THIS Is The Most Overrated Bass Lake In America…

Every lake in Oklahoma is over rated so stay way………

Randy. Lake Fork is the most overated in the Country.

Lake logan martin lake in alabama over fish ever year

I was guessing Grand Lake.

The local Chamber of Commerce is doing a bang up job though.

How about Lay lake?

I would rather have 1 video like this each month than all the rants you do. As usual for internet YouTube channels (aside from Tactical Bassin’), this one is opinion more than fact, but it was much less harsh and dogmatic than so many of your rants. In fact, I found it information-rich enough to watch it twice. Yes, I believe you can learn how to increase YOUR chances of success from videos that critique as well as praise a lake. I haven’t fished Pickwick. I live in AZ. I choose to fish Guntersville and others on my Alabama trips because lake maps don't reveal enough places on Pickwick that I could fish well. Lake Fork is a different can of worms, FOR ME. It might be overrated from your perspective, Randy, but for me it’s not. The number and size of tournaments there certainly is a major consideration because of impacts and site availability, but also because all the modest-price lodging is occupied. Weather is also a consideration FOR ME. I usually fish with a guide for my first day and then fish solo for 5-7 days. Three of my 5 week-long Lake Fork trips have been destroyed by weather. On two trips, I encountered sunny weather on one day and 5-7 days of downpours, floods, mud-wallow rig parking, extreme winds, a couple of tornadoes, sleet, hail, and snow. And (Hyperbole warning!) I still would not trade any of those trips for a month on most bass lakes in Arizona. I would love to live close enough to Fork that I fished it so often that I could consider it overrated. I fricking love that lake, though I still have not double-digited there. Why do I love it? Either arm of Lake Fork has more wood to fish than all the lakes in AZ doubled, and the fishing is usually good to great. I grew up in OK and TX and will always seek out the joys of fishing wood. AZ is nice for fishing structure and tules on 7-8 of its dozen bass lakes, but the total fishing-worthy acreage for all 7-8 might be less than Lake Fork — not to mention a dozen other Texas, Missouri, Alabama lakes. PLUS, no state has a warmwater spotfish management program that is even close to being in the same league as Texas. Major kudos to TPWD!!! So I will keep hoping that one of these years, Fork Guide Mike McFarland (transplanted from AZ) is going to lead me to my Fork DD!!!!

Randy, it's been many years since I fished Pickwick. You failed to mention the massive wood pulp mill located near the Pickwick Dam in Counce, TN. Is this mill still functioning and if so, does it sill smell like a septic tank? Years ago, when the wind was out of the northwest, you could smell the odor from this mill for miles. Hopefully technology has improved the odor issue.

You just covered every lake I fish with that headline Randy 😂😂😂😂

I'll take Pickwick over Grand Lake, Ok. I live 45min from Grand but prefer Pickwick. I think Grand is more overrated. It too gets pounded with tournaments.

Chichamauga in Tennessee is the most overrated and over run lake fo bass fishing it absolutely sux it's horrible don't waste your time going to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It would be so cool if indiana had an overrated lake. Hell, it would be nice if we HAD a lake.

After all Fork is a older lake now.However In my opinion Tournament fishing is hurting Bass Fishing big time.Fork was for a long time the best.People that didn't fish there in 80s and 90s lave O idea what a fantastic lake it was I have old VHS VIDEOS OF MY EX FILMING ME CATCHING 20 BASS A DAY OVER 4 TO 8 LBS.MAN DESTROYING EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH HAPPENED TO FORK.YOU HAVE O IDEA PEOPLE HOW GREAT THAT LAKE WAS AND AT TIMES FISHING FROM THE SHORE WAS SO INCREDIBLE YOU COULD STAND THERE AND WATCH EVERYONE CATCHING BASS.NOT ANYMORE THE LAKE PLANNED OUT SORT OF SPEAK.

I live in East Texas and I can assure you that Lake Fork is a horrible lake for bass fishing.

Randy… it would be cool if you did a Top 5 Fisheries video. Keep sharing the knowledge brother!

I live 45 minutes from Pickwick Lake and I agree 💯 %
It's WAY overfished and sucks WAY more times than not!!!
Winter time is the only time I go fish pickwick!!
It use to be fantastic!!!!

I grew up fishing Lake Lanier, now I live at Guntersville. It's a totally different animal, very challenging to fish.

Randy, all I can say, when it comes to Lake Fork; when I can, as an average angler pitch 6 times and catch 5 fish weighing over 28 lbs, tell me a lake in which I can do that! Either you and your buddies suck, or or fishing the wrong time,or wrong way. Try taking to the locals, they usually are willing to give you some good advice!

Pickwick Lake has something other lakes don’t. An organization that ponies up the cash to get the tournaments. I am native to one of the best spotted bass fisheries in the country Lanier. The reason my lake gets the big tournaments so infrequently is because there isn’t a big donor to lure the big boys in. Point blank simply put..

A perfect lake for the over rated tourny boys, it's has been ruined by all the tournaments, there's the proof the damage being done by self acclaimed pros.

I agree 100% and I used to fish it a lot when I lived 45 minutes away. The lake fishes very small and there are large sections of "dead" areas. There are a few good areas down towards the dam on the north side, but it really depends how the grass is growing.

Many lakes are overrated,gotta keep selling those high dollar rigs to the rubes so someone has a non government job to go to.🤓🧙‍♂️

I live in N.Alabam,and I totally disagree. I fish pickwick and Wilson lake weekly. Just watch Rocky Drake outdoors.