Best Metro Area

[Griggs]

Whats the best metro area bass fishing lake?

Best small/medium size lake?

[EBass]

I'd say Tonka. Lot's of smaller/medium size bays. Medicine is good to it's like 800 something acres. Minnewashta is good in Carver Co. Bryant is good to just not after a cold front, well in my boat not after a cold front.

[Yaeger Guide]

I second Daze Off's opinion. Too many too choose from with each offering different structure and rec boat activity....

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[Daze Off]

Whatever one that I am on that day!!!!!!!

Hehehehehe....

Daze Off

[Deitz Dittrich]

Too hard a question to answer... So many posibilities... I'm in the NE Metro, I'm a little biased but I think we have some pretty awesome lakes up this way. However, in any area of the metro there are awesome bass lakes.. Heck, I grew up fishing Calhoun and Harriet... and caught a ton of BIG bass from them lakes.

[rickmp]

Can't go wrong on Chisago!

[Dan Wood]

Honestly, your hard pressed to find a lake that isn't good for bass in the metro. It seems that bass thrive in most lakes that don't winterkill.

[ChrisR71]

NE metro for me. It's not even close.

[EBass]

Hmm, why are all my lakes in the west metro? D'oh I live there. Well cool, so great bass lakes are all over. Man we live in a great fishing state!

[Griggs]

well I dont know, I guess I'm not a very good bass fisherman. I fish Crystal Lake in Burnsville, and have gone to Orchard a few times too. And I normally dont get more than 2-3 Bass in an outing.

I've been using plastic worms, a 4" PowerGrub and a 1/8 oz and 1/4 oz jigs. Just troll around shores casting at docks and shorelines. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

[Lost]

I've recently fallen in love with Crooked Lake with some nice LMB coming out of there. But you need to immediately release every bass caught in that lake.

Another favorite of mine is where I caught my first ever LMB, Lake Johanna.

Another lake I'd love to hit for large bass is Lower Lake Auburn. While trolling for northern's before bass season opened up you could see huge bass cruising around above the weeds. Maybe next year I'll be able to fish for them.

[This message has been edited by Lost (edited 09-06-2004).]