There are so many great places to go and catch largemouth bass throughout the United States and in Ontario, Canada. Some destinations are known for being awesome fishing vacation destinations while others provide good fishing for numbers of fish. There are also some great destinations that give anglers the chance to catch a very big largemouth bass.
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Florida
Florida is an unbelievable largemouth bass fishing state. For many anglers, Florida is their #1 choice to catch a largemouth bass over 10 pounds. You have so many options in the state of Florida. Some lakes are known more for their numbers while others are big bass factories. Some of the best destinations will give you the chance to catch a lot of bass and a shot at a real big bass too.
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| Apalachicola, FL | Lakeland, FL |
| Everglades City, FL | Naples, FL |
| Jacksonville, FL | Orlando, FL |
| Kissimmee, FL | Palatka, FL |
| Lake County, FL | Tallahassee, FL |
| Lake Okeechobee | Tampa Bay, FL Area |
| Lake Seminole | |
Texas
Texas is also an awesome state for largemouth bass fishing. The state has stocked so many lakes with the Florida Strain largemouth bass. These fish grow fast, which gives anglers a lot of options to catch a very big largemouth bass in the state of Texas.
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| Lake Conroe | Lake Texoma |
| Lake Falcon | O.H. Ivie |
| Lake Fork | Sam Rayburn Lake |
| Lake of the Pines | Texas Hill Country |
| Lake Palestine | Toledo Bend Reservoir |
California
California is home to some awesome largemouth bass fishing lakes. On many of the lakes in California, they are stocked with trout. Huge largemouth bass feed on the smaller trout, which helps them grow to some very big sizes. Anglers catch largemouth bass well over 10 pounds on many different lakes throughout the state of California.
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| Big Bear Lake | Lake Almanor |
| California Delta | Lake Havasu |
| Clear Lake | Lake Tahoe |
| Colorado River | |
| Diamond Valley Lake | |
Alabama
Alabama is home to so many great largemouth bass fishing lakes. You won’t hear of as many big bass over 10 pounds in Alabama like you will in Florida, Texas or California, but you can find plenty of lakes with lots of largemouth bass in the 3 to 5 pound range and bigger.
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Louisiana
Louisiana is home to some very good largemouth bass fishing. There are plenty of lakes that offer anglers a good shot at catching large numbers of bass, but there are also some lakes that are home to some very big bass. There are some lakes that have Florida strain largemouth bass in them and bass over 10 pounds are becoming more common in these waters.
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| Mississippi River |
| Morgan City, LA |
| New Orleans, LA |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir |
Georgia
Georgia is a unique state for bass fishing since it has so many good places to target a variety of bass such as spotted bass, striped bass, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. For anglers looking to target largemouth bass, there are plenty of lakes that offer good fishing in Georgia. Some very big largemouth bass are caught in this state as well.
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| Blue Ridge Mountains | Lake Oconee |
| Carters Lake | Lake Russell |
| Clarks Hill Lake | Lake Seminole |
| Lake Allatoona | Lake Sinclair |
| Lake Hartwell | Weiss Lake |
| Lake Lanier | West Point Lake |
Tennessee
Tennessee is home to some very good largemouth bass fishing. Recently, some lakes have been stocked with Florida strain largemouth bass and these stockings have completely changed many lakes. There are huge bass caught well over 10 pounds due to the Florida strain largemouth bass stockings. You can find plenty of lakes that give you a shot at catching good numbers of bass as well.
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| Chattanooga |
| Kentucky Lake |
| Pickwick Lake |
South Carolina
South Carolina is becoming a more popular state for largemouth bass fishing for a lot of anglers due to some of the national bass tournaments in recent years. This state does not have tons of lakes to fish for largemouth bass, however, they have some very large lakes with lots of good water to fish for largemouth bass. You also have some very big largemouth bass caught in South Carolina as well.
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| Lake Hartwell |
| Lake Murray |
| Santee Cooper Lakes |
Kentucky
Kentucky has always been a good state to fish for largemouth bass. There are plenty of good places to fish to target good numbers of largemouth bass and some very big fish can be caught as well. Some waters have been stocked with Florida strain largemouth bass and that has helped some anglers to catch some very big largemouth bass. You won’t find as many giant largemouth bass in Kentucky’s waters as you will in Florida, Texas or California, however, there are so many places to fish where you can catch lots of 3 to 4 pound bass with occasional bass in the 5 to 7 pound range.
