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I just bought a little 12' fishing boat. It's my first boat and I'm excited to get going on hitting fish that are bigger than my finger. I've been to silver a could of times. I live close to Phalen, but haven't been out there yet. Can anyone give me some idea of a couple good lakes in the are that I can catch some bass, norther, decent pan fish and/or eye's from? I'm going down to clear lake this weekend but I don't want to drive an hour and a half to fish all the time. Would just like a couple of decent lakes close to home for during the week.

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Mississippi

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Keller has some BIG bass and Muskies.. you just have to find them. Usually in the shade. Phalen has nice bass, pike, white bass and eyes.. Silver has eyes, pike, bass and muskies...

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All the lakes mentioned should put you on fish. There is another little lake you might want to try and that is Wabasso or Owasso. Wabasso is very small and has good fishing but many with big boats can not launch. Owasso has nice eye population. There is also Island lake which has great bass fishing. Long lake another East metro fishery that will produce. One final samll body of water is off of Rice street over by Joe's it is call McCarrons.

If you want bigger bodies of water try White Bear and Bald Eagle. If you expand the East metro to include bodies of water by Forest lake there are many good lakes that way

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THERES WHITEBASS AT PHALEN!?!?!? Who has caught any there? Where? I live not even a block from Phalen...I've never seen a white come out of there.

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I would say phalen is a great choice for a 12' boat.. since it's an electric motor only lake... assuming you have one.

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The White Bass in there were stocked by local residents. I say maybe a population estimate of anywhere between 30-150. I've caught a few there too by luck.

If your going there to target White Bass it's highly unlikely that you will catch some. I used an underwater camera afterwards to check around the whole lake and found

a few them schooled in certain areas. Mostly the sandy flats. I was quite surprised.

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Thanks for the info. What kind of lakes are up in Forest Lake area? I'm willing to drive a little during the week. Weekends, I'll go pretty much anywhere the wife will let me drive to. Hehehehe

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Well if you in the Forest Lake area then you should be fishing Forest Lake. I guarantee you there are some big skies in there. Few nice crappies too.

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Over the years I have become reluctant to give out the specific body of water as to not offend others that may have this lake as there honey hole. Forest lake is of course a good fishing lake but I would look to some of the smaller lakes in the surrouning areas. There are a few that are excellent for eyes and limited fishing pressure.

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Hmmm.....Limited white bass huh. I would still like to try....just to prove to myself. Where are the sandy flats?

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The sand flat is mostly the saddle area's

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I was out on Phalen last night from 5:30 to dark. Had one or two little bites, other than that we got nothing.

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need a boat to get to the nice sand flats. The little doc is overly fished. Its only a bass and northern spot for me. I need to get a boat on Phalen and try the flats out.

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This has probably been asked but can you bring a boat with a gas motor onto Phalen if you only use your electric trolling motors?

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For any of the lakes were gas motors are prohibited(Phalen included) as long as you use only your trolling motor you are fine.

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Try Powers Lake in Woodbury - Good Panfish and Bass small lake no boat launch.

North and South Section Shcool Lakes are good but no boat launching - really good Bass fishing averaging 3+ Lbs a cast...at least for me when last I fished there without knowing no boat lauching( 3yrs ago on conoe). I haven't fished it since, but I know Bass in there are huge because the land owners around the lakes does not like people launching and the bass keep growing.

East and West Boot Lake - small lakes good population of Bass panfish and Northerns. I cought my biggest northern out of East Boot Lake 7 yrs ago at 41" and have never been able to top that. Was up there recently about 3 weeks ago, Bass hitting crazy. A friend pulled 5lbs largemouth out of West boot.

Big Carnelian is also good.

All the lakes mentioned are in Washingto County. Close to home.

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I was going to try Wabasso tonight. Has anyone heard if it's been any good?

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Captain Hook,

I heard it is quite easy to land smithwick fishing crankbaits if you have patients and spend enough time in and around the boat. Make sure the hooks are sharp though so you get good penetration. If you want a quick release, barbless is the way to go, but if you feel like skipping work then make sure it is barbed and impales a bit in the meat of the limb.

(Inside joke fellas)

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Let us know the results. Wabasso has nice panfish population, bass, and Pike. Hard lake for larger boats to fish. Very deep so look to the weed edges.

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Was out for a few hours. Lots of small panfish. I tried a couple of top water lures and got some hits, but it looked to be the small sunnies again. Nothing big. Tried hitting some of the drops and nothing there. All were along the weeds. I got a 17' boat in there. Only about a foot and a half at the launch so you need to work it slow. Once in there it's deep though.

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I was hoping to hear of monster bass, Pike, and crappie. I know the sunfish are small but some of the other fish are very nice in this deep pond

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I'm going to go out after work and hit Owasso. Anyone know if anything is biting out there or what's working?

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I have only been there in the spring or fall of the year. The lake has little pressure and good fish population. Good luck tonight and keep hydrated

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My wife talked me into not going since it got so blasted hot out there. Probably wouldn't have been that enjoyable. I'll try it soon, but need to wait for the heat to go down a little.

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