Anyone Have a Lake Like This?

[LPCrowRiverFisherman]

Have you found a lake that you never get skunked on and always go home with a few fish? I have been fishing a certain lake the last few years. I get out there 3-5 times a year and have never gone home with less than 5 panfish.

[IamZombie]

Right now it's just the opposite.

Every lake we go to, we'd like to go home with 5 keepers each.

[reinhard1]

i go to a lake up north on open water in the fall. small lake, but always catch fish, basicly because it's seldom fished but not hard to get to. walley's and crappies basicly. it's a long drive for one day but worth it. some times we keep a few to bring home and sometimes it's catch and release. good luck.

[harvey lee]

I had a lake like that for close to 8 years. I said all along if people keep taking so many fish it will never last.

Well, it's over.

[reinhard1]

that right harvey. the lake i spoke of is not stocked, so it's important to observe good fishing ethics. good luck.

[DonBo]

I have a lake like that in Wisconsin. Anytime I want to go just enjoy the day and catch a nice dinner of panfish, I am there. No, there's no way I'll tell you which one.

[JimmyJames]

There's lakes like that all over the metro, I fish 4 of them all the time. As a matter a fact, I'm going to one in about 30 minutes. I expect to catch about 100 keeper panfish, but not keepin a one.

[GotALunker]

some times we keep a few to bring home and sometimes it's catch and release.

IMO, more anglers should practice this instead of filling the stringer each time

[GotALunker]

I had a lake like that for close to 8 years. I said all along if people keep taking so many fish it will never last.

Well, it's over.

here again, agree 110%. I'm 30 yrs old and I recognize the need to practice responsible harvesting. Its too bad that more people don't.

[Beege]

I fish a lake like that in the summer here in Upper Michigan. Usually go catch one limit of bluegill and then i stop fishing for them.

[Esox_Magnum]

Been lucky over the years, 25 years on the ice 1 skunk so far.

[croixflats]

Wish I had a lake like that close buy. I know of 1 close buy but I get yelled at for trespassing even though there is a road that buts up to the lake.

[WalleyeChaser]

Every lake over here in my area was like that 12-15 years ago. Not so much anymore now its the exact opposite. What lake hasn't given me the skunk? Heck I hate to say it but its taken me all ice season to find a meals worth of decent pannies!

[fish2morrow]

Agree practice catch and release or if anyone wants to keep a few don't go past ten.

[Grum]

I lived by a small pond years ago that had some nice size gills and 3 Big Pike in it. Most of us locals just kept it catch and release because we knew it was small and the fish took years to grow that big. One day someone posted some pictures of the pike and a few of the larger gills, unfortunately they named the place and every thing of size was gone in a week, nothing left but potato chips and bullheads. Such a shame.

[Rick G]

Had a little gem south of Park Rapids that never failed to put out numbers of 9-11in gills and huge slab crappies year after year for along time. Word got out a few years ago and now it's almost like the rest of the lakes in that area.

[My_Key]

So LPCrowRiverFisherman,

Is this lake the one that your friend D.K. was showing me pictures from? He also said you caught a monster pike on it. Or the lake north of that that I saw you setting up about 30 yards from the landing on earlier this ice fishing season?

I fish the latter quite often, and it's hit and miss, except the perch, I alway find them. The first one I just can't bring myself to fish, although seeing those pics and hearing the stories, I may have to do some CPR out there this spring.

[iceman16]

a good friend of mine was heading up north every weekend with his dad and uncle to a small pothole lake near Duluth. and every weekend they would come home with a limit. i told them that if you keep doing that your gonna fish the lake out. well two years later they go up for the day now and come back empty handed. they think the fish are getting smarter. word got out and they fished the lake out. only keep enough for a meal and our resources will be around a lot longer.

iceman

[LPCrowRiverFisherman]

So LPCrowRiverFisherman,

Is this lake the one that your friend D.K. was showing me pictures from? He also said you caught a monster pike on it. Or the lake north of that that I saw you setting up about 30 yards from the landing on earlier this ice fishing season?

I fish the latter quite often, and it's hit and miss, except the perch, I alway find them. The first one I just can't bring myself to fish, although seeing those pics and hearing the stories, I may have to do some CPR out there this spring.

Now you got me thinking who are you?

But it was neither of those lakes. The first lake is near impossible to find nice fish in the winter. The second there are a few perch near keepable size but not worth it to me too much.

[mrklean]

one year i had a lake like that then the next year i couldn't find the fish pretty much stopped going to that lake

[mnguy152]

It goes with the old saying loose lips sink ships. If got a good bite don't share with your buddies lol. becuse you will have company

[that_guy]

I have a standard rule when it comes to fishing. When asked where I'm going fishing I tell them to the lake. When they asked if I caught anything I tell them I had a good time.

Why should I bust my hind parts to find the fish only to let others know where?

[My_Key]

Now you got me thinking who are you?

But it was neither of those lakes. The first lake is near impossible to find nice fish in the winter. The second there are a few perch near keepable size but not worth it to me too much.

I'm good friends with D.K.'s real dad. The day I saw you out on the lake, I talked briefly to you about the perch bite, probably mentioned the pike as well, as I was walking off from the deeper part of the lake, with a Otter flipover in tow behind me. I had on a blaze orange realtree coat. You were just setting up, and had a female friend with you. I thought you looked familiar(from your photo here), but it didn't hit me until I was a couple miles from the lake.

As for the perch lake, if you look hard enough, you can find some nice fish there. Problem is, it seems they are constantly on the move. The other lake, I grew up close to that lake, and have never taken it seriously as a true fishery.