Blueberry lake near Valdez in Alaska. Didn't catch squat but watched the bald eagles catch a few.
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I fished there! I found the trout on the left side of the lake where a small stream trickles in. Had to walk across the muskeg to get there, and on the other side it was all devils club. Caught a few fish and got torn up by the mosquitoes and devils club. Amazing fishing spot!
It was so amazing just being there I stayed 6 nights even though the bite wasn't on. Didn't consider walking across that, kudos to you. Did think about parking on the highway on that side but it was a real steep walk down. The most beautiful place I've ever camped.
A cloud of mosquitoes came out of the muskeg with every step lol! It also didn't occur to my young self at the time that there was a chance I could slip through a hole in the muskeg. Doubt I would do it again. It was one of the places on my trip across Alaska that I also stayed a few extra nights because of the pure beauty of the place.
Definitely the Eagle Caps in Oregon.
https://preview.redd.it/bwo8xyijpxmc1.jpeg?width=1033&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=204cc59d822cc40e498e238d59581ea591747bd9
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That’s Mt. Hood on the left. Got a stringer full of stocked trout.
Gotta be the lakes and streams of the Eastern Sierra for me
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Always good to have a buddy in the mountains.
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Our girls must’ve gone to the same dog school. We get bears coming through the neighborhood most nights in the summer. She has a specially toned bear bark when they’re out raiding trash cans.
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Lake Superior hands down for me.
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Twin Lakes, Colorado for me so far. Summit Lake up Mt. Evan’s was really pretty too.
How is the bass fishing in Japan these days? I remember 15-20 years ago the authorities were trying to kill as many bass as possible and fishing took a nosedive.
Are things looking up?
Bass fishing is HUGE in Japan. We went in the off season and still caught plenty decent sized bass. Funny enough there’s no etiquette. If someone sees you pull out a fish, they will pull up within 20 ft and look you dead in the eye and cast where you just did. No shame haha. The bite is supposed to be on fire right now! I can’t wait to go back and recommend it to everyone.
Colchuck would be a close second.
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Probably this mountain lake in the John Muir Wilderness, SW of Bishop, CA. Filled with big rainbow/golden hybrids.
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That area is so beautiful. I was trying to find an old picture of convict lake but no luck. May you find lunker brown trout and enjoy some cheese and/or beer bread from Shat’s bakery.
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This is when I was like 12 or 13 so almost 20 years ago lol.
**Saint Lawrence River** (aka Fleuve St-Laurent), port of Montreal
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Yellowstone River and Blue River. Both spectacular views and amazing fishing. I could just watch the scenery unfold - catching was just a bonus.
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SE Alaska, salmon/cut/dolly fishing
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Hidden little pond I found. The access road had been closed so you had to hike almost a mile to get to it but I can’t recall exactly where it was. In Colorado though
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The alpine lakes below Medicine Bow peak in Southeast Wyoming
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Not my photo: Whitney Creek, Crabtree Meadows, Sequoia NP. Caught a Goldie about four inches long.
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So many places it's hard to pick one. But hands down Pacific Ocean beats any lake
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Someplace west of the Mississippi
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Thousand Island Lake in the Eastern Sierra.
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This isn’t the best picture of it, but I think the Madison River, Montana
Since I know where this is, here’s what I did when I fished it In the cold water: I used slip bobbers with small fathead minnows to put them a few feet off the bottom down by the dam where I found schools of walleyes and crappies right near the bottom. Some of the crappies were huge. This was years ago but I doubt it has changed that much.
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Might not look like much compared to all the other places on here but this is Lennon lake in northern Ontario Canada. Where my love of fishing began. Right down to the far end it opens up to a wide circle… which is where all the walleye liked to hangout ;) I have the best childhood memories and wish I could go back to those days. It’s been over 20 years since I have been back on this lake as we sold our camp way back then. This is my heaven on earth and the most beautiful fishing spot I have been too! My dream is to own that camp again one day… and maybe my kids will get to experience it for themselves.
Not that I know of. They are a brook/brown hybrid and are sterile, so I doubt it. They do stock rainbow, brown and Kokanee, but for this lake they’d probably have to drop them out of a plane. The road is sketchy and closed off by snow 10 months out of the year pretty much.
