National Top 10 Lakes from the Central Division
1. O.H. Ivie Lake, Texas
2. Lake Fork, Texas
3. Bussey Brake Reservoir, Louisiana
4. Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota
5. Caney Creek Reservoir, Louisiana [5,000 acres] Historically speaking, Caney Creek is the most prodigious bass fishery in Louisiana, with five of the state’s Top 10 largemouth bass caught here through the years. No one will argue with you on this much — Caney Creek is still absolute fire. The Caney Creek Bass Club is regularly logging “3 Bass Blast” weights in the 18- to 22-pound range. A pair of teenagers caught a state record five-bass stringer in January that weighed approximately 50 pounds, anchored by a 13-5 giant. Winners of a Louisiana Team Trail tourney in March caught a 22-pound limit, and the guys who finished second had a 10.25-pound largemouth to their credit. Creek rising? Yup.
[185,000 acres] Call it Texas. Call it Louisiana. The Bend’s bass are big and bad all the same. Toledo Bend, a 65-mile-long Sabine River impoundment straddling the Texas-Louisiana border, has been a major player on our Best Bass Lakes list for as long as anyone can remember. And that’s not changing. Not when eight fish of 8-plus pounds were caught and entered in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Toyota ShareLunker Program in February alone. No word on how many 8-plus-pounders were caught on the Louisiana side, but among that big Texas bunch was a real mule — a 13.61-pound Legacy Class bass hooked by Tracy
