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Bonaparte lake tips
« on: September 28, 2021, 08:27:21 AM »
Any tips for fishing Bonaparte? Me and my girlfriend are staying up there and gonna fish, rent a row boat. Any tips would be great  :fishin:
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2021, 08:37:55 AM »
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2021, 07:56:16 PM »
Me and daughter are headed over in the morning. Never fished it before. Trial and error is my plan. Dont forget, there is no lead allowed in any weight that is less than 1 1/2” long. Bought a bunch of tungsten weights that are apparently more valuable than gold.
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2021, 08:03:42 PM »
We’re gonna rent a row boat and just cast kastmasters along the shoreline most likely.
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2021, 08:21:23 PM »
We’re gonna rent a row boat and just cast kastmasters along the shoreline most likely.


You staying at the resort? We will be in rv spot #4. Waterfront site. We have our tackle plan but I wanna try a coho killer.  Stop by and I’ll buy you a corona or a jack n coke.
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2021, 03:04:16 PM »
We’re gonna rent a row boat and just cast kastmasters along the shoreline most likely.


You staying at the resort? We will be in rv spot #4. Waterfront site. We have our tackle plan but I wanna try a coho killer.  Stop by and I’ll buy you a corona or a jack n coke.
ya fri- Sunday, got one of the cabins. White tundra with a canopy is me, come say hi if you see us! Get the fishing report! Chris
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2021, 03:09:51 PM »
Take some pics folks.

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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2021, 04:19:11 PM »
Looks like it will be a mini HW get together
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2021, 05:18:09 PM »
Looks like it will be a mini HW get together

This is a good idea!!!

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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2021, 06:56:08 PM »
Looks like it will be a mini HW get together

This is a good idea!!!
Are you going to be over there this weekend?
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2021, 07:17:36 PM »
Take some pics folks.

For sure. This sounds like a cool deal. I hope you both have a great time, catch lots of fish, and enjoy a cocktail.
Sounds like about the perfect weekend.
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2021, 08:27:04 PM »
Do a quick search there have been 3 or 4 posts on this lake this summer. We were over in July, had a great time. Best fishing was in the evening (we got there mid afternoon), we did best circling the weed bed towards the north end. Its a great time of year to be up there. Good luck!

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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2021, 08:59:16 AM »
Looks like it will be a mini HW get together
Hey frank, did that fire effect your property over there at all? Will be over this weekend scouting and fishing, I drew that tag again this year.
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2021, 10:55:38 AM »
Looks like it will be a mini HW get together
Hey frank, did that fire effect your property over there at all? Will be over this weekend scouting and fishing, I drew that tag again this year.
I was fortunate as it burned to within 100 ft of my west property line which is where the pond is, i also did not find any spotting from burning debris so i feel lucky, i did explorer the surrounding areas as much as i could without getting in trouble and some places really got hit hard, gonne be a different area for sure.
Hope you caught some fish.
Congrats on that tag, shoot a monster.


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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2021, 07:08:40 PM »
We were there 9/29-10/4. We did well I think. Having never fished the lake nor the Tiger Trout species we did ok. Nothing huge, daughters biggest was 18”, mine was 22”. Did have one follow the spinner that was probably 10lbs. Biscuits and gravy at the resort were fantastic. Get the half order, trust me. Skook, I may have spoke to you. Talked with a dude on his cabin porch and said your gonna need to cast further. Great trip, pics wont load, just get a white screen. Will be back this summer to try again.
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