Bass Fishing Lake Guides

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Know the Water Before You Launch

Every lake fishes differently. A warm-water discharge changes winter on one reservoir; a herring spawn rewrites spring on another; stained water flips the whole approach on a third. These guides break each lake down season by season, with the baits we'd actually tie on.

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Southeast

Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia

South Central

Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas

Midwest

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin

Northeast

Connecticut Delaware Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont

West

Alaska Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming

North Carolina

Lake Norman map - bass fishing guide Lake Norman32,000 acres · the winter hot hole High Rock Lake map - bass fishing guide High Rock Lake15,180 acres · stained water, moving levels Falls Lake map - bass fishing guide Falls Lake12,410 acres · three lakes in one Jordan Lake map - bass fishing guide Jordan Lake13,940 acres · timber and rising water Albemarle Sound map - bass fishing guide Albemarle Sound55 miles · brackish, five rivers Kerr Lake / Buggs Island map - bass fishing guide Kerr Lake / Buggs Island50,000 acres · NC/VA, a numbers lake Lake James map - bass fishing guide Lake James6,800 acres · mountain smallmouth

South Carolina

Lake Murray map - bass fishing guide Lake Murray48,579 acres · a herring lake Lake Hartwell map - bass fishing guide Lake Hartwell56,000 acres · SC/GA border, herring spawn Lake Wylie map - bass fishing guide Lake Wylie13,400 acres · the urban dock lake Lake Keowee map - bass fishing guide Lake Keowee18,500 acres · gin-clear and deep Santee Cooper Lakes map - bass fishing guide Santee Cooper Lakes171,000 acres · cypress, swamp and stump fields

Georgia

Lake Lanier map - bass fishing guide Lake Lanier38,000 acres · spotted bass and brush Lake Seminole map - bass fishing guide Lake Seminole37,500 acres · GA/FL, a grass lake Clarks Hill Lake map - bass fishing guide Clarks Hill Lake71,000 acres · herring lake with grass

Alabama

Lake Guntersville map - bass fishing guide Lake Guntersville69,000 acres · grass, ledges, tournament proven Lake Eufaula map - bass fishing guide Lake Eufaula45,181 acres · where B.A.S.S. began Wheeler Lake map - bass fishing guide Wheeler Lake68,300 acres · the Tennessee River sleeper Pickwick Lake map - bass fishing guide Pickwick Lake47,500 acres · smallmouth and current Weiss Lake map - bass fishing guide Weiss Lake30,200 acres · shallow, stained, grassy Lewis Smith Lake map - bass fishing guide Lewis Smith Lake21,200 acres · Alabama's deepest water Logan Martin Lake map - bass fishing guide Logan Martin Lake15,263 acres · the Lake of a Thousand Coves Lay Lake map - bass fishing guide Lay Lake12,000 acres · four Bassmaster Classics Lake Jordan (AL) map - bass fishing guide Lake Jordan (AL)6,800 acres · the Coosa spot factory Alabama River map - bass fishing guide Alabama River318 miles · current breaks and sloughs

Florida

Lake Okeechobee map - bass fishing guide Lake Okeechobee450,000 acres · the Big O Lake Toho map - bass fishing guide Lake Toho18,810 acres · engineered spawning bottom Lake Kissimmee map - bass fishing guide Lake Kissimmee34,948 acres · islands and reed lines Harris Chain of Lakes map - bass fishing guide Harris Chain of Lakeseight lakes · offshore shellbars Orange Lake map - bass fishing guide Orange Lake12,550 acres · the big-fish factory Headwaters Lake map - bass fishing guide Headwaters Lake10,036 acres · catch and release trophy water St. Johns River map - bass fishing guide St. Johns River310 miles · tidal, north flowing Lake George map - bass fishing guide Lake George46,000 acres · second largest in Florida Rodman Reservoir map - bass fishing guide Rodman Reservoir9,500 acres · standing timber and drawdowns Lake Rousseau map - bass fishing guide Lake Rousseau3,657 acres · a flooded forest Stick Marsh / Farm 13 map - bass fishing guide Stick Marsh / Farm 136,500 acres · catch and release since 1990 Lake Istokpoga map - bass fishing guide Lake Istokpoga27,692 acres · islands and a slot limit Lake Talquin map - bass fishing guide Lake Talquin8,800 acres · deep water, panhandle timber Lake Seminole map - bass fishing guide Lake Seminole37,500 acres · on the Georgia line