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| Barren River Lake | Lake Barkley |
| Cave Run Lake | Lake Cumberland |
| Dale Hollow Lake | Laurel River Lake |
| Ohio River | Mississippi River |
| Kentucky Lake | Nolin River Lake |
Minnesota
Minnesota is one of the best states to target largemouth bass if you’re just looking to catch some bass. There are so many lakes in this state that have good populations of 2 to 4 pound largemouth bass that many people do not even want to target. There are plenty of bass anglers in Minnesota, but there are a lot more anglers that are looking to target walleye and panfish for their next fish fry.
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Rivers & Lakes
| Chisago Lakes | Lake Vermilion |
| Lake Minnetonka | Leech Lake |
| Lake Pepin | Whitefish Chain of Lakes |
Featured Towns & Regions
Ontario
Ontario is known more for its awesome walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike and muskie fishing, however, there are some parts of Ontario that are home to some excellent largemouth bass fishing. You are not going to find the giant bass that you will find in the southern United States, however, you can catch a lot of nice largemouth bass in many different places in Ontario.
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Oklahoma
Largemouth bass fishing is very popular in the state of Oklahoma. Anglers have so many different lakes to target them and due to the state’s stocking of Florida strain largemouth bass, some very big bass are caught in Oklahoma’s waters.
Learn more about Oklahoma’s largemouth bass fishing.
| Arkansas River | Lake Murray |
| Broken Bow Lake | Lake of the Arbuckles |
| Grand Lake ‘O the Cherokees | Lake Tenkiller |
| Lake Eufaula | Lake Texoma |
Missouri
Missouri is home to some excellent largemouth bass fishing. This state is known for so many lakes that provide awesome fishing for largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, so no matter what species you target, you will most likely catch the other 2 species as well. You can find good numbers of largemouth bass with some very big bass as well. You won’t find the giants that you will find further south, however, anglers do catch plenty of bass over 5 pounds throughout Missouri.
Learn more about Missouri’s largemouth bass fishing.
| Branson, MO |
| Bull Shoals Lake |
| Lake of the Ozarks |
| Table Rock Lake |
Arkansas
Arkansas is home to some very good fishing lakes with some beautiful surroundings. The state fishes similar to Missouri’s popular waters since many of these lakes are home to largemouth bass, spotted bass and smallmouth bass. If you’re looking to target bass, there is a good chance you catch 2 or 3 of these species of bass. There are some very big largemouth bass caught in Arkansas as well.
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| Beaver Lake | Lake Dardanelle |
| Bull Shoals Lake | Mississippi River |
| Heber Springs, AR | Norfork Lake |
| Hot Springs, AR | Ozark Mountains |
New York
New York is home to some excellent fishing and there are some outstanding largemouth bass lakes found in this state. You won’t find the number of good bass lakes that you would in states like Wisconsin and Minnesota, but this cold weather state offers anglers some outstanding largemouth bass fishing from late spring through early fall on some large waters such as Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands area.
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| Chautauqua Lake |
| Finger Lakes |
| Lake Champlain |
| Thousand Islands |
North Carolina
North Carolina is home to many lakes that offer good largemouth bass fishing. This state has good weather and a good mixture of mountain and saltwater destinations, so the bass fishing sometimes takes a backseat to other fishing opportunities. Some of the popular lakes get a good amount of fishing pressure, so it is not always easy to catch lots of bass here, but there are definitely places to target them where you can expect success in North Carolina.
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| Blue Ridge Mountains |
| John Kerr Reservoir |
| Smoky Mountains |
Central & Southern Wisconsin
Central and Southern Wisconsin is home to some very good largemouth bass fishing for numbers and big fish too. While many of the better lakes are home to lots of fishing pressure, there are still plenty of largemouth bass here to target. If you do your homework and put in the time, you can find numbers of largemouth bass and you can get a shot at a big largemouth bass over 5 pounds
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| Lake Delavan |
| Lake Geneva |
| Madison |
| LaCrosse, WI |
Northern Wisconsin
Northern Wisconsin is also home to some very good largemouth bass fishing, however, you usually find more lakes for good numbers of them compared to central and southern Wisconsin, but you usually hear less about big largemouth bass in this part of the state compared to Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan in southern Wisconsin. In Northern Wisconsin, you have so many options and there are many lakes that offer minimal fishing pressure if you’re willing to get off the beaten path and fish some of the smaller lakes back in the woods.