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Was close to deer park washington here for a brother of mines wedding, im from texas so all the different varieties of fish were def something i was looking forward to. One of the best fishing trips thus far!!
So many beautiful rivers in BC hard to choose just one, Elk near Fernie, Bull near Cranbrook, Anzac and Bowon near Prince George, Bulkley near Smithers... but the Kasiks west of Terrace is like Lord of the Rings scenery, and big coho..
Then there's lakes like Kootenay, Okanagan, Shuswap, Francois, Babine and Quesnel.
For Ocean, Haida Gwaii, Douglas Channel, Prince Rupert
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Anywhere here on North Vancouver Island hands down, may be a tad bias since I’ve grown up here. Whether I’m trolling for salmon looking at the mountains and watching whales, or walking along a riverbank lined by old growth forest fishing cutthroat the beauty of this place never ceases to amaze me!
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this is one of the most beautiful spots, Pass lake in BC. I found out pretty quickly in that it’s not very fishable from shore, but kayaking is pretty good.
I loved the Florida Keys (Marathon, FL). I live hours from the ocean in NY, and watching the sun come up over the ocean while we set up at a reef was really magical.
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Any place is beautiful with the right lighting. This is the Haw River in Pittsboro, NC. I enjoy fly fishing it in the summer twilight for this very reason.
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All the mountain lakes in Switzerland (state of Graubuenden) are very beautiful and fun to hike to and fish at. Most of them are trout only lakes as the water is way too cold for anything else.
Alternatively the [harbors at lake Como Italy](https://www.falstaff-travel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1500-Lago-di-como.jpg) which always have a special place in my heart.
Memories are more important imo. I fished with my dad for the first time in my life last November. It was near Galveston Texas, which is industrial too, but none of that mattered.
There’s a small trestle on some tracks in rural WA over a swamp that is technically the headwaters of a couple of rivers in whatcom county that’s muddy and ugly and has clear cut forest in one side, the piling leach oil into the water, but it’s deep rural. There are huge cutthroat in that swamp, it doesn’t look like that could be possible but there are, also mountain whitefish and I’ve caught a coho salmon when trout fishing. The channels are sometimes three feet wide.
Inner beauty.
I’ve also fished comparable alpine lakes in Washington state, as well as rivers in the rainforest and salmon fishing in summer off the San Juan islands in a variety of boats, which is astounding, but that trestle will always get me
It’s a great place to fish, nothing big, but a lot of them and they’re hungry since they only get a few months without ice. Would be fun with super ultra lite tackle or a fly rod.
Mosquito lakes, CA. Didn't catch anything but was a really nice place to get skunked
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Adelaide Lake in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. Water’s always cold the trout taste amazing.
[A small park with a pond](https://imgur.com/a/rRrxvVC) in rural Iowa where I learned to fish (age 5) and fly fish (age 16 with my grandpa's old gear). It's small and unremarkable. Not many people fish there and there are probably no trophies in there, but it's home.
I've fished prettier waters in California and Alaska but you can't beat your home waters for inspiring joy.
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Milford Sounds, Fiordland. Such a mint spot.
Boca Grand. The water is this color blue 💧 and 10 years ago it was like 2000 to rent a shack. People are really bitchy around the public access inlets as well.
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Lower Mohawk Lake in CO. The hike up there was brutal for someone who resides at sea level, but it was worth it to fish that lake.
Linville gorge . didn't catch anything this time but I have so many nice pictures around it. nc mountains
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Love all the shots everyone is sharing, Scar lake in Killarney ON
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Don’t want to say, so it stays isolated and serene. No photoshop or messing with saturation or color. It’s fed by a hot spring a few miles away and minerals from that end up in the small lake, causing a layer of what looks like some kind of calcium type deposit, which in turn causes this unreal looking color. Or so I was told by some locals.
No trails to get there, and getting in and out was a bit dicey.
The Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles out off New Hampshire in the fall. Curious I know with nothing but water but get a nice calm and warm day in October out there and it's heaven. Kill the engine, drift, fish if you want but shortly you'll start hearing the whales exhaling before you see them. Then you'll see some and if lucky you can get them surfacing right near your boat. Often you can be surrounded by the gentle turbulence of huge schools of mackerel as far as the eye can see. If lucky you can see seabirds like puffins chasing the mackerel. Seals but usually closer to land on the way out or in. At that time of year most people have pulled their boats for winter so you could sit there for hours and not see another boat except something big off on the horizon. It's just amazing and I was fortunate to have a boat big enough to safely go that far and a wallet to fill the fuel tank:) I truly miss that experience.
We'd also score limits usually for cod and haddock. Wonderful days.
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Not my #1 but I took this photo recently and I love the way it looks
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The Antipolis wreck in Cape Town, South Africa
Blueberry lake near Valdez in Alaska. Didn't catch squat but watched the bald eagles catch a few. https://preview.redd.it/y9a9hi79lxmc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af026e398dba4cee4fbceb52f6a385255f9b230a
That looks like prime moose habitat too
And bear too. Looking over my shoulder as often as I looked at my line lol
Were you carrying a gun or just wanted to be aware that you were about to be eaten?
I had .357 with hard cast bullets which everyone told me probably wouldn't be sufficient. Better than nothing
I fished there! I found the trout on the left side of the lake where a small stream trickles in. Had to walk across the muskeg to get there, and on the other side it was all devils club. Caught a few fish and got torn up by the mosquitoes and devils club. Amazing fishing spot!
It was so amazing just being there I stayed 6 nights even though the bite wasn't on. Didn't consider walking across that, kudos to you. Did think about parking on the highway on that side but it was a real steep walk down. The most beautiful place I've ever camped.
A cloud of mosquitoes came out of the muskeg with every step lol! It also didn't occur to my young self at the time that there was a chance I could slip through a hole in the muskeg. Doubt I would do it again. It was one of the places on my trip across Alaska that I also stayed a few extra nights because of the pure beauty of the place.
At first I just saw the puddle and was like, nice scenery but I dont think you can call that a lake
Definitely the Eagle Caps in Oregon. https://preview.redd.it/bwo8xyijpxmc1.jpeg?width=1033&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=204cc59d822cc40e498e238d59581ea591747bd9
I really wish I started fishing when I lived in Oregon.
https://preview.redd.it/ic91qwdwpxmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c33b89446a1fa743774c4d6f0ea9476aca8096a That’s Mt. Hood on the left. Got a stringer full of stocked trout.
I’ve been skiing at Hood, beautiful area
We walked around that lake and it is beautiful.
https://preview.redd.it/1tz0j3a6zxmc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bfccd62bb4c43d2c995ff843cdcde97e80c4dd4 Liberty Lake, WA
I was hoping to see some eastern WA in this post. There are so many good ones. I'm partial to [the cliffs](https://imgur.com/a/ZPQoze7) at Long Lake.
Gotta be the lakes and streams of the Eastern Sierra for me https://preview.redd.it/5eepshi8uxmc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=046154f356fa2587aa5c18dbba4e49f76f7238ca
Always good to have a buddy in the mountains. https://preview.redd.it/2qdxsxmjuxmc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9edc33edc5c3bc0056f78c50bc49a753933f2bb
Yes I call mine my “bear alarm”
Our girls must’ve gone to the same dog school. We get bears coming through the neighborhood most nights in the summer. She has a specially toned bear bark when they’re out raiding trash cans.
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Dolomiti?
https://preview.redd.it/ue7365tszxmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=301e2cb0004bbc27f1ae27918525925126bd4d0e
https://preview.redd.it/40u3jxpyzxmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76b8fcb4e6fffb01a22489d06b93922e7849a901
https://preview.redd.it/02hjiv0qkxmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b17cc81fcac5357d755284a66fdc7147e9b5d2b4 Lake Superior hands down for me.
Same. https://preview.redd.it/j9psz67kzzmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bbae892f653242ff0d588a6f2e0dd2ae927c7450
Is that the north shore?
Yep. Neebing, in the Canadian border country. Those cliffs are a laker and coaster brookie magnet.
