Fishing with family? Nine of the best family fishing vacation spots.
By Ted Thomas, contributing writer
If you are planning for an excellent family vacation on any fish-oriented place, then you are on the right track. It is quite difficult to select the best spots for fishing with family out of all. To make things easy for you, we have brought the list of some of the best places to check out for family fishing vacations.
You just be ready with the picnic basket and tackle box to experience an excellent fishing adventure with the family.
1. Everglades City & 10,000 Islands, Florida
If you are ready to enjoy a wonderful family fishing vacation, Everglades City could just be the perfect option for it. The place has large saltwater flats that are island-protected. Everglades City would offer you everything starting from snapper, sheepshead to bigger fish species tarpon and snook.
Heading deeper inside Everglades City, you would find abundant wildlife and would also be able to fish both the species of saltwater and freshwater from the same spot only. Also, the waterfront cabins, kayak, canoe, bike rentals, airboat trips and an elegant oyster of Florida offered by Miller’s World Resort in Everglades City would overall make the day an unforgettable family memoir.
2. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Kenai Peninsula could be a good spot if you want to experience a lifetime family vacation or day in a fish-oriented place. This place in Alaska would provide you huge halibut, king size salmon and many other varieties of sports fish.
Starting from paddling rivers to catch giant rainbows to experiencing jet boat trip for hunting salmon, Kenai Peninsula would provide you everything to enjoy a great family fishing trip.
3. Mammoth Lakes, California
The snow-capped peaks bounded by clear water lakes glorify the name of Mammoth Lakes in Eastern Sierra, California. The dozens of lakes available in this place would provide the opportunity to enjoy an excellent trout fishing day with family.
In addition to trout fishing, there are many resorts to serve for the family with campsites, cabins and boat rental facilities which even form the key attractions of the place.
The numerous lake shores would offer you the scope of exclusive fishing and the tumbling streams would present wild as well as stocked trout at your table.
4. Niagara River, New York
Niagara River is more popular for its magnificent waterfall. This River which connects Lake Ontario and Erie is also known to bear bountiful fishes. Niagara River houses smallmouth bass, muskies and walleyes during summer.
Lewiston, the riverside town in New York provides an ideal starting point for any fishing trip and also serves as a great spot for the family vacation that could provide the scope of biking, hiking, exploring, jet boat trip and many other things.
5. Port Isabel, Texas
Port Isabel is situated far south of Texas coast and offers good access to rich fishing. Starting from wading trips, dolphin cruises to fishing offshore adventures, this place probably has everything to offer you and your family. Along with fishing, you would also be able to experience an entire beach trip on South Padre Island. Lower Laguna Madre along the Texas coast is a perfect destination to stalk speckled trout and redfish.
6. Lake Pymatuning, Pennsylvania
Lake Pymatuning entices families as it could offer bountiful bluegills, bass, walleyes and crappies to all those fish hunting lovers. The state park lands entirely bound this lake. Lake Pymatuning could provide excellent access to shoreline including a causeway and piers.
This lake would be a good spot for fishing both from a johnboat as well as a canoe. Pymatuning State Park even provides lakeside cabins and abundant rooms for family camping at an affordable rate, making it a perfect spot for family fishing vacations.
7. Lake Reelfoot, Tennessee
Lake Reelfoot formed as a result of an earthquake 200 years ago. The lake looks exactly like a huge farm pond and houses giant blue-gills, catfish, thick-bodied largemouths and plenty of crappies just like a natural farm pond. These are always available, and you would be able to locate them quickly.
Being a land of cypress knees and stumps, maximum anglers have to leave the fancy boats and hire aluminium boats and motors of fishing offered by Blue Bank Resort to fish in Reelfoot Lake.
8. White River, Arkansas
The most popular tailwater of Ozark, in front of the pink cabins at Gaston’s stocks one million or more right size trout every year. This place would offer you the opportunity to fish small games using simple bait rigs as well as to hunt big game using large brown trout lurks. Gaston’s would even provide rental boats together with guides for serving families.
9. Black Hills, South Dakota
If you want to enjoy a wholesome family fishing vacation, Black Hills could just be a great spot for it. The place has many things to see starting from Custer State Park for glancing bighorn sheep and bison to Wild West town of Deadwood.
The streams filled with trout are usually overlooked also by sportsmen that house yellow perch as well as giant lake trout.
We hope the above list of the best spots for family fishing vacations will assist in determining the perfect place for you. But if you have any recommendations regarding any other spots that we have missed to mention, just let us know about it in the comment section.
About the Guest Blogger, Ted Thomas
Hi there, I’m Ted Thomas from GrayWolfLife, an ardent adventure writer. I write for readers with a genuine interest in enjoying the great outdoors. By sharing my experiences camping, hunting and fishing, I hope to inspire others to fully explore the depths of their passion. You can also follow me on Twitter.
40 Comments
Kevin March 06, 2017
Ted – thanks for sharing these awesome locations for fishing trips. Have to do some more research in how I can combine some of those with a hunting excursion. Thanks for sharing!
Mark@ Kayak FIsh FInder March 21, 2017
Hey Ted, You shared Amazing fishing spots. May Be I will go next week Black Hills, South Dakota for bass fishing.
Travis March 21, 2017
Awesome list! I’m planning our first fishing trip and this really helps make things a whole lot easier! Thanks!
