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I'll be going to college in brainerd in the fall and I will be living on Platte Lake. Any tips on how i could manage to catch some northerns out of there? I'm catch and release only.

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The family had a trailer at Channel Inn until last summer. Platte is loaded with Northerns. Mostly smaller. Trolling spoons is the most popular method. Platte is one big weed bed. There is a channel that runs on the east side as well. Sullivan is a deeper lake with more defined weed beds - less northerns but I think they are larger in size.

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I live on the Lake on the far NE Bay. Where will your place be. As for the Pike they are everywhere, the best bet is to throw a spinnerbait around weeds (cabbage, Reeds)

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I'm not sure yet but im meeting my uncle there this saturday.

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My grandparents had a cabin @ Channel Inn back in the late 80s/early 90s. It will not be hard to catch Northerns. Pull a spinner/minnow combo around and you will get all the northerns you can handle.

Not sure if it is the case anymore, but Platte used to be a very good early-season Walleye lake. Al Lindner spent several openers on Platte in the mid 80s. We used to have a spot out by the second island where we would limit out in Walleyes, almost every time. I heard Platte froze out a couple of years ago and I haven't fished it since.

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I'm on the north east portion of the lake. Tried throwing spinners for northerns but the heat must have turned them off.

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Are you fishing out of a boat? I am fishing out of a red Lund with a casting platform on the back, usually I am either fishing the docks or the slop for bass.

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I will be fishing out of a pontoon....i saw some guys fishing for bass while i was casting off of the dock on friday....maybe it was you...a little before sunset and they had a bass on in about a foot of water and it tangled him in a branch.

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That wasn't me, I usually am by myself. I haven't fished up where I think you are in a while. I think you are on the North side of the bay just East of the big Island. If that's where you are, I got a lot of pike along that North shore early in the year. Or are you in the farthest North bay that is super weedy?

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hey I know this is a fishing website but my dad is thinking about buying a lot on platte and I wanted to know if its any good for duck hunting

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I live on the bay just south of the really weedy one you are talking about....i will be fishing from the pontoon with another friend of mine tomorrow.

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Platte gets a lot of pressure for the ducks. On opening morning is sounds like a war zone. I have heard that it is tough to get a spot without someone setting up right on top of you.

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