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Mark Steffes

What lakes are part of the Whitefish chain

#550735 - 07/16/07 07:10 AM

I was wondering what lakes are conected, I've got relatives heading up there in August & staying on Cross lake. So which ones are connected to cross & can a guy bring his boat to the different lakes. Also are there any resorts on Cross or connecting lakes?

big G

Re: What lakes are part of the Whitefish chain

#550742 - 07/16/07 07:42 AM

Mark, hope this helps.

Whitefish

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chriss

Re: What lakes are part of the Whitefish chain

#550762 - 07/16/07 08:19 AM

Mark, there is more water than you will know what to do with in a week. If you know what there targeting shoot me a pm and I'll see if we can get some direction going. I'm not going to be your most up to date resource but I know a few things about the chain. Check in at Sportland on the way up. They always seem to know whats going on..

eyehunter

Re: What lakes are part of the Whitefish chain

#550770 - 07/16/07 08:31 AM

What will their target species be? I've fished the Whitefish Chain for years and every lake I've fished seems to be better for a specific type of fish. I know for crappies that Cross Lake is hard to beat especially right down above the dam. I've done well on walleyes in Cross, upper and lower Whitefish. Rush Lake is a good bass and panfish lake and you can catch hammerhandle northerns all day on any of the lakes. I've got a really good map of the chain but I can't seem to get it under 100,000 bytes.

Eyehunter

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Mark Steffes

Re: What lakes are part of the Whitefish chain

#551389 - 07/17/07 06:58 AM

Guys thanks for the quick reponses, Big G the map was exactly what I was looking for. I don't know what they wold like to target yet, but I like eyes & the kids really enjoy panfishing.

*Nick*

Re: What lakes are part of the Whitefish chain

#553922 - 07/23/07 09:40 AM

Looks like I'm heading up there tonight, maybe in the morning, see how tired I am after work...

I KNOW for me, if I take people out fishing, Nothern Pike are insane, mostly small hammer handles, a white spinner bait over the weed tops when the sun starts going down for the evening is unreal.

Sunfish and more rock bass than you can shake a stick at can be had casting tube jigs or bobber fishing.

Hmmmm big trout like, I don't think I could resist if I had some downriggers, might be something to play around with.

Never got into the eyes up there...

I ususally stop in at sportland bait too, even though we are on crosslake, I usually go through Nissawa.



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