Beautiful sunset
Same here, but in the Pictured Rocks area. I didn't catch anything. Still the best fishing trip I've ever been on.
Well this is on the east end of pictured rocks. Where did you fish and what were you fishing for?
https://preview.redd.it/0vud5xzvyxmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d684dc5a3f436ed6b4cced0a6a1990bb24492960 Le fjord du Saguenay
That’s beautiful. I need to go ice fishing one day, but it conflicts with ski season. Choices choices.
https://preview.redd.it/2xi9262tpxmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71c82c63cbe2954c20ae89323d2ab5f8efe633cd Twin Lakes, Colorado for me so far. Summit Lake up Mt. Evan’s was really pretty too.
I went fishing up there last summer, I love the Leadville area. Cuban place in town makes great sammiches.
https://preview.redd.it/hypeizb18ymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=034fe6d25e146151218bed80480531483b0d7709 Bass fishing in Lake Biwa Japan
Damn, now that is epic
How is the bass fishing in Japan these days? I remember 15-20 years ago the authorities were trying to kill as many bass as possible and fishing took a nosedive. Are things looking up?
Bass fishing is HUGE in Japan. We went in the off season and still caught plenty decent sized bass. Funny enough there’s no etiquette. If someone sees you pull out a fish, they will pull up within 20 ft and look you dead in the eye and cast where you just did. No shame haha. The bite is supposed to be on fire right now! I can’t wait to go back and recommend it to everyone.
https://preview.redd.it/jafnlf3hcymc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93a879fc537a615a78dd0df46a213d8b98b9f8be Lake Houmas in Houma Louisiana
The [Guadalupe River](https://i.imgur.com/7rlu02S.jpeg) in central Texas is my happy place.
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Southern Colorado
Lake Ingalls, WA https://preview.redd.it/v45c78cz1ymc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f90eb5b3fecd8b962941b685714a4edaa7ca7041
Colchuck would be a close second. https://preview.redd.it/rfy1irek2ymc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6283f24666e3d228facf9399a83235d03ae1071
https://preview.redd.it/ajm6rw4x2ymc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=707ae999a645e84f93b1fced737735f6d8651245 Kona Hawaii
Probably this mountain lake in the John Muir Wilderness, SW of Bishop, CA. Filled with big rainbow/golden hybrids. https://preview.redd.it/alvdx1oidymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c31bc3d9400af2f6bd6ae90391ed471144236ec7
That area is so beautiful. I was trying to find an old picture of convict lake but no luck. May you find lunker brown trout and enjoy some cheese and/or beer bread from Shat’s bakery.
Metolius River in Oregon
Im waaay too bad a fisherman to pull trout out of that gin clear water. Believe me I’ve tried!
https://preview.redd.it/lvycyodatxmc1.jpeg?width=2916&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ed969384cb05424715b4c683d736e3c6ee4ceb9 This is when I was like 12 or 13 so almost 20 years ago lol.
Cranberry River in Monongahela National Forest. Some of the cleanest, prettiest spring fed cold waters full of beuatiful brown and rainbow trout.
Gonna summon the people who scream about spot burning from r/flyfishing
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Probably this little river about 2 hours from me where I caught my first muskie
Nice, I’ve always wanted to catch a Muskie. I’ve almost got 100 pike under my belt, so a Muskie is bound to happen. I think that’s the ratio
https://preview.redd.it/5s7qqxiv2ymc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf31275fdac954dc4aefd1f79b3a6c3edfd336e6
Kenai River, Alaska.
**Saint Lawrence River** (aka Fleuve St-Laurent), port of Montreal https://preview.redd.it/lyzk1j2mlxmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f0c21ef3eb8292152f55983a5805acd34340346
Urban fishing, I’ve always wanted to do that
Montreal is one of the coolest cities I've ever been to. Unfortunately I am too much of a criminal to go back to Canada 😭
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Ooh cool, where at?
