Dream Lake

[river angler man]

So if somebody asked me what my dream life would be, I would definitely include a big private lake. Well I was on google maps the other day just looking around the area I grew up and I found this giant lake only about a mile from where I spent my entire childhood growing up. I tried my best to figure out what it was, but it is not a public lake at all, it's completely private. I did my best to figure out its size and it's at least 30 acres, it's almost a mile long! I never had any idea it was there, it's so well hidden. This dude has it all including a private boat dock on the lake next to his giant house that overlooks the lake! here's an approximate address if you want to google it

County Road 483 Holts Summit, MO 65043 If you google it you have to be looking at the satellite view because while all the little farm

ponds show up on the white background map, this lake has been removed from it, it just shows up as an abyss with nothing there.....which I found interesting-I guess if you're wealthy you can do anything you want.

If I had a lake like that I would just do so much experimenting on various species of fish. I'd of course stock it traditionally but definitely put flatheads in it, maybe walleye or some off forms of bass or perch. What would you do if your life was this amazing. Also if are familiar with area and can shed any detail about this area that would be just amazing, I can't believe I lived so close to this yet never knew it was there, maybe I can trespass sometime and fish by the power lines where it's been cleared(JK!).

[Mitch f]

20 years ago my buddy and I had an opportunity to buy 100 acres near Mineola. The valleys were perfect to build a lake with only about a 50-60 yard long dam. According to the topo maps the lake would have been 23 acres. At the time we decided not to for some dumb reason. The land was dirt cheap and we've been kicking ourselves ever since. The land is now divided into three different owners, splitting the lake down the middle.

[UnCivE]

I've heard tale of a lake in north-eastern Missouri that has "Walleye, Crappie, and HUGE Smallmouth" , from a guy who I trust and says he's fished it. It's an old quarry that's filled with water, completely private and catch and release only (unless the owner tells you otherwise). My perfect lake is one only I can fish, and has tons of huge smallies, greenies, crappie and flatheads.

[ColdWaterFshr]

Ah yeah, I would like to have a private trophy bass lake to keep just for myself. It would be surrounded by thick woods and I would pay the government mapping agencies to show it as a big gravel parking lot and not the deep, spring-fed, lily-padded paradise that it is. I would have a small sandy beach on the shallow end with a small swimming dock and a solar powered fridge sitting on it always stocked with my favorite beverages. And there would be no mosquitoes at night, just whipporwhils and supermodels that would sneak in to skinny dip each night and I would fix them frozen margaritas right there from the dock and they would giggle and frolic and

Here is a picture of a place called Dream Lake in Rocky Mtn Natl Park. I was there 2 weeks ago and standing waist deep in the water casting to rising greenback cutts. Then lightning chased me out and I was sad to leave.

[Feathers and Fins]

I have fished many places in this country and a few around the world but for me the best fishing was here, A little canal above the lock was some monster bass,crappie, brim and catfish, below the lock was tarpon, snook, redfish, flounder and sharks. You never had a day you didnt catch something and the right time of year it could be the biggest fish of your life. My PB snook estimated ad 45pnds came from here and many 10pnd bass.

[Al Agnew]

Dream lakes can be a bit of a pain, though. The family of a friend of mine, who run a major construction company, built their own dream lake, about a mile long and up to 70 feet deep. Absolutely gorgeous. I even had a hand in designing it, since none of them were serious anglers, and I had them bulldoze in some interesting structure in the upper end, the only shallow area.

They love it, and of course I've fished it quite a bit myself and it's a lot of fun. But their biggest problem is, with a lake that size, it's hard to get enough people fishing it to keep the bass population in check. It's never been a good big bass lake. You catch the occasional five pounder, but it's mostly overrun with 10-13 inchers. They've tried a lot of things to get more food into the lake, including stocking it several times with threadfin shad, but the bass eat them before they can reproduce. The only thing that grows well in it are channel catfish, and that's only because the father of the bunch buys catfish food in bulk and feeds them constantly. So there are a lot of big catfish, but the bluegill and bass both run small. Interestingly, the lake was built on what was a usually dry creek, but somehow, green sunfish and black bullheads got into it and the bullheads especially just exploded in population, so they eat up a lot of the bass food, too. They had MDC biologists come in and shock the lake, and it was amazing the number of bullheads they shocked up. The biologists told them they'd have to take at least a couple thousand bass out of the lake each year, and over ten thousand bluegill, to get and keep the lake in a healthy balance. When you have a big private lake that you're only letting a few people fish (maybe a dozen or so people outside the family fish it fairly regularly, and the family still doesn't fish it much), it's almost impossible to catch and keep enough fish to make it work really well.

And actually, for me there's another consideration. Yep, it's nice to have your own private fishing hole. But for me it eventually pales a bit. If the fishing is TOO easy, it gets boring. I really want a bit of a challenge. Not too much challenge...I don't like fishing very heavily pounded public waters where all you can realistically expect to catch is a couple of bass in a day. But enough of a challenge that you can't predict that you'll catch a boatload every time. Instead of my own big private lake, I'd kinda like to see a lot more "small" public lakes in order to spread the fishing pressure out a lot more.

[ness]

Ah yeah, I would like to have a private trophy bass lake to keep just for myself. It would be surrounded by thick woods and I would pay the government mapping agencies to show it as a big gravel parking lot and not the deep, spring-fed, lily-padded paradise that it is. I would have a small sandy beach on the shallow end with a small swimming dock and a solar powered fridge sitting on it always stocked with my favorite beverages. And there would be no mosquitoes at night, just whipporwhils and supermodels that would sneak in to skinny dip each night and I would fix them frozen margaritas right there from the dock and they would giggle and frolic and

Here is a picture of a place called Dream Lake in Rocky Mtn Natl Park. I was there 2 weeks ago and standing waist deep in the water casting to rising greenback cutts. Then lightning chased me out and I was sad to leave.

How'd you get in there, and where's all the people? I always heard in CO was impossible to get access and had massive crowds.

[laker67]

My dream lake is already in existence. It is located about 125 miles southwest of loz and produces trophy, state record, and world record class fish. Trophy fish are there for the taking on a daily basis. It is regularly fished by some of my closest friends. It is a rare occasion that I do not encounter one of them whether it be day or night. And like Al said, It is no push over, there is still some challenge to catching fish. Not sure I could wish for anything better. On the map it is listed as Lake Taneycomo.

[ColdWaterFshr]

How'd you get in there, and where's all the people? I always heard in CO was impossible to get access and had massive crowds.

Bear Lake Rd is under construction from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. -- not letting any cars in during that time. So we went after 4 and yes there was quite a few hikers, especially right around Bear Lake, but they petered out past Nymph Lake. Had it almost to ourselves.

[ness]

Bear Lake Rd is under construction from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. -- not letting any cars in during that time. So we went after 4 and yes there was quite a few hikers, especially right around Bear Lake, but they petered out past Nymph Lake. Had it almost to ourselves.

I was just pokin' all the folks that say there's no access in CO, and when there is it's too crowded anyway.

Anyhoo -- that's a nice spot. I've fished several locales around RMNP, and people have never been an issue.