Drive time to fishing grounds?

[Anonymous]

My best fishing buddy in the world is making a job change which sees him going over 2,000 miles away.

[john michael white]

For trout (which is really what I love) 1 hour 15 minutes drive one way and it is the only year round trout fishery in the state of Texas – otherwise buy a plane ticket and it is about 8 hours away ;D.  

For bass/panfish and warmwater species, 15-30 minutes.

Salt for redfish, ladyfish, sea trout, is a 4 hour drive away (I try that casualy about once a year).

[Grant Wright]

I grew up on 30 acres adjacent to a 6,000 acre ranch.

[Bob Riggins]

I am about 10 minutes away from some of the best fishing flats in Florida.

[Mike Cline]

Between 15 minutes and a couple of hours depending on how fast you drive (We do 90+ in Montana most of the time), what few miles of the 1000’s available within a 150 mile radius of home you want to fish and how bad you need the wife to do a shuttle.

[none]

Mostly destination that’s around 8-9 hours drive

[Gary Sundin]

Right around the house I have options for unremarkable sunfish and black bass angling.  The nearest “worthwhile” salmonid fishery is 2 hours or so.  Carp fisheries occur in 30-minute and 1-hour drive increments for me.  Striper options vary from 1 hour to 90 minutes.  Summer is nice because I can focus on local carp all the livelong day without fretting about what I’m missing elsewhere.

[Jay Hake]

Wild brown trout within a minute.

[krkaloz]

I am about 1 hr 15 min to 1hr 45 min from State College area; Spring Creek, Lil J, Fishing Creek that would be my prime location and well worth the drive. I could be to Clarks, Yellow Breaches in about .5.

Tim, whacha calling “good stuff”??? Where are you at?

[Zach Matthews]

Jay Lee –

8-9 hours?!!

[none]

Zach, that’s indeed Southern Germany & Austrian region.

[Zach Matthews]

You.  Win.

[anonymous]

A walk across the street is the “primary” fishing grounds. (my farm pond)
10 minute drive to three different rivers for smallies and carp.
35 minutes to good smallie float water
1 hour to decent bottom release trout water
40 minutes to more wild brookies than you could fish in a lifetime
1.5 hours to the best wild trout creeks and rivers in the state of PA, perhaps in the eastern US.
2 hours from savage, NB potomac tailwaters,
2.5 hours from GL steelhead if traffic is right and the po-po is not watching.

And everything else in between.

not to mention turkey, deer, grouse out the back door.

I guess I have it pretty good.

[none]

The further you go from the central Alp region, the lower the altitudes with rivers & streams less suitable for trout. The Dutch & German border being the last bit of area with trout.

* Belgium => complex licensing system (e.g. you need a state license as well as the license of the beat. The state license can differ from wading or walking along the banks!  😮

[Zach Matthews]

Sounds like Europe is in sore need of some progressive fisheries management.

[Billy Harris]

I am 2 hours from the Little Red River in Arkansas and 3 hours from where the Norfork river meets the White river.

[none]

Absolutely!

I was listening to a podcast about NZ fishing and the settlers from England made sure that the private ownership of rivers & streams should be left in England. The state owns the rivers and everyone is allowed to fish.

Sounds good…

[chris adams]

I can be on the Little Red in 3 hours.

[Rob Snowhite]

1 hour to salt
1 hour to wading for stripers and shad
15 min for shore fishing for shad
15 min to tidal potomac
30-40 min to non tidal potomac
20 min to lake i grew up on
2.5 hours to limestone trout
1-2 hours to brook trout
6.5 for salmon or steelhead

[Zach Matthews]

Jay we are trying to get over to England next spring, but it’s going to depend on a few factors, mostly involving airline vouchers and miles that we’re trying to put to use.

Zach

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