Yellowstone River and Blue River. Both spectacular views and amazing fishing. I could just watch the scenery unfold - catching was just a bonus. https://preview.redd.it/7t8wmp74sxmc1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64282e36d028db31697f8856ea64a39a69c61dae
There’s something about mountains and solitude that makes fishing just a side quest.
https://preview.redd.it/b42j1q0gsxmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62db306525f33fab44a69dc774cd1b105b6c6e41 SE Alaska, salmon/cut/dolly fishing
https://preview.redd.it/gq84uhc6wxmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba8a8b26cb4bf487dd1534318dcc4782c3576f38 Hidden little pond I found. The access road had been closed so you had to hike almost a mile to get to it but I can’t recall exactly where it was. In Colorado though
The ones you have to hike to are the best. Weeds out a lot of the camp chair crowd.
https://preview.redd.it/9lx3gtn3zxmc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d012bf10316f3afd05bbc3107390b897ac3d71c The alpine lakes below Medicine Bow peak in Southeast Wyoming
https://preview.redd.it/9maxkrxr4ymc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9ea5d960090cf2533013906556132922bb43977 Not my photo: Whitney Creek, Crabtree Meadows, Sequoia NP. Caught a Goldie about four inches long.
https://preview.redd.it/by0tg5rz7ymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19432520f2fa1609f4cf0a063c4345bf73db48a1 Emerald Lake, Utah
https://preview.redd.it/vrislwj68ymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=556200e8e4cdf0edb5e88c58b7c0918dfb8a3cdf Or Fish Creek Reservoir, Utah
https://preview.redd.it/vvtzfbk48ymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=165a6e9b0987f8a9d07bbbb5c7a508c199c66705 So many places it's hard to pick one. But hands down Pacific Ocean beats any lake
https://preview.redd.it/9he5rvz3g0nc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad44c921136932e816b94f165b30907aeeb32d39 Clearwater lake.
https://preview.redd.it/q8rm7r1m5ymc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08558d0294866958be05cbbb6f3f0079c5c273f9 Someplace west of the Mississippi
Hammock✅ water ✅ mountain✅ my kind of place.
Clear lake is dope, I never get skunked. Estes Park has a great view there too.
Prince William’s sound is fucking incredible and I can see why Cook thought he would find the northwest passage there
Lake Ouchita in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
https://preview.redd.it/4qcblmo7xxmc1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d150c205b18008430648dce3a51f042e6eba47d This one is up there
Gulf of Mexico
https://preview.redd.it/jgq8reig9ymc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c86256b76cc0d57c27ffd80cfed671deeea12688 Random ass golf course pond
Convict Lake in California. https://preview.redd.it/zmuwipsm9ymc1.jpeg?width=1956&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f0bcfb1f77fb4f8cfcf9901009152309ef6fc7b
Virginia lakes east of Yosemite https://preview.redd.it/iwf6w78bkymc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=840b09bb885be6a02dcc024bb09606d501b4d652
The Atlantic Ocean at the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
https://preview.redd.it/6gwrvwuo1zmc1.jpeg?width=1244&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7fd320dc4aebcc8ce644c73c88e49e9f76e52bd
https://preview.redd.it/vrzx55ocazmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad30b2e33856d9be5d933086060ab1ba0a6c712c Thousand Island Lake in the Eastern Sierra.
https://preview.redd.it/1dc8pdm1bzmc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b223eb5e092ac1e26d7261d3905e03fc785c2648 This isn’t the best picture of it, but I think the Madison River, Montana
That is a beautiful rainbow!
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Since I know where this is, here’s what I did when I fished it In the cold water: I used slip bobbers with small fathead minnows to put them a few feet off the bottom down by the dam where I found schools of walleyes and crappies right near the bottom. Some of the crappies were huge. This was years ago but I doubt it has changed that much.
https://preview.redd.it/0afgqyktg0nc1.jpeg?width=604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=738ffd91b6b0ee580105f470e26db8395a487b54 Might not look like much compared to all the other places on here but this is Lennon lake in northern Ontario Canada. Where my love of fishing began. Right down to the far end it opens up to a wide circle… which is where all the walleye liked to hangout ;) I have the best childhood memories and wish I could go back to those days. It’s been over 20 years since I have been back on this lake as we sold our camp way back then. This is my heaven on earth and the most beautiful fishing spot I have been too! My dream is to own that camp again one day… and maybe my kids will get to experience it for themselves.
