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Do you dream of walleye and bass? Does the sound of a hook and sinker plunking into water trigger deep, complicated feelings within your soul?<\/p>\n

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Then chances are you love fishing. And for your next trip out, Fishing Booker has some suggestions in its article \u201cThe Best Fishing Lakes in the U.S. for 2026, Ranked by Angler Demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fishing Booker describes itself as the world\u2019s largest online marketplace for finding and booking fishing trips. For this ranking, it went through its proprietary data from summer 2025 to summer 2026 to see which U.S. lakes had the most bookings.<\/p>\n

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California, with its wonderful halibut and white sturgeons, did not make the Top 10. That\u2019s perhaps because its lakes are not so \u201cgreat\u201d compared with the Great Lakes, which dominate the list.<\/p>\n

Lake Michigan came in first for its shoreline that stretches across four states. Lake Erie\u2019s next because of its shallow, warm waters \u2013 prime habitat for walleye and perch. California has one entry that places at No. 11 on the list of 47. It\u2019s Lake Tahoe, on the Nevada border, where anglers fish for trout of the rainbow, brook, brown and Mackinaw varieties.<\/p>\n

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Fishing Booker\u2019s best lakes for fishing in the U.S.<\/h4>\n

1 Lake Michigan<\/p>\n

2 Lake Erie<\/p>\n

3 Table Rock Lake, Missouri<\/p>\n

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4 Lake Texoma, Texas\/Oklahoma<\/p>\n

5 Lake Ontario, New York<\/p>\n

6 Lake Huron, Michigan<\/p>\n

7 Lake Superior<\/p>\n

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8 Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana<\/p>\n

9 Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida<\/p>\n

10 Lake St. Clair, Michigan<\/p>\n

Source: Fishing Booker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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