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Originally Posted by Justin62882
Hey there, first post on the forum. I'm 30 years old and am planning a fishing trip with my grandparents early 70s. We mainly fish stained low visibility waters up here in illinois and want a peaceful vacation to fish. Mainly bass fishing and a little striper fishing. We will be planning the trip for 3rd week of April. We don't have much experience fishing clear water and was wondering if Normandy lake was clear water? Or if anyone has any ideas on a lake that won't have a bunch of boats on it thats good bass fishing with water that isnt too clear. We stayed on sale hollow one year and it was a beautiful lake but we didn't catch many fish. We're so used to fish in shallow dirty water. We heard chick and watts bar get alot of people on the lake and we kinda don't want that. Something relaxing but a lake that fits our style of fishing and normandy looked decent. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
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I live near Normandy and fish it pretty regularly. Based on your post, I don't think Normandy would be the best choice. At least not without a guide. It can be a tricky lake to find the fish, but there is quality to be found. IMO the water is typically more clear than other area lakes.
As others have suggested, I'd recommend the TN river chain of lakes. Chickamauga, Guntersville (northern Alabama), or KY lake might be better options. I'm also partial to nickajack, probably because it's closest to me.
If you are set on vacationing in the Normandy lake area, I'd recommend fishing Wood's reservoir or Tim's Ford over Normandy. There's less of a learning curve IMO. Wood's is also a little shallower and tends toward stained water.
Edit: will you have a boat?
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