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| Species: | Largemouth, Smallmouth, Pike |
| Description: | Stoney is a medium sized lake characterized by crystal clear water and plentiful Moose Cabbage. It runs east to west like many of the lakes do and can be tough to fish after the winds pick up in the daytime. The west end where the portage to Wayne Swamp ends is ringed with lily pads. The center of the west end is full of moose cabbage which provides great cover for the bait fish and the predators that hunt them. The north side of the east end has always been more productive for some reason. The east end of the lake has sporadic cabbage. The banks are rockier and much steeper and many logs felled from the hillside, and blown down to this end provide lots of cover for roaming packs of Small mouth bass. In between the east and west is a variety of lily bays, rock cliffs and rip rap banks. |
| Strategy: | We always concentrate our efforts on the west end of the lake until the action dies. We cast crawlers against he lily weedline and into the cabbage. I like to float a bait fish under a minnow in the cabbage for the larger pike and bass; its hard for them to resist. Try casting spinner baits though the cabbage for active pike. After the action dies, or the wind picks up, we usually drift the north shore and target the available cover. Stop if you start getting bites, and move on when they stop. The key is to cover as much water as you can looking for the pods of active feeding fish. Trolling the shorelines work well. I like to sit at the west end and fish the submerged timber and cabbage for small mouth if the wind is making it too difficult to troll or drift. |
| Things to Consider: |
If this lake is dead, hop over to Burntcabin. |
| Contributors: | Scott Borchelt |
