The best bass fishing lakes in the southern states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Mississippi. Find the top spots to go to catch numbers or giants or both!
If you are like most bass anglers, you have a home lake. It may be 30 minutes down the road. You have your favorite spots. And you may even catch bass with consistency. But, where should you go fishing when you get the rare hall pass or free weekend?
There’s no need to jump on the Google machine and chase fishing reports down rabbit holes. We did the chasing for you … We dig into tournament results and fish-catch surveys from every lake mentioned, as well as some we come across independently, to create a master list. Numbers are crunched and a blue-ribbon panel of industry insiders vote on the rankings.
What follows is a whole lot of homework that we hope allows you to cheat on the test of finding bass eager to bite.
25 – Natchez State Park Lakes, Tennessee
24 – Lake Chickamauga, Tennessee
23 – Withlacoochee River/Lake Rousseau, Florida
22 – Ross Barnett Reservoir, Mississippi
21 – Lake Istokpoga, Florida
20 – Lake Lanier, Georgia
19 – Lake Hartwell, South Carolina
18 – Dale Hollow Lake, Tennessee/Kentucky
17 – Santee Cooper Lakes, South Carolina
16 – Lake Panosofkee, Florida
15 – Pickwick Lake, Alabama/Mississippi/Tennessee
14 – Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
13 – Lake Placid, Florida
12 – High Rock Lake, North Carolina
11 – Lake Seminole, Georgia/Florida
10 – Falls Lake, North Carolina
9 – Lake Eufaula, Alabama/Georgia
8 – Lake Sinclair, Georgia
7 – Lake Toho, Florida
6 – Jordan Lake, North Carolina
5 – Lake Guntersville, Alabama
4 – Lake Okeechobee, Florida
3 – Orange Lake, Florida
2 – Fellsmere Reservoir/Stick Marsh/Kenansville Lake, Florida
1 – Lake Murray, South Carolina
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