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Popular Lakes
Popular Towns
Vermont
Vermont is home to Lake Champlain, which is one of the better lakes for large numbers of largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. You can find plenty of bigger bass in the lake as well.
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| Lake Champlain |
Illinois
Illinois is home to some of the most highly pressured lakes in northern Illinois due to the high population of people in the city and throughout the suburbs of Chicago. However, as you head further south, there are many lakes to fish for largemouth bass and there are plenty of bass in the 5 to 7 pound range and even bigger that are caught in this part of the state. Illinois is also home to Newton Lake, which is one of the best largemouth bass lakes for big fish in the midwest. It gets a lot of fishing pressure, but continues to produce so many largemouth bass over 5 pounds with 6, 7 and 8 pound bass being possible.
Learn more about the largemouth bass fishing in Illinois.
| Downstate Illinois |
Michigan
Michigan is known more for its giant smallmouth bass, but there are some good places to fish for largemouth bass in the Lower Peninsula. Plan on catching some northern pike as well when you target the popular largemouth bass lakes in this part of Michigan.
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| Houghton Lake Area |
| Lake St. Clair |
| Traverse City |
Upper Peninsula Michigan
Most people come to the Upper Peninsula to target walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, salmon and trout. For many anglers, largemouth bass are secondary, so you can find a lot of smaller lakes that offer good fishing for largemouth bass. You are going to find a lot more 2 to 3 pound largemouth bass in many of these lakes, so don’t expect to catch too many giant bass, but there are plenty of nice bass in the 4 to 5 pound range if you’re willing to put in the time to target them.
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Arizona
Arizona is home to some very good bass fishing in the desert. You won’t find as many lakes here to target largemouth bass, but the ones that are here due give you some nice options to target bass during the colder months of the year. There are some very big bass caught here as well. The hot, summer temperatures and huge swings in water levels prevent some people from planning a fishing trip here, but Arizona is definitely one of the better states to target largemouth bass during the cooler months of the year.
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| Colorado River |
| Lake Havasu |
| Lake Powell |
Mississippi
Mississippi is home to some very big largemouth bass. The state’s warm weather helps these bass grow larger and there have been stockings of Florida strain bass to also help grow bigger bass.
Learn more about Mississippi’s largemouth bass fishing.
| Grenada Lake |
| Mississippi River |
| Sardis Lake |
Virginia
Virginia is home to a variety of good fishing lakes for largemouth bass and the warmer temperatures allow anglers to bass fish year-round. The water does cool during the winter months, but you can definitely target largemouth bass here from March through November and do pretty well at a variety of lakes throughout the state of Virginia.
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| Blue Ridge Mountains | John Kerr Reservoir |
| Chesapeake Bay | Lake Anna |
| James River | Smith Mountain Lake |
Maine
Maine is home to a variety of lakes and ponds that offer good fishing for largemouth bass. Many of these lakes offer anglers the opportunity to target bass that get very little fishing pressure since many anglers prefer to fish for trout in this state.
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| Aroostook County | Maine Highlands |
| Kennebec Valley | Rangeley Lakes Region |
Iowa
Iowa is home to plenty of good largemouth bass fishing, however, most of the awesome places to target them will be found on private owners’ farm ponds. As far as public lakes go, it is tough to beat the Iowa Great Lakes if you’re looking for an awesome largemouth bass fishing destination in Iowa.
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| Iowa Great Lakes |
New Hampshire
There are many lakes and ponds that provide some good fishing for largemouth bass in New Hampshire, however, this state is known more for its excellent trout fishing. Lake Winnipesaukee is a popular lake that draws anglers from all over to fish for a variety of fish including largemouth bass.
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| Lake Winnipesaukee |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is known more for its excellent trout fishing destinations than largemouth bass, however, there are plenty of lakes and ponds throughout the state where anglers can fish for largemouth bass.
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| Erie, PA |
| Huntingdon County |
| Ohio River |
| Pymatuning Reservoir |
Connecticut
Largemouth bass are found throughout the state’s numerous lakes and ponds. There are plenty of places you can find largemouth bass, however, Connecticut isn’t known for producing lots of big largemouth bass.
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| Candlewood Lake |
