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I've fished Rainy for over 20 years, primarily in open water but some ice fishing as well. Never caught a lake trout, or heard of anybody catching any, but I'm not saying they're not there. Rainy has always been productive for cutties and bull trout. We've caught some really nice size in both. There are perch in Rainy but I've never had any great luck landing decent numbers. Also - Rainy does NOT have Pike like all the other Seeley/Swan lakes. There is a spillway on the Clearwater River between Alva and Rainy that has kept out the pike, I'm not sure they would do that well in Rainy anyway though because it's a pretty deep lake with steep shoreline drop offs. In my opinion Rainy is the gem of the whole chain of lakes!
I have fished Placid, but not with any notable success. We've pulled out a few pike and some nice perch but never had any great days. Do you mainly target perch and pike there? I've heard there are nice trout in there as well but never iced any.
Yeah that's my mistake. We never have caught any pike in Placid, just some perch. I guess I just threw it in the same group as all the other Seeley Swan lakes, because I know we've caugth pike in Salmon, Seeley, Inez, and Swan. I always forget that Placid is not connected on the Clearwater chain. Thanks for correcting me guys. I really wasn't trying to pull anyone's leg.
Its actually Owl creek that drains Placid into the Clearwater. I always wondered how that happened, because callinf it Placid Crk would make more sense.