My dad and I have decided to take a trip next year, hunting or fishing, and I've kinda got it narrowed down to two basic ideas:Lake of the Woods smallmouth with a little walleye and pike on the side, some muskie maybe, or Lake Sam Rayburn, TX for bass. I guess it doesn't have to be Sam Rayburn, but Texas is pretty decent for driving to compared to deep into canada like we were thinking about earlier. G-ville, AL would be cool too. It's just a matter of which would be better in terms of being on fish and quality of guides. Any thoughts?

slayer

Deerslayer, I don't know about LOTW, but I know that Rayburn is a great lake for bass and white perch. Also Toledo Bend is so close by, you could fish Rayburn in the morning and Toledo in the afternoon, if you wanted to!

Sam Rayburn is great. Good fishing and scenery.
If you decide to go that route, and will be driving,
you'll be going past some of the best bass fishing
there is. Lake Fork in N. TX is known for big bass
and there are alot of guides and lodging available.
Lake Texoma has a great striper population as does
Lake Whitney outside of Hillsboro Tx. If you're not
familier with striper, they get huge. Lake records are
>35lbs. Alot of other lakes, but going on down to Rayburn
you'll be close enough to the gulf to alsodo some bay fishing.
Spotted trout and red fish guides are easy to find, do a
search around Baffin Bay area. You could make a real
fishing experience out of it if you had a couple of weeks.
Sorry if I sound like a Texas tourism commercial. Fishing is
great down here.

Good fishin
PKnTX