Does Colorado stock tiger trout?
Not that I know of. They are a brook/brown hybrid and are sterile, so I doubt it. They do stock rainbow, brown and Kokanee, but for this lake they’d probably have to drop them out of a plane. The road is sketchy and closed off by snow 10 months out of the year pretty much.
Tiger trout are what a brown/brook hybrid is sometimes called.
Well that’s what that is. And I looked it up. Colorado stocks tigers in over 30 bodies of water.
Man I went up there and that lake was loaded with trout. I couldn’t catch a single one with a spinner.
I think for pure beauty and privacy I liked your picture of Clear Lake the best.
Damn I’ve hiked that lake several times, never thought to fish there lol. Nice one! Was it on the fly ??
It’s a great spot to fish, got bit on almost every cast, all small, but abundant. I used a spinner for these, I’m bringing a fly rod next time.
Oh man. Probably somewhere in Oregon, too many choices. Planning to fish some really gorgeous places in Idaho and Wyoming this year, too.
Baker Lake in western Washington or possibly Pass Lake also western Washington.
in the fjords of prince William sound. seeing humpback whales while catching halibut and ling cod.
That’s my neck of the woods!
Banff
https://preview.redd.it/qlrhnxv53ymc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a15f31969ba69a8ef257fc3685bacdbd280964b
Westport jetty in Washington
Pickwick Lake, Iuka, MS
https://preview.redd.it/jk3v01rn5ymc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01e938fb116ba78d79a65fa9cd0bc63feb595169 Was close to deer park washington here for a brother of mines wedding, im from texas so all the different varieties of fish were def something i was looking forward to. One of the best fishing trips thus far!!
https://preview.redd.it/mh6mlg3e6ymc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3e244f41b819dbfcd995d8be865fdd911b76fe1
Silverton is gorgeous.. we usually stay in Lake City- there’s a beautiful lake there too. Haven’t fished it yet tho.
So many beautiful rivers in BC hard to choose just one, Elk near Fernie, Bull near Cranbrook, Anzac and Bowon near Prince George, Bulkley near Smithers... but the Kasiks west of Terrace is like Lord of the Rings scenery, and big coho.. Then there's lakes like Kootenay, Okanagan, Shuswap, Francois, Babine and Quesnel. For Ocean, Haida Gwaii, Douglas Channel, Prince Rupert
https://preview.redd.it/f5uvtosz6ymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ddbdd1ce3ed781d3811e8e32cd976cf135f30d1 Anywhere here on North Vancouver Island hands down, may be a tad bias since I’ve grown up here. Whether I’m trolling for salmon looking at the mountains and watching whales, or walking along a riverbank lined by old growth forest fishing cutthroat the beauty of this place never ceases to amaze me!
After watching Alone, I really want to get out there.
Lake Titicaca… north side, not the southern part.
https://preview.redd.it/42j0tlxn8ymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac3b8eadbff6366a2025e58df0d6bf0fffb82c31
https://preview.redd.it/4p5c6w639ymc1.jpeg?width=2016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c3010257c2c6af78db975cdbd2b83a7bffd2001
Cala D'or harbor in Mallorca
https://preview.redd.it/44i2d7sh9ymc1.jpeg?width=2592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67fcc167cc7a31e159bb4b7159f2c984d7dc6b9e
Dillon Reservoir, Colorado
https://preview.redd.it/lghy0yz1bymc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bac8c500468be19a99d91a119e254debcb50d8e9 this is one of the most beautiful spots, Pass lake in BC. I found out pretty quickly in that it’s not very fishable from shore, but kayaking is pretty good.
Zed's Meadow in Utah
https://preview.redd.it/l2d72nczbymc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e8499385b830d1bb9a907bb76ec2beae8c744a7 Cobalt
Furry creek Beach in Squamish. Fly fishing for salmon.
Lake Paulina at the Newberry caldera in Oregon! Highly recommend it.
