Most overrated Lake in your state or area?

[Fish.Team.Rose]

Okeechobee. Place has turned into a S#!+hole lately

Can confirm.

[Rayman73]

Nothing within 3 hours of here, WV, Eastern KY and Southern OH are the toughest places to Bass fish in the county.

[WVBullet]

Nothing within 3 hours of here, WV, Eastern KY and Southern OH are the toughest places to Bass fish in the county.

No lake in WV, would be good enough to come in last place....

Both are very true statements. The Tri-State area is horrible. Very little water and overloaded with fishermen. Our waters are not even considered decent bass fisheries and at the same time, stomped to death.

[ohsnags]

Nothing in Ohio is regarded in a high enough light to be labeled "overrated"

So true

[22RangerZ520R]

LSC here in Michigan. The camera makes them look bigger. Trust me!

Some cameras even make them look 9lb 7oz!

[gonefishin555]

Smith Mountain Lake, VA, and I live on it. You can go days without catching a legal fish on this lake. Either you are dialed in or you are dialed out, very little in between.

Fished it since it first started filling up and had to dodge brush piles. Had a rental spot on it for years and built and lived on it for 16 yrs. Moved in 2011 to GA and have fished a lot of waters here also. No comparison. Do your home work. Sink some brush piles and hunt for the ones that others have put in for years. They're there. I myself have put in over 50. Good luck. Winter fishing at its best!

[ToyotaKev]

There are no bass lakes worth mentioning in Illinois..................

Exactly what I thought just after reading title of the post!

[basscat21]

Wish we had a lake! All ponds!

[c rig]

As much as I love it I still would have to say Lake Fork. The quality of fish is there but it can be one of the toughest lakes you can fish. It will humble you.

Ive never been to Fork, but your description sounds like Santee Cooper.

If you have time to look and narrow things down, particularly in Spring and Fall you can catch some nice fish. Even then it’s not unusual for people to fish all day and zero, and by zero I mean not even getting a bite.

If you’re only getting out every Saturday or a couple times a month, it’s difficult to break it down. Both lakes can fish completely different, so much looks the same. It’s by far the most frustrating place I’ve ever fished.

[jbassman87]

Milford lake in North central KS.

[omcforever]

Nothing in Ohio is regarded in a high enough light to be labeled "overrated"

Got that right,,,,

[omcforever]

Nothing in Ohio is regarded in a high enough light to be labeled "overrated"

Caesar Creek overrun with joy boats and jet skis and Rocky fork overfished...

[gabes1]

Grand Lake Oklahoma

[06 SB]

Chickamauga and Guntersville have been hammered so hard for several uears and it shows. I don’t even enjoy going to those lakes anymore.

[GOTTA BIG SACK]

Guntersville

[OverTimeAgain]

Guntersville is such a funny lake. I go every Saturday and catch tons of fish, even good ones. Like yesterday was over 40 fish in the boat, but the two biggest were 3.9lb and 3.4lb..



But 3 years ago I was going and catching multiple 5 to 6 pound fish every single trip.





So yeah I'd say Guntersville.

[Mcjenson]

It’s not as close as others but to me Mead is terribly overrated. How they can keep holding large tournaments there is beyond me.

I’ll never understand how that became the host site for so many of these big west coast tournaments. I thought about putting in for the Johnny Morris wrmg owner tournament, but seeing it was on mead shut that idea down quickly haha.

[Crankin]

Exactly what I thought just after reading title of the post!

I respectfully disagree. The three power plant lakes in Illinois for decades have been nothing short of amazing for a northern state. ( Braidwood, Egypt, Newton). For all of the out of state guys who have heard the tails of the 20lb sacks to win and 50 bass days during the week, Those days within the past two years have passed unfortunately.