gotta love winter topics. You can tell nobody is fishing. I am upto page 24 and I can't follow the arguments anymore so I'll just name the lake. I think, specially after catching eight 4 to 5 lbs bass this year from shore my vote goes to lake saltonstall. I lost another 3-4 of the same size . Its a big lake with a lot of reports of 6 pounders being taken every year. Its barely fished for its size and does not get fished in the winters at all. Most people who fish it fish for walleyes. It has a huge supply of baitfish with aliwives,perch,sunfish etc plus it has lots of cover in summer,its deep,good oxygen levels etc etc. If we are looking at all the ingredients of a big fish lake saltonstall has them.