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I live near and fish a big lake. 178.81 square miles big. 26 miles long, 114,000 surface acres.
I admire how well some of you seem to know your home water. I have a few good spots but really want to expand to different areas and have a few more "go to spots". I need to break out the lake map and topo charts and get to marking places to go study.
Anyway, how big is your favorite or home water?
534 acres. I can’t get lost.
711 acres
1,200 acres on one lake - 33,793 acres on another that I frequent.
36480 acres or 57 square miles on the lake I fish most
I have a 900 acre lake and a 238 acre lake I fish the most.
fish in a barrel is the bestest way to be positive to ketch lots ....just saying
2 of my favorites are 3,500 acres , one I also like is 8,700 acres .
but probably my favorite is listed in the top ten crappie lakes in Texas and is 440 acres :highfive
there are 6 or 8 on my list that might be my favorite depending on time of year and rainfall and a few other factors .
I typically visit around 5 or more different lakes a week .
With a surface area of a barrel being 3.1426 square feet. It would certainly help me narrow down where to fish:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
improves one's odds a ketchn dramatically I promise :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
yesterdays lake is 4,500 acres and is on my go to list sometimes as well ....just saying :highfive
Absolutely. Narrows it down a lotQuote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
My home lake is 70k acres. I focus my efforts on 3 creeks and two rivers on this lake. I use navionics instead of topo maps.
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The lake I fish most often is only 310 acres. Great for crappies....<°\\><
My home lake is around 68,000 acres and over 890 miles of shore land!
But prolly 50,000 + acres of that is grass! Grass ,grass and more grass ,
19,500 acres
170 acres
My three favorites are less than 200 acres.
Oh wow, I live on Toledo Bend Reservoir and it's my fav! 1200 miles of shoreline and 185,000 acres, so is huge, but I have always counted on the lower about 20 miles of the lake and it's total about 65 miles long. So I never see the North 2/3's at all. However the part I fish is the widest part and has long fingers coming off the main lake. I like on one of these fingers and where I am it's about 1/2 to 3/4 mile wide and I am 5 miles from the main lake.
Skip
I fish Sam Rayburn, Toledo Bend is even bigger than Big Sam! I fished up near Patroon many years ago but haven't been on Toledo in a loooonnnggg time.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
It's my home lake to fish it at least once a weekQuote:
Originally Posted by Gone Fishin'
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3,022 acres. 25 HP limit and no swimming means no recreational boaters to muck things up.
58,000 acres
My home lake is 52 miles long, about a mile wide and goes to over 200' deep.
45000 acres
My favorite lake is lake Tawakoni which is 38,000 acres. I have to drive over a 23,000 acre lake (Ray Hubbard) that is 10 minutes from my house. My favorite lake is 20 minutes from one of the best crappie lakes in the nation (Lake Fork). I have been fishing Tawakoni since the late 70's and she never lets me down.
My nearest lake is 33,000 at 45 min away.
My confidence builder is 2770. 1 hour away
A nice scenery lake with no houses around it is 10,000 about 1 hr 20 min
Livinsgston is 90,000. 1.5 hour away. I may focus on some areas this winter.
Sam Rayburn is 2.5 hours and would make that my lake if I lived closer.
Favorite??? Ive caught crappie from all....so I guess all of them.
My favorite lake changes frequently.....by the amount of fish I'm catching:)