Tennessee

Lake Chickamauga map - bass fishing guide Lake Chickamauga36,240 acres · ledges and Florida strain Kentucky Lake map - bass fishing guide Kentucky Lake160,300 acres · the home of ledge fishing Watts Bar Lake map - bass fishing guide Watts Bar Lake39,600 acres · two river arms, little pressure Dale Hollow Lake map - bass fishing guide Dale Hollow Lake27,700 acres · world record smallmouth Nickajack Lake map - bass fishing guide Nickajack Lake10,370 acres · state record water South Holston Lake map - bass fishing guide South Holston Lake7,580 acres · clear mountain smallmouth Pickwick Lake map - bass fishing guide Pickwick Lake43,100 acres · on the Alabama line

Texas

Lake Fork map - bass fishing guide Lake Fork27,690 acres · the Texas state record Sam Rayburn map - bass fishing guide Sam Rayburn114,500 acres · Big Sam Toledo Bend map - bass fishing guide Toledo Bend185,000 acres · on the Louisiana line O.H. Ivie map - bass fishing guide O.H. Ivie19,000 acres · 59 ShareLunkers in 5 years Lake J.B. Thomas map - bass fishing guide Lake J.B. Thomas7,282 acres · #2 in the country for 2026 Lake Texoma map - bass fishing guide Lake Texoma89,000 acres · on the Oklahoma line Lake Ray Roberts map - bass fishing guide Lake Ray Roberts29,350 acres · an hour from Dallas Lake Conroe map - bass fishing guide Lake Conroe21,000 acres · timber and docks Lake Austin map - bass fishing guide Lake Austin1,830 acres · a river through a city Caddo Lake map - bass fishing guide Caddo Lake25,400 acres · the only natural lake in Texas Falcon Lake map - bass fishing guide Falcon Lake78,300 acres · south Texas brush Lake Amistad map - bass fishing guide Lake Amistadrock ledges · Rio Grande at Del Rio

Mississippi

Ross Barnett map - bass fishing guide Ross Barnett33,000 acres · Pelahatchie Bay grass Grenada Lake map - bass fishing guide Grenada Lake35,000 acres · timber and roadbeds Sardis Lake map - bass fishing guide Sardis Lake32,500 acres · bluffs and deep water Enid Lake map - bass fishing guide Enid Lake28,000 acres · overlooked for bass Bay Springs Lake map - bass fishing guide Bay Springs Lake6,700 acres · three bass species Lake Ferguson map - bass fishing guide Lake Ferguson10-mile oxbow · barges and riprap Pickwick Lake map - bass fishing guide Pickwick Lake43,100 acres · on the Tennessee line

West Virginia

The New River map - bass fishing guide The New River320 miles · the state's best smallmouth Stonewall Jackson Lake map - bass fishing guide Stonewall Jackson Lake2,630 acres · standing timber, big largemouth Summersville Lake map - bass fishing guide Summersville Lake2,700 acres · the Little Bahamas of the East The Kanawha River map - bass fishing guide The Kanawha Riverlock and dam pools · through Charleston

Kentucky

Lake Cumberland map - bass fishing guide Lake Cumberland50,250 acres · three bass species Lake Barkley map - bass fishing guide Lake Barkley57,820 acres · stained water, visible cover Kentucky Lake map - bass fishing guide Kentucky Lake160,300 acres · the home of ledge fishing Taylorsville Lake map - bass fishing guide Taylorsville Lake3,050 acres · half an hour from Louisville Green River Lake map - bass fishing guide Green River Lake8,210 acres · timber and smallmouth Barren River Lake map - bass fishing guide Barren River Lake10,000 acres · the quiet alternative Cave Run Lake map - bass fishing guide Cave Run Lake8,270 acres · timber in the national forest Dale Hollow Lake map - bass fishing guide Dale Hollow Lake27,700 acres · on the Tennessee line

Virginia

Smith Mountain Lake map - bass fishing guide Smith Mountain Lake20,600 acres · docks in the Blue Ridge The James River map - bass fishing guide The James Rivertidal below Richmond · grass and creek mouths Lake Anna map - bass fishing guide Lake Anna13,000 acres · warm water, early spring Lake Gaston map - bass fishing guide Lake Gaston20,300 acres · on the Carolina line Claytor Lake map - bass fishing guide Claytor Lake4,475 acres · New River smallmouth The Chickahominy map - bass fishing guide The Chickahominycypress and tides · two fisheries, one river Kerr Lake / Buggs Island map - bass fishing guide Kerr Lake / Buggs Island50,000 acres · on the Carolina line South Holston Lake map - bass fishing guide South Holston Lake7,580 acres · on the Tennessee line The Tidal Potomac map - bass fishing guide The Tidal Potomachydrilla and tides · on the Maryland line

