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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2021, 08:06:29 PM »
Yep that was me lol, we didn’t get to fish how I liked, just fished off the bank, no luck. I was more scouting some areas up the Aeneas valley, never enough time to do all the things I wanta do. Hopefully the gates open by hunting season!
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« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2021, 09:37:54 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2021, 09:46:32 PM »
Wow 😮
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« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2021, 10:11:47 PM »
Nice!

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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2021, 08:25:37 AM »
Why did you post those pics!  Now I wanna go to the cabin and fish this weekend instead of heading to elk camp!  :bash:

Congrats, those are nice trout! Were you guys trolling or just casting?  This is the first year I really started fishing that lake with a boat and was running a trolling set up I do well in Idaho, but the Tigers didn't care for it.  Maybe I need to head back next weekend and try again before winter.

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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2021, 08:59:00 AM »
Nice fish!
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2021, 06:05:42 PM »
Why did you post those pics!  Now I wanna go to the cabin and fish this weekend instead of heading to elk camp!  :bash:

Congrats, those are nice trout! Were you guys trolling or just casting?  This is the first year I really started fishing that lake with a boat and was running a trolling set up I do well in Idaho, but the Tigers didn't care for it.  Maybe I need to head back next weekend and try again before winter.

We tried trolling. Didnt work. Traditional trout gear, rapalas, got us nothing. I was casting a rainbow trout colored spinner, daughter did better than me using a nightcrawler under a slip bobber. The ends of the lake were productive. There is a narrow slot in the reeds down by the reed island off the boy scout camp. This leads you to a pond of sorts. We did quite well on 17” tigers and 16” rainbows. You have to row through the slot.
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2021, 06:53:26 PM »
Why did you post those pics!  Now I wanna go to the cabin and fish this weekend instead of heading to elk camp!  :bash:

Congrats, those are nice trout! Were you guys trolling or just casting?  This is the first year I really started fishing that lake with a boat and was running a trolling set up I do well in Idaho, but the Tigers didn't care for it.  Maybe I need to head back next weekend and try again before winter.

We tried trolling. Didnt work. Traditional trout gear, rapalas, got us nothing. I was casting a rainbow trout colored spinner, daughter did better than me using a nightcrawler under a slip bobber. The ends of the lake were productive. There is a narrow slot in the reeds down by the reed island off the boy scout camp. This leads you to a pond of sorts. We did quite well on 17” tigers and 16” rainbows. You have to row through the slot.

Dang that sounds fun!
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Re: Bonaparte lake tips
« Reply #23 on: October 09, 2021, 09:27:51 PM »
Thank you for the report. :tup:

 


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