Joe's Fab 50 Smallmouth Bass Lakes

(Joe Bucher's 4 lb. test world record smallmouth 23-3/4 inches long, 18-1/2 inch girth, 8 lbs. 5 ounces.)

Following is a list of the waters where Joe Bucher has filmed smallmouth bass episodes. Most of these waters are within 50 miles of Eagle River, Wisconsin. Many other waters around the state of Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan in locales further away from Eagle River may be equally as good, but Joe simply hasn't fished them. Some of the lakes listed below harbor smaller populations, but some real nice fish. Others are heavily populated smallmouth waters where smallies are the dominant species. Here are his favorite waters he's personally fished.

1. Anvil, Vilas, Wisconsin
2. Big Africa, Gogebic, Michigan
3. Big Lake, Vilas, Wisconsin
4. Big Portage, Vilas, Wisconsin
5. Big Sand, Vilas, Wisconsin
6. Big Stone, Oneida, Wisconsin
7. Big Crawling Stone, Vilas, Wisconsin
8. Black Oak, Vilas, Wisconsin
9. Buckabaton, Vilas, Wisconsin
10. Butternut, Forest, Wisconsin
11. Caldron Falls, Forest, Wisconsin
12. Chicagoan, Iron, Michigan
13. Clark, Gogebic, Michigan
14. County Line, Gogebic, Michigan
15. Crooked, Gogebic, Michigan
16. Deer Island, Gogebic, Michigan
17. Dam, Oneida, Wisconsin
18. Duck, Gogebic, Michigan
19. Dinner, Gogebic, Michigan
20. Flambeau Flowage, Iron, Wisconsin
21. Forest, Vilas, Wisconsin
22. Franklin, Forest, Wisconsin
23. Gogebic, Gogebic, Michigan
24. Golden, Gogebic, Michigan
25. Hagerman, Gogebic, Michigan
26. High Falls, Forest, Wisconsin
27. Indian, Iron, Michigan
28. Iron, Iron, Michigan
29. Kentuck, Forest, Wisconsin
30. Lac Du Lune, Vilas, Wisconsin
31. Little Africa, Gogebic, Michigan
32. Laura, Vilas, Wisconsin
33. Long, Vilas, Wisconsin
34. Loon, Gogebic, Michigan
35. Lucerne, Forest, Wisconsin
36. Mentonga, Forest, Wisconsin
37. North Twin, Vilas, Wisconsin
38. Ottawa, Iron, Michigan
39. Planting Ground, Oneida, Wisconsin
40. Rainbow Flowage, Vilas/Oneida, Wisconsin
41. Smoky, Vilas, Wisconsin
42. Star, Vilas, Wisconsin
43. Stormy, Vilas, Wisconsin
44. Taylor, Gogebic, Michigan
45. Tenderfoot, Vilas, Wisconsin
46. Thousand Island, Gogebic, Michigan
47. Trout Lake, Vilas, Wisconsin
48. West Bay, Vilas, Wisconsin
49. Wisconsin River, Vilas/Oneida, Wisconsin
50. Willow Flowage, Oneida, Wisconsin