Elaine Schoch April 02, 2017
Awesome! Would love to hear where you end up going and how it went. Thanks for stopping by.
Archer March 27, 2017
this post has some good content. Very informative. Would plan to go to these places with the family soon. Keep it up 🙂
Elaine Schoch April 02, 2017
Nice, I’d love to hear what you think about them when you go.
ibenayad April 01, 2017
Hi, I found your post very useful, however i want to raise your attention that while trying to sign up for the newsletter, the email field shows very small characters which makes it very difficult to introduce the email.
Elaine Schoch April 02, 2017
Huh. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll look into that to have it corrected.
Archer April 03, 2017
Awesome list. Thanks for sharing this, I might take the family to fish in one of these places in the list.
Elaine Schoch April 03, 2017
Glad you enjoyed! We’d love to hear if you do hit one of these spots. Thanks and safe travels.
Christina May 05, 2017
There are some great spots to go fishing here. Mammoth Lakes would be my pick. I also like Canada for its lovely mountains and lakes and great salmon fishing.
Marc June 06, 2017
Really amazing pictures! I’ve fished the White River and Port Isabel with my father. Great times. I’ll have to try to get to the others.
Elaine Schoch June 06, 2017
We’d love to hear what you think about the others once you visit them. Safe travels!
Tim June 14, 2017
Kenai Peninsula is a nice place. I think so. Last year I visited that place and that was really amazing. Though the tour cost was a little bit high. BTW thanks a bunch for sharing this article with us.
Elaine Schoch June 14, 2017
Thanks for the tip!
Hayden June 30, 2017
Wow, all of these places look awesome. There’s definitely some places that I learned about that I will vacation to in the future. I have been to the White River and Lake Reelfoot and they totally hold up. Thanks for all the info.
Elaine Schoch June 30, 2017
Glad you found it helpful, thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you here again.
Jon Kayaker July 14, 2017
You can use a kayak for fishing too. I have been using it for more than three years, and loved every bit of it.
Rob July 22, 2017
I would love a fishing vacation at any one of these spots, they are all lovely. Personally, I like to fish from my kayak.
Steve July 28, 2017
Hey Ted, I’ve been to both Mammoth Lakes & Niagra River. I love bass fishing than trout. But the enjoyment I had in California is different. My wife enjoyed it. Hope to hit some other places with my kids soon. And yes, thanks for the list. You’ve put Mammoth Lakes & Niagra River together, coincidence? LoL!
Elaine Schoch July 28, 2017
No coincidence. 😉
Gear Mike July 31, 2017
Niagara River sounds great. I will be visiting NY next year. WIll sure go there, thanks for pointing it out. #CarpeTravel
Elaine Schoch July 31, 2017
Enjoy NY and let us know what you think about Niagara River after your visit.
Brian Lange August 12, 2017
Thank you for sharing. It’s a nice place for fishing .
Noel Patrick September 05, 2017
Hi, Elaine.
On my recent summer vacation, I was at Kenai Peninsula with all my family remembers. There was a perfect place for people who live the quiet place like me.
Well, I gonna visit there again next year. Thanks
Elaine Schoch September 07, 2017
Good to know, thanks!
Rik Flaxman September 22, 2017
Hi Elaine,
Thanks for the letting us know about these places.. I love fishing and I planning to go to Mammoth Lakes this time..
Elaine Schoch September 22, 2017
Hope you enjoy your fishing trip! Thanks for stopping by.
James William October 08, 2017
List of some great spots. I would really love to go there with my family. Thanks a lot for sharing Thomas 🙂
Robert November 04, 2017
I definitely love fishing. While surfing the internet I have landed on this page. This looks a great article.
I have bookmarked it as will take time to research each place and read this article later. Hope this article will suggest me my next fishing trip with my family.
Tag Cabo Sportfishing November 22, 2017
Offshore game fish, like marlin and tuna, can be very large and heavy tackle is needed. But the adrenaline you get while hunting these monsters is just amazing. 🙂
Marcel February 06, 2018
I went to Niagara River. Everything was wrapped in a cover of nature. I had a camp with my friends and I did it in that area. Your writing reminds me of my old days.
Thanks, Elaine Schoch.
George March 04, 2018
Hi Ted, thanks for the awesome list. I have been to Port Isabel and it is amazing. I love that scenic beauty of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska and look forward to going there someday 🙂
Tim April 03, 2018
The Black Hills area is so cool. Glad that made it to the list. Great spots to fish! I hope to see even half of those someday.
Kathy April 15, 2018
What is the most affordable family fishing trip that is sure to keep our 17 yr old son happy and having fun? He’s all about fishy and riding his dirt bike. We want to make sure he has a wonderful summer vacation but don’t have a ton of money.
Ty’s Fishing Blog May 03, 2018
Glad to see my home state made the list! Port Isabel is a great place for fishing and relaxing. I cant believe Louisiana didn’t make the list.Great list you have here! 😉
Sarene May 13, 2018
These spots are breath taking, I would love to take my family to fish there and have a wonderful time of our lives while appreciate the scenery. Thanks for sharing those awesome fishing spots.
Elaine Schoch May 15, 2018
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Wade Joel June 04, 2018
I really like the image of Niagara River in New York. It looks like a great place to go fishing and I think the kids would love the waterfall. Thank you for your article on Best Spots For Family Fishing Vacations.
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