Pay lakes near me

Pay lakes by state

• Alabama 8
• Alaska 2
• Arizona 4
• Arkansas 2
• California 26
• Colorado 8
• Florida 6
• Georgia 24
• Idaho 3
• Illinois 7
• Indiana 25
• Iowa 1
• Kansas 2
• Kentucky 89
• Louisiana 3
• Maryland 5
• Massachusetts 2
• Michigan 18
• Minnesota 5
• Mississippi 7
• Missouri 12
• Montana 5
• New Hampshire 2
• New Jersey 1
• New Mexico 2
• New York 9
• North Carolina 46
• Ohio 64
• Oregon 6
• Pennsylvania 19
• Rhode Island 1
• South Carolina 25
• South Dakota 4
• Tennessee 27
• Texas 19
• Utah 7
• Virginia 19
• Washington 2
• West Virginia 23
• Wisconsin 10
• Wyoming 1

Still checking: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Vermont. Add a lake you know.

Know before you go

• How much a pay lake costs

  Day passes, half days and pay by the pound, with real prices from listed lakes.

• Fishing license rules at pay lakes

  Whether each state asks for a license at a licensed pay lake, with the official source.

• Catfish pay lakes

  Lakes that list catfish, by state.

• Trout pay ponds

  Trout farms and stocked trout ponds open to the public.

• Catch and release pay lakes

  Lakes where you fish for sport and let them go.

• How to fish a pay lake

  What to bring, how paying works and how not to lose the big one.