AL
12. Clarks Hill, GA
13. Nimrod Lake, AR
14. Chickamauga Lake, TN
15. Patoka Lake, IN
16. Eufaula Lake, OK
17. Santee Cooper Lakes, SC
18. Pickwick Lake, TN
19. Oologah Lake, OK
20. Enid Lake, MS
21. Harris Chain of Lakes, FL
22. Truman Lake, MO
23. Alabama River, AL
24. Toledo Bend, TX
25. Lake Erie, OH
26. Texoma Lake, TX
27. Buckeye Lake, OH
28. Kaw Lake, OK
29. Ross Barnett, MS
30. Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, MS (Columbus, Aliceville, Aberdeen)
31. Douglas Lake, TN
32. Monroe Lake, FL
33. Lake of the Ozarks, MO
34. Lake Fork, TX
35. Neely Henry Lake, AL
36. Kinkaid Lake, IL
37. Rend Lake, IL
38. Shelbyville Lake, IL
39. Conway Lake, AR
40. Lake Greeson, AR
41. Greenwood Lake, SC
42. West Point, GA
43. Oconee Lake, GA
44. Lake Cumberland, KY
45. Indian Lake, OH
46. Lake Talquin, FL
47. Monroe Lake, IN
48. Hamilton Lake, AR
49. Lake of the Pines, TX
50. D’Arbonne Lake, LA

Kinkaid, Rend, and Shelbyville IL over Conway and Greeson AR...Give me a break.LOL

I would agree with the top 9 in the order they are in, but Conway should at least be in the top 20.

That should be the top 50 resivoirs. I wonder how anyone ever comes up with "Top" lists like that. What is the basis?? Opinions??

What?...no lakes in Michigan...rotfl

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Originally Posted by midsouth man

i would agree with the top 9 in the order they are in, but conway should at least be in the top 20.

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No nimrod ??? Must be because of size

Nimrod is number 13.

if all them lakes in MO.. reel foot, truman and the lake of the ozarks are so good and all of the lakes listed in IL. why do they all come to lake washington in MS. in the spring and all the other MS. lakes ?????????

No Faulkner Lake? Obvious misprint.

Millwood didnt make the list...Hmmmm best hidden secret in Arkansas.

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Originally Posted by MEATGETTER

if all them lakes in MO.. reel foot, truman and the lake of the ozarks are so good and all of the lakes listed in IL. why do they all come to lake washington in MS. in the spring and all the other MS. lakes ?????????

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Reelfoot is in TN and u and I both know why they come south, size matters!!!!


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Thx ski I knew I needed glasses

I like your top 6, caught crappie out of 5 of them.

Nimrod easily tops that subjective listing. World record came from water valley ms tho but still nimrod produces more consistent limits of easily patterned fish than any other lake. Arkansas has the most b a s s classic winners and by far the best crappie fishin.

Amf

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Originally Posted by blueducklane

Nimrod easily tops that subjective listing. World record came from water valley ms tho but still nimrod produces more consistent limits of easily patterned fish than any other lake. Arkansas has the most b a s s classic winners and by far the best crappie fishin.

Amf

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While I believe our state has some very good crappie fishing MS easily has the best crappie fishing in the US hands down.


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Nimrod Lake still produces big numbers of Crappie as well or better than any place I've fished. But being an older lake built in 1942 , being 70 years old it don't produce the size it once did. Still how many folks caught fish all year long here on the lake when bite was tough elsewhere?

we do have some good crappie lake's , however ms. is the crappie lake capitol hands down !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miss doesnt have the white river refuge, doesnt have the number or agri reservoirs, and dang sure aint got nuthin on nimrod i dont care what anybody says i aint bakkin down from that.

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Originally Posted by blueducklane

Miss doesnt have the white river refuge, doesnt have the number or agri reservoirs, and dang sure aint got nuthin on nimrod i dont care what anybody says i aint bakkin down from that.