Oklahoma

Grand Lake map - bass fishing guide Grand Lake46,500 acres · two Bassmaster Classics Lake Eufaula (OK) map - bass fishing guide Lake Eufaula (OK)102,000 acres · endless flooded timber Broken Bow Lake map - bass fishing guide Broken Bow Lake14,000 acres · the state's big-fish water Tenkiller Lake map - bass fishing guide Tenkiller Lake12,900 acres · clear blue Ozark water Keystone Lake map - bass fishing guide Keystone Lake26,000 acres · twenty minutes from Tulsa Fort Gibson Lake map - bass fishing guide Fort Gibson Lake19,900 acres · timber and consistency Lake Texoma map - bass fishing guide Lake Texoma89,000 acres · on the Texas line

Arkansas

Lake Dardanelle map - bass fishing guide Lake Dardanelle34,000 acres · fifty miles of Arkansas River Millwood Lake map - bass fishing guide Millwood Lake29,500 acres · the state's trophy water Lake Ouachita map - bass fishing guide Lake Ouachita40,100 acres · clear water, no development Bull Shoals Lake map - bass fishing guide Bull Shoals Lake45,000 acres · on the Missouri line Beaver Lake map - bass fishing guide Beaver Lake28,000 acres · bluffs in northwest Arkansas Greers Ferry Lake map - bass fishing guide Greers Ferry Lake31,500 acres · clear Ozark water

Louisiana

The Red River map - bass fishing guide The Red Riverfive pools · two Bassmaster Classics Caney Lake map - bass fishing guide Caney Lake5,000 acres · five state records Atchafalaya Basin map - bass fishing guide Atchafalaya Basinthe largest river swamp in the US Lake D'Arbonne map - bass fishing guide Lake D'Arbonne15,250 acres · a small Toledo Bend Bussey Brake map - bass fishing guide Bussey Brakerenovated and refilled · a young fishery Lake Bistineau map - bass fishing guide Lake Bistineau15,500 acres · cypress on Bayou Dorcheat Toledo Bend map - bass fishing guide Toledo Bend185,000 acres · on the Texas line Caddo Lake map - bass fishing guide Caddo Lake25,400 acres · on the Texas line

New York

The St. Lawrence River map - bass fishing guide The St. Lawrence River#1 in the USA · trophy smallmouth Lake Champlain map - bass fishing guide Lake Champlain125 miles · on the Vermont line Cayuga Lake map - bass fishing guide Cayuga Lake38 miles · north end grass flats Oneida Lake map - bass fishing guide Oneida Lake80 sq miles · reefs and rocky bars Lake Erie & Upper Niagara map - bass fishing guide Lake Erie & Upper Niagara#7 in the USA · big-water smallmouth Chautauqua Lake map - bass fishing guide Chautauqua Lake17 miles · two basins, two fisheries

Pennsylvania

The Susquehanna River map - bass fishing guide The Susquehanna River444 miles · ledges and smallmouth Raystown Lake map - bass fishing guide Raystown Lake8,300 acres · the state's best lake Presque Isle Bay map - bass fishing guide Presque Isle Baysheltered Lake Erie · monster smallmouth Pymatuning Reservoir map - bass fishing guide Pymatuning Reservoir17,000 acres · on the Ohio line Lake Wallenpaupack map - bass fishing guide Lake Wallenpaupack5,700 acres · the Poconos' big lake The Allegheny River map - bass fishing guide The Allegheny River325 miles · the quiet smallmouth river Lake Erie & Upper Niagara map - bass fishing guide Lake Erie & Upper Niagara#7 in the USA · shared with New York

Connecticut

Candlewood Lake map - bass fishing guide Candlewood Lake5,420 acres · the state's biggest Lake Lillinonah map - bass fishing guide Lake LillinonahHousatonic impoundment · current and timber The Connecticut River map - bass fishing guide The Connecticut River410 miles · tidal below Hartford

Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir map - bass fishing guide Quabbin Reservoir25,000 acres · trophy smallmouth, strict rules Wachusett Reservoir map - bass fishing guide Wachusett Reservoirshore access only · deep and clear Webster Lake map - bass fishing guide Webster Lake1,200 acres · three basins, open access The Connecticut River map - bass fishing guide The Connecticut River410 miles · four states

