lake fishing

New member needing some lake advice. Not asking for your secret fishing hole here , but what are the best catfishing lakes/locations for someone trying to get more serious from the Lawrence area? Especially from the bank or small fishing boat with low hp motor. As always, thanks for the advice!

I was hoping someone could help me with some problems I had the other day getting hookups. So I live in a fairly suburban area so if I'm only going out for a few hours I'm pretty limited to park lakes. As such I'm having trouble finding any good fish of size. The other day I went out and put...