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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/11/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I just got to the lake and put on a brown glitter grub to fish for some bass. I went by this Dock by the camp ground and cast up the sides of the docks. on my second cast I got a monstrous hit. I land...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/11/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I just got to the lake and put on a brown glitter grub to fish for some bass. I went by this Dock by the camp ground and cast up the sides of the docks. on my second cast I got a monstrous hit. I land...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/17/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/17/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished this beautiful lake for the first time. Water temp. was 60 and weather was sunny to cloudy and windy. Our first evening there the lake was glass and fish were jumping everywhere. After tro...
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/27/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Water temperature was near 55 degrees. It rained some the first two days with southerly winds in the morning to afternoon followed by northerly winds in the evening. The smallmouth bass ranged from ei...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My year of exploration continues with one of the Lakes I heard of as a Kid but never got to try. Our first trip to Bonaparte was not very successful for fishing but it is a beautiful area to visit. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/25/2005
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
There were lots of fish here. We fished in the shallow flat in the middle. In the afternoon we started getting bites. I was using a black Zoom trick worm wieghtless along the surface, and I caught abo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/21/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/8/2006
Hot Spots: 0
1/8/06
Situated just N.E. of Bonaparte Lake this is a very picturesque setting. Nearby campgrounds are Forest Service operated. Beth Lake is adjacent to Beaver Lake. I ice fished for a few minutes ...
By: CaptainJack
Posted: 8/6/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Never been to Bonaparte but we wanted to try it out. Fishing was slow trolling with gold flatfish (for me anyway). I caught a few bass but that's it. My uncle however caught about 5 rainbows and a sil...
By: chironomid_guy
Posted: 4/3/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Drove up yesterday, Lake is ice covered enough that there is still snowmobilers out there.I would give it at least a month to thaw out
By: CaptainJack
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 2
Fished Bonaparte over the weekend and had pretty good success, my dad and I ended up catching 5 different kinds of trout (rainbow, brook, brown, tiger, and silver) between us over 4 days. A very diver...
By: CaptainJack
Posted: 7/19/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2010
Hot Spots: 1
Went to Bonaparte for the weekend and stayed at the state park. Fished Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during every part of the day at some point. Weather was in the 80's most of the time with passing cl...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
spent 2 days ice fishing bonaparte lake with my brothers caught over 30 fish most were released lots of 10-12 " brook trout by the dock at the resort saw another angler catch a 3 pound rainbow caught ...
By: drysuperfly52
Posted: 8/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
we were driving through highway 20 and I wanted to wet a line on every body of water I could. we stopped at Bonaparte to rent a couple boats, only $5 an hour for the worse condition rowboat I have eve...
By: bajanubs
Posted: 2/3/2014
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went ice fishing at Bonaparte with brothers caught a nice 16 inch brook trout and ten kokanee man it was cold though -11 brrr lost a big tiger trout right at the hole approx 4-5 pounds
By: Cambo89
Posted: 7/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2014
Hot Spots: 1
What a great week it was to catch some fish! Rented a boat and camped for a few days at the resort. Tried trolling for fish at first but was largely unsuccessful with the exception of a few smaller LM...
By: Chuck Williams
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Silvers averaging 16 inches. Using a glo-hook with 1/3 of medium night crawler threaded on the hook. Fished in 30 feet of water. Fish were hitting between 30 and 27 feet on different days. Limits ...
By: iflyuasea
Posted: 11/12/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Limited for 5 consecutive days, all rainbows from 12-16 inches, 1-3lbs. No matter where I fished on lake, chartreuse powerbait. Approx 30 feet of water, 20 inch leader. Beautiful fish.
By: iflyuasea
Posted: 7/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Began fishing at 5am, up near the Boy Scout camp. Using power bait, I got a strike from a 13 inch Bow, and over 3 hours hooked 6 with the largest being about 3 pounds. In 5 days, I caught 24 bows an...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 8/3/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Drove up after work to escape the heat and set up camp at the USFS campground on the south end of the lake. Decided to do a little bass fishing in the evening and scope out the kokanee grounds for the...
By: OldFishGuy
Posted: 6/26/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Bonaparte for a couple days fishing with my son last Sunday. Stayed at the resort. Got skunked Sunday afternoon and evening. Early morning hours of Monday we got slammed by a huge wind and thun...
By: iflyuasea
Posted: 6/28/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Spent 3 days fishing from shore, limited all 3 days. Biggest was a 3+ pound rainbow, kept only fish deep hooked, and over a pound!
Returned more fish than I kept. Caught rainbows, Tigers, and B...
Posted: 7/4/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2018
Hot Spots: 2
Ok so this has been one of the best Kokanee fishing years in Okanogan county. All of our lakes are plumb full of water and the Kokanee this year are fat. It seems like every lake that produces these...
By: iflyuasea
Posted: 7/8/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This young man had a spectacular day, catching his dream 10 lb Rainbow. Third rainbow 7 lbs or more in last two weeks from what is becoming a premier lake in Washington State!
By: iflyuasea
Posted: 7/16/2018
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Over the weekend, several 10 + pound fish came out of Bonaparte. Here is one caught from the dock, and several smaller catches as well.
By: iflyuasea
Posted: 8/8/2018
Species: Tiger Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Another trophy Tiger Trout from Bonaparte Lake. Fishing with night crawlers from resort dock.
