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Moving to Texas

Post by BRONZEBACK32 » Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:24 pm

Me and the wife are looking into moving from Utah to Texas next year, I have never been to Texas so any special locations/areas that are close to local lakes?

Right now here in Utah I have 3-4 lakes that are within a 20 minutes to 1 hour drive away, I would like the same if possible.

My wife would need to relocate here job in either Austin or Dallas.

Thanks for any info.

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Re: Moving to Texas

Post by hoohoorjoo » Sun Apr 22, 2018 6:58 pm

Oh man, you're gonna have trouble narrowing that choice down! There's 10 lakes of varying sizes within 2 hrs of Dallas/Ft. Worth that have huge bass. Same thing if you're in Austin, though only 5 or 6 lakes. Not to mention all the cattle ponds that have loads of big, dumb bass in either area. Good luck with that choice! :lol:
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Re: Moving to Texas

Post by Texas-Rigged » Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:06 am

X100-When you get done fooling with those little "Green" fish, you could head to the Gulf coast to fish Inshore/Offshore, its addictive!

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Re: Moving to Texas

Post by mhood » Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:45 pm

i lived in and around Dallas for 20 years but there is just something special about the Hill Country around Austin. I'd pick Austin if you can afford it.
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Re: Moving to Texas

Post by TK_duluthbass » Thu Apr 26, 2018 8:44 pm

I would pick Dallas because you’re close to a lot of really good lakes like Ray Roberts, Texoma, and Lake Fork. I lived in Denton and Denison growing up and so I visited both cities a lot. I haven’t been to either in a long time, but my impression is that Dallas would be a way better place to live in and fish around than Austin.

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Re: Moving to Texas

Post by spookybaits » Sat Apr 28, 2018 3:09 pm

Can't speak about proximity to lakes, but I recently went to Austin for the first time. I feel in love hard with that city, I would move there in a heartbeat!
That city is the sh*t, I can see why it just got ranked the number one city in America to live in.

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Re: Moving to Texas

Post by mhood » Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:43 pm

spookybaits wrote:I can see why it just got ranked the number one city in America to live in.
Obviously the folks doing the ranking never spent a few hours in Austin traffic. ;)
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