Whitestone Lake is a lake in Dickey County, North Dakota.
Whitestone Lake is a lake in Dickey County, North Dakota, and covers about 30.8 acres, reaches about 8 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 184 acre-feet.
Whitestone Lake can be broken down in a few passes: shallow cover, the first break, and the deepest useful water. With little deep water in Whitestone Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Whitestone Lake include Yellow Perch.
On this 30.8-acre water, try this for yellow perch: keep a small jig tipped with a minnow or worm close to the bottom on a flat beside deeper water.
Near the 8-foot deep point, do not let the deepest number control the whole day; nearby cover, firm bottom, and food usually matter more than the deepest hole by itself.
After choosing a bank on this small, shallow lake in Dickey County, shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move.
On this small lake in Dickey County, a medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle.
Within this small lake in Dickey County, record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.