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Nimrod didnt even make the top ten. Are you sayn its betta than grenada sardis and butla?

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Originally Posted by blueducklane

Miss doesnt have the white river refuge, doesnt have the number or agri reservoirs, and dang sure aint got nuthin on nimrod i dont care what anybody says i aint bakkin down from that.

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MS crappie eat Nimrod crappie for lunch. It's not knocking the crappie fishing on Nimrod but rather letting u know how good the fishing in MS is. How many limits would u catch on Nimrod if they had a 12 inch limit like the big 4 in MS do??????


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lake hartwell ga sc boarder lake russell ga/sc boarder lake seccession a much smaller lake than hartwell and russell but some of the best crappie fishing you could ask for

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Originally Posted by Handicrappie

MS crappie eat Nimrod crappie for lunch. It's not knocking the crappie fishing on Nimrod but rather letting u know how good the fishing in MS is. How many limits would u catch on Nimrod if they had a 12 inch limit like the big 4 in MS do??????


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Nimrod has high numbers and it's easy most of the time to catch a mess. But remember it is a old mountain lake for flood control. It will never produce the huge Crappie it did back in the early years. Mississppi shallow fertile bottom land lakes are like comparing apples to oranges.
Nimrod is about 3500 acres and say Grenada is about 10 x bigger at 35,000 acres. For a small lake is is an awsome lake. It gets hammered and still produces lots of fish which is amazing in it's self.

show me a limit of 13in crappie from nimrod !!!!!!!!!! they use minners on grenada larger that some of them nimrod fish, now if you want to catch a 100 crappie a day nimrod is the place but 75 of them or more will be under 10in !!!!!!!! SIZE MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by CrappiePro

Millwood didnt make the list...Hmmmm best hidden secret in Arkansas.

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I agree. Maybe it will stay that way.

I dont see Enid in MS neing in the top 20, survey must be on old data.

My grandad used to catch hunnerts at sardis like everyone else so it aint like we dont know that and Youre livin in the dark ages if for one second you think ar lakes werent doin the same thing. That lake is gettin older though like all the other electro lakes. Arkansas has pleathorea of lakes to fish and is why we have the most b a s s champs. We know fish and for dang sure aint gonna hear shinola from no ms hands. If youre livin to compare your lakes youll never convince me for one second that the u tube vids of people spider riggin minners with forty other boats is any better than what we do.

i have fished ar.lakes for nearly 50 years there is NO lake in ar. that compares with the ms. lakes in size of crappie day in and day out period !!!!!!!!! if you think they are then your the one living in the darkages!!!!!!! and i ain't from ms. either!!!! i just know a big crappie when i see one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by blueducklane

My grandad used to catch hunnerts at sardis like everyone else so it aint like we dont know that and Youre livin in the dark ages if for one second you think ar lakes werent doin the same thing. That lake is gettin older though like all the other electro lakes. Arkansas has pleathorea of lakes to fish and is why we have the most b a s s champs. We know fish and for dang sure aint gonna hear shinola from no ms hands. If youre livin to compare your lakes youll never convince me for one second that the u tube vids of people spider riggin minners with forty other boats is any better than what we do.

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You said it best when u said we could never convince u but you saying AR has better crappie fishing than MS is sorta like saying AR has better deer hunting than Iowa.


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I knew this thread would educate me. Opinions do matter and shinola does matter too.
Passionate feelins for your lakes is positive and it don't matter what poll you look at,
catchin' is so much funner than just fishin'. :highfive

I have to agree on the quality and quantity of fish in ms vs ar being better. Some of our lakes can rival in numbers but just not numbers and size IMO. I am no ms expert though.

I might have a opinion on this thread but I will stay out of it.

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Originally Posted by CrappiePro

Millwood didnt make the list...Hmmmm best hidden secret in Arkansas.

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:fish Not so loud Russ :biggrin