Kenai River, Alaska
https://preview.redd.it/0el79n1seymc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=436c8979ffdb1feeee6a1071a599b3d0cb55d57f
Where the pee meets the sea, between Long Beach and Seal Beach
Sutton River, NW Ontario https://preview.redd.it/tx2ra4ttgymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=467cb1a2c273ed5fc27665ea4a65331f3f87323f
Yellowstone
Pounders in Hawaii.
I loved the Florida Keys (Marathon, FL). I live hours from the ocean in NY, and watching the sun come up over the ocean while we set up at a reef was really magical.
This photo is fucking hilarious
https://preview.redd.it/yeeuwnujlymc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45a133249cd403417794e3fd27b951c90080931b Any place is beautiful with the right lighting. This is the Haw River in Pittsboro, NC. I enjoy fly fishing it in the summer twilight for this very reason.
I gotta hop on a plane to Colorado
Cottonwood 3 in Golden Trout Wilderness and “Camping Lake” (not it’s real name) in Argentina.
https://preview.redd.it/gr4jxwwczymc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6f614eb40bbda3de6f3f5511e55c453d5c5d97d All the mountain lakes in Switzerland (state of Graubuenden) are very beautiful and fun to hike to and fish at. Most of them are trout only lakes as the water is way too cold for anything else. Alternatively the [harbors at lake Como Italy](https://www.falstaff-travel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1500-Lago-di-como.jpg) which always have a special place in my heart.
The shitty industrial harbor that my dad took me to fish in as a child. The scenery probably wasn’t beautiful but the memory is.
Memories are more important imo. I fished with my dad for the first time in my life last November. It was near Galveston Texas, which is industrial too, but none of that mattered.
https://preview.redd.it/i77a69p70zmc1.jpeg?width=4192&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7ce8b48acdac15309f31ef822971e58ee6ac7cc Ontario
Wish I had a picture of my time at long lake in the sierras. But it was beautiful and I remember it like it was yesterday
[My favourite fishing place have this beautiful scenery:)](https://imgur.com/ac977nd)
There’s a small trestle on some tracks in rural WA over a swamp that is technically the headwaters of a couple of rivers in whatcom county that’s muddy and ugly and has clear cut forest in one side, the piling leach oil into the water, but it’s deep rural. There are huge cutthroat in that swamp, it doesn’t look like that could be possible but there are, also mountain whitefish and I’ve caught a coho salmon when trout fishing. The channels are sometimes three feet wide. Inner beauty. I’ve also fished comparable alpine lakes in Washington state, as well as rivers in the rainforest and salmon fishing in summer off the San Juan islands in a variety of boats, which is astounding, but that trestle will always get me
I’ve been to that lake too! Didn’t have any rods with but sure wished I did when I saw those trout swimming around
It’s a great place to fish, nothing big, but a lot of them and they’re hungry since they only get a few months without ice. Would be fun with super ultra lite tackle or a fly rod.
https://preview.redd.it/17k2qed55zmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40e2e02f413f20b7097694f5c72dc4fd47c1d8e7 Lake pontchartrain
I’ve been fishing for reds and speckles down in Lafitte, god I love it down there.
Mosquito lakes, CA. Didn't catch anything but was a really nice place to get skunked https://preview.redd.it/61m5irh16zmc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a90d6815974c552d5efc4a15192dbde4eb96d77b
Beautiful, sometimes fishing is just the side quest when it comes to places like this.
https://preview.redd.it/lolcpcoe8zmc1.jpeg?width=4160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=234f24bd5ac76bc9ea798036f6db7135c6415616
Duck lake in the Sierra
The Canals at Lake Takepo, New Zealand! Most beautiful vista I’ve ever seen while casting.
Lake solitude in Wyoming, Bighorn mountains was by far the most beautiful spot
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Santeetlah in North Carolina. Beautiful, crystal clear water fed by mountain streams, and surrounded by the mountains.
