The lake fishing in America is what I believe to be some of the best in the world you can catch anything from perch all the way up to 60+Pound  muskie which are similar to pike. In the lakes they get bass which are known to uk people to be caught in saltwater.

The lakes as I expected are not small some go to 31,700 Sq. miles and 1,300ft deep being lake superior, so these are not small lakes that you can see from one side to the other as suspected.

I have not experienced saltwater fishing in America but have heard it is almost unbeatable with lots of salmon fishing going on.

All in all though fishing in the USA is a lot cheaper than fishing in the uk bait is much cheaper paying just $2.50 - £1.38 for 2doz worms which will last a good hour.

I have experienced both freshwater but more saltwater fishing in the UK.

The freshwater fishing was expensive but good the bait is cheaper for freshwater but the fishingv license was quite pricy. There is quite a variety of fish, most fishing has to be done from the shore as the lakes simply aren't big enough for boats, there are a lot of carp and bream. Trout fishing is a well off persons sport so I of course have not experienced that.:-)

Sea fishing on the other hand is free to fish but the bait is quite pricy bet well worth it you can expect to catch almost anything some of the best being large cod in the winter, huge conger eels that go to 250-350lb in weight.