Vermont

Lake Memphremagog map - bass fishing guide Lake Memphremagog30 miles · on the Quebec border Lake Bomoseen map - bass fishing guide Lake Bomoseen2,400 acres · largest wholly in Vermont Lake Champlain map - bass fishing guide Lake Champlain125 miles · on the New York line The Connecticut River map - bass fishing guide The Connecticut River410 miles · the New Hampshire line

Rhode Island

Worden Pond map - bass fishing guide Worden Pond1,000 acres · the state's largest natural lake

New Hampshire

Lake Winnipesaukee map - bass fishing guide Lake Winnipesaukee72 square miles · the state's biggest Squam Lake map - bass fishing guide Squam Lake6,791 acres · restricted and quiet Lake Umbagog map - bass fishing guide Lake Umbagogwilderness water · on the Maine line The Connecticut River map - bass fishing guide The Connecticut River410 miles · the Vermont line

Maine

Sebago Lake map - bass fishing guide Sebago Lake28,771 acres · smelt-driven smallmouth The Belgrade Lakes map - bass fishing guide The Belgrade Lakessix connected lakes · smallies are king Moosehead Lake map - bass fishing guide Moosehead Lake74,890 acres · the largest in Maine The Penobscot River map - bass fishing guide The Penobscot RiverMaine's largest river · seams and riffles Lake Umbagog map - bass fishing guide Lake Umbagogwilderness water · on the New Hampshire line

Maryland

The Tidal Potomac map - bass fishing guide The Tidal Potomac24+ B.A.S.S. visits · hydrilla and tides The Upper Chesapeake map - bass fishing guide The Upper ChesapeakeSusquehanna Flats · tidal grass Deep Creek Lake map - bass fishing guide Deep Creek Lake3,900 acres · mountain water The Nanticoke River map - bass fishing guide The Nanticoke Rivertidal Eastern Shore · on the Delaware line

New Jersey

The Delaware River map - bass fishing guide The Delaware Riverthree states · reciprocal licence Lake Hopatcong map - bass fishing guide Lake Hopatcong2,400 acres · the state's largest Round Valley Reservoir map - bass fishing guide Round Valley Reservoirdeepest in New Jersey · crystal clear

Delaware

The Nanticoke River map - bass fishing guide The Nanticoke Rivertidal creeks · the state's best water

Kansas

El Dorado Lake map - bass fishing guide El Dorado Lake8,000 acres · east of Wichita Wilson Lake map - bass fishing guide Wilson Lake9,000 acres · the clearest water in Kansas Milford Lake map - bass fishing guide Milford Lake15,700 acres · Kansas' Ocean La Cygne Lake map - bass fishing guide La Cygne Lake2,600 acres · warm water year round Hillsdale Lake map - bass fishing guide Hillsdale Lake4,500 acres · timber left for habitat Cedar Bluff Lake map - bass fishing guide Cedar Bluff Lakewestern Kansas timber · low pressure

Nebraska

Lake McConaughy map - bass fishing guide Lake McConaughy30,000+ acres · Big Mac Merritt Reservoir map - bass fishing guide Merritt Reservoir2,905 acres · clear Sandhills water Branched Oak Lake map - bass fishing guide Branched Oak Lake1,800 acres · Lincoln's lake Lewis and Clark Lake map - bass fishing guide Lewis and Clark LakeMissouri River · on the South Dakota line Red Willow Reservoir map - bass fishing guide Red Willow Reservoirsouthwest Nebraska · giant largemouth The Sandhills Lakes map - bass fishing guide The Sandhills Lakesshallow natural lakes · fat largemouth

Missouri

Table Rock Lake map - bass fishing guide Table Rock Lake43,000 acres · three species, clear water Lake of the Ozarks map - bass fishing guide Lake of the Ozarks54,000 acres · 1,150 miles of docks Truman Lake map - bass fishing guide Truman Lake55,000 acres · vast submerged timber Stockton Lake map - bass fishing guide Stockton Lake25,000 acres · the state's smallmouth lake Mark Twain Lake map - bass fishing guide Mark Twain Lakenortheast Missouri · quiet and underfished Pomme de Terre Lake map - bass fishing guide Pomme de Terre Lake7,800 acres · the sleeper Bull Shoals Lake map - bass fishing guide Bull Shoals Lake45,000 acres · on the Arkansas line

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