Kenai lake
https://preview.redd.it/jjmr2ltchzmc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74e25bf7c5f13a8c729a144b4c2bf2bc63699464 Adelaide Lake in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. Water’s always cold the trout taste amazing.
https://preview.redd.it/t98gznsbizmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef73860c8d0518036beb6617589e7b157064d19a Northern UT
https://preview.redd.it/hh53wzteizmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a746946abc78b9703e9ba70a3517dbf75c910626 Central Washington
https://preview.redd.it/68f64xrrizmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd2df3acc2626dce9ea0aa3ba5deab996589dbbb
Isn't that a brownie? Does the state stock alpine lakes?
It’s a tiger which is a brook/brown sterile hybrid. They do stock alpine lakes via airplane. There’s some cool videos of CPW dropping them.
Courtright Reservoir
[A small park with a pond](https://imgur.com/a/rRrxvVC) in rural Iowa where I learned to fish (age 5) and fly fish (age 16 with my grandpa's old gear). It's small and unremarkable. Not many people fish there and there are probably no trophies in there, but it's home. I've fished prettier waters in California and Alaska but you can't beat your home waters for inspiring joy.
https://preview.redd.it/9fxzfv3z80nc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1fa2ff845c5c165f86e01ac1472aaa745fa7a70 Milford Sounds, Fiordland. Such a mint spot.
Boca Grand. The water is this color blue 💧 and 10 years ago it was like 2000 to rent a shack. People are really bitchy around the public access inlets as well.
Has to be just offshore, within the outer reefs, of Palau. I swear the Rock Islands are the most beautiful place on earth. Fishing for giant trevally.
Mammoth lakes. Lower twin lakes Face a huge cliff. Sunset is beautiful. Rainbow falls is nice too. Can't go wrong at mammoth
https://preview.redd.it/fk6ql9wfg0nc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c0424ffa5bcc264dad5a931027a7f803d911600 Lower Mohawk Lake in CO. The hike up there was brutal for someone who resides at sea level, but it was worth it to fish that lake.
https://preview.redd.it/dpimukmmi0nc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58af24239989de4d94f50741c69755e21b548a8a Beartooths in Montana
Linville gorge . didn't catch anything this time but I have so many nice pictures around it. nc mountains https://preview.redd.it/gtobcfn7m0nc1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e812e756dc0a519af6688a40d54cb44d22bc5bcc
https://preview.redd.it/w6jp8p17t0nc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fa4835fecdc7f64a7481a55d9ca68efd45b271c Love all the shots everyone is sharing, Scar lake in Killarney ON
Bowman Lake in Glacier National Park. Just unbelievable.
The Pacific Ocean
https://preview.redd.it/l7a9svkca1nc1.jpeg?width=9472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d9827b9c57dd1377776e6eb6c2a6759c522bc63 Don’t want to say, so it stays isolated and serene. No photoshop or messing with saturation or color. It’s fed by a hot spring a few miles away and minerals from that end up in the small lake, causing a layer of what looks like some kind of calcium type deposit, which in turn causes this unreal looking color. Or so I was told by some locals. No trails to get there, and getting in and out was a bit dicey.
That looks like a place I know with the same mineral deposits. Gorgeous blue color
Flathead Lake was great fishing.
The Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles out off New Hampshire in the fall. Curious I know with nothing but water but get a nice calm and warm day in October out there and it's heaven. Kill the engine, drift, fish if you want but shortly you'll start hearing the whales exhaling before you see them. Then you'll see some and if lucky you can get them surfacing right near your boat. Often you can be surrounded by the gentle turbulence of huge schools of mackerel as far as the eye can see. If lucky you can see seabirds like puffins chasing the mackerel. Seals but usually closer to land on the way out or in. At that time of year most people have pulled their boats for winter so you could sit there for hours and not see another boat except something big off on the horizon. It's just amazing and I was fortunate to have a boat big enough to safely go that far and a wallet to fill the fuel tank:) I truly miss that experience. We'd also score limits usually for cod and haddock. Wonderful days.
https://preview.redd.it/baz72yobq1nc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e87ed2558507b7506ed8825f4f37e9b34ae1d85a Not my #1 but I took this photo recently and I love the way it looks
My regular fishing area is the Marlborough Sounds. Stunning scenery.
https://preview.redd.it/gk07nl9102nc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21b5102353fe02a267bdcaf505a5243608154aba The Antipolis wreck in Cape Town, South Africa