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Had my permanent out there 3 years ago or so and had some good luck with the crappies. Any work on the ice out there right now? People driving out? I'm thinking about fishing the area this weekend, haven't been up there in a few years now. Thanks!

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I went by there yesterday there was one house out there the landing has a pile of ice and dirt all the way across it.

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Hopefully it wasn't made on purpose. I hate it when people think that just because they live on a lake that it "theirs".

Posted

What is best for panfish? The channel, north,south?

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fsnrod, was it right where the lake starts or by the road? i was there a week ago and there was and ice heave right at the landing and and a lil on the road from the snow plows but it didnt look like it was on purpose.

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I fished bone lake this past summer, the few days I fished it I fished hard early morning all the way to dark. Panfish on a flyrod were a hoot, thick schools by trees at shore that fell into the water. Decent numbers of bluegills over 6'' with a few nice ones in the mix, but not tons. However I did not find any nice crappies. Dozens landed, biggest didn't break 10'', most were dang small. If you have better luck let me know, maybe I was just in the school of young'ns laugh

I was thinking of hitting up this lake sometime soon since I'd enjoyed it this past summer.

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Mostly people fish the North side or over the deeper holes in the center section. Thanks TH. No problem TH, I'll PM you about the walleyes I caught.

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

Any fishing reports lately? Going to head up there this weekend and hopefully give it a try, never have been to Bone so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Posted

Both bluegills and crappies can be found by working the two major holes in the lake. I recommend drilling a lot of holes and searching for the bigger fish because you'll have to do some sorting to find the nicer ones. There are good sized crappies (10"+) and bluegills (9"+), but you'll have to do some searching for them. The crappie bite tends to be much better during the low light periods. Because the water is so stained, look towards brightly colored or even glow jigs to entice them into biting.

Good Luck.

Posted

Thanks for the input. I will give a report on what I find this weekend.

Posted

Ive noticed sunnies on that lake run small for their length. I got kept a few from there once and th fillets were tiny for 7" sunnies.

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Hit Bone with a buddy this morning. Found a few small pannies in about 22-24FOW. We started out near the point (I think - my GPS went out on my Navionics app) and worked our way deeper. Had to drill some holes, fish, and drill some more. Not a stellar day on the lake, but it was fun no less. Next time I'm driving out though.

Ice was 18"ish thick.

  • 10 months later...
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Hit Bone for the first time this season last night. Caught some small panfish that were very, very finicky.

I had 13" of ice (on the tape) on the east side of the lake where it starts necking down to the narrows with 2" of white shtuff. It looks like some folks have been driving out already but I'm going to wait for another 5" or so before I do.

  • 11 months later...
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Looking for any new reports? I'm heading out this Friday for some Crappie/Eye Action. Thanks

Posted

~9" of ice as of Saturday afternoon (12/13). Got on a pretty steady 'gill/crappie bite in 18FOW.

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