National Top 10 Lakes from the Central Division
1. O.H. Ivie Lake, Texas
2. Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana/Texas border
3. Lake Fork, Texas [27,690 acres] Fork continues to serve up tremendous treats for big-bass anglers. The reservoir, which is just a few dozen miles east of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, is responsible for 14 ShareLunkers through April 2023, with five Elite Class bass of over 10 pounds among them. The largest to date this year is the 12.04 caught by Mitchell Jeffries of Lee’s Summit, Mo., in January.
4. Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas [19,800 acres] Don’t sleep on this pearl just east of Fort Worth, which provided nine ShareLunkers through the first four months of 2023. Four of those were Elite Class bass, weighing more than 10 pounds, and another was a Legacy catch — the 13.14-pound whopper boated by Tony Lozipone back in March. B.A.S.S. has taken notice, too, hosting a stop on the Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series at Possum Kingdom powered by TourneyX in June.
[5,000 acres] This little lake in north Louisiana has made a big splash in recent years, and 2023 might be its biggest yet. The Bossier Parish high school team of Mason McCormick (Byrd High School in Shreveport) and Alexis Virgillito (Parkway High School in Bossier City) caught a one-day stringer in March weighing 37.13 — a five-bass total that’s believed to be a high school national record.
