Hey, Keith here. Last week I shared a few bank fishing spots from readers across the country, and the response has been incredible.

My inbox has been stacking up ever since, and it's clear that finding fishable water from land is something a lot of you are looking for.

To keep that momentum going, I want to share a few more spots that came in over the past several weeks.

But first, I have to tell you about a lake I fished last June using weightless Ribbit Frogs. The trip reminded me not to overlook tournament lakes when it comes to fishing from the shoreline. 

My buddy Don Thompson is a tournament angler through and through.

When he came back from his first trip to Lake Guntersville, Alabama, having caught two fish over six pounds in a single weekend, he wanted me to do a story on it. So, we made the trip last June.

When I arrived and got my first look at Guntersville, the size of it stopped me cold.

Nearly 70,000 acres. Seventy-five miles of Tennessee River impoundment.

Don and I spent most of the weekend on the water, and the fishing lived up to every word he had said.

But the moment that stuck with me most didn't happen on the boat.

One morning, Don and I were working the shoreline with Ribbit Frogs and spotted two teenagers working slowly along the tree line.

I asked the typical “Ya’ll catching anything?” They replied with a “pretty good so far.”

Then one of them pointed down the shoreline.

“Big ones back there."

Don and I made a note and came back the next morning to find out those kids knew what they were talking about as we put about 15 fish in the boat—three of them over four pounds.

But the biggest takeaway was the bank fishing potential that spot on a tournament lake held, as close to the shoreline as it was. As fun as fishing from a boat can be, especially in summer, there was no doubt I'd found a new bank fishing hotspot. 

Over the past several weeks, subscribers have been sending in their favorite bank fishing spots from around the country. I've gotten permission to share these spots from each angler.

Tommy Arceneaux from West Palm Beach didn't hold back. "I fish the Rim Canal. That's where I do most of my damage."

Tommy has been fishing the north shore public access points around the city of Okeechobee for over a decade.

The Rim Canal runs parallel to most of the shoreline and gives bank anglers a shot at largemouth, crappie, and catfish in almost any season.

Last winter he landed a 4.8-pound largemouth out of a reed flat in less than three feet of water using an H20 Jointed Wake Frog.

"The lake averages nine feet deep. That means the fish are almost always in casting range from the bank. Most people just never bother to look."

What to throw: Weedless frogs along reed and lily pad edges, early mornings

Dale Whitfield from Lufkin has been fishing Sam Rayburn his whole life and says most visiting anglers miss the best bank water entirely. "They pull their boats in at the main ramps and go straight to the open lake.

"Meanwhile the Corps of Engineers parks around the Angelina National Forest side have bank access that almost nobody touches."

Dale pulled a 6.4-pound largemouth off a flat last October with a black and blue XPS Cover Jig, fishing from the bank at one of the Army Corps campgrounds. 

"The lake record is over 16 pounds. The fish in here are real. You just have to find where the wood comes close to the bank and slow down."

What to throw: Jigs and Texas-rigged creature baits around flooded timber and brush, spinnerbaits on flat points leading into standing timber

Pete Salazar from Sacramento calls Clear Lake the most underrated bank fishery west of the Mississippi.

"People hear California and they think you need a boat. The tules line the entire shoreline and you can reach fish from the bank all day long."

Pete fishes Lakeside County Park, Redbud Park, and the Clear Lake State Park shoreline regularly.

Last April he landed five bass over three pounds in a single morning from the bank, all using a white Z-Man Chatterbait along the inside edge of the tule stands.

"This lake is nicknamed the Bass Capital of the West for a reason.

The record here is 17.5 pounds. Ten-pound fish are a realistic target from the bank if you know where to fish. 

What to throw: Chatterbaits and spinnerbait retrieved horizontally along tule edges, topwater frogs over mats in summer

Marcus Pas from Alexandria, Virginia, sent in the shortest pitch of anyone. "Most people with boats on the Potomac are fishing the main channel.

"The bank anglers who know what they're doing are in the creeks. That's where I live."

Marcus fishes the tributary creeks and public shoreline stretches along the tidal Potomac for largemouth and smallmouth.

He caught his personal best, a 6.6-pound smallmouth, from a public access bank along the upper nontidal section last September using a drop shot rig with a live shiner.

The Potomac runs tidal in its lower section, which means bass movement is predictable once you learn to read the tide schedule.

"Check the tide charts before you go. When the tide is falling and that current gets moving, the fish stack up at creek mouths like a conveyor belt.

"I've had mornings on this river that I wouldn't trade for any boat trip."

What to throw: Drop shot rigs and finesse worms in the upper nontidal section for smallmouth, spinnerbaits and chatterbaits in murky tidal water for largemouth