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Clear Lake is down but not as bad as others say. two years ago I caught 10 walleye over 28" in one week with numerous other 2-5 lb fish, of them only one fish was kept by the way. This was all produced in a lake with no slot limit. Here is what happened, the inlet at the grade ran continously for two years due to the dredging project all summer long. Normally it quits flowing in about early to mid June. This left big walleyes concentrated in a small area, instead of spread throughout the lake for two years straight and very succeptable to overharvest which is what happened. Regardless of limits, guys were taking home multiple 27-30" fish a day, why the DNR didn't watch it closer I don't know, but my point is that was a temperary problem. Now that the dredging is over, fish in the upcoming years will spread out and not be up at the grade for every tom, dick, and harry to catch with easy. The fishing will improve and you will again have those big fish just like before but it's going to take some time, they won't grow overnight. So, enjoy the other great fishing the lake supports right now, the yellow bass, catfish, and muskie numbers are all very healthy. If you aren't having success with these, you aren't doing something right. by the way, go easy on the guides. I guided part time for about 5 years, it's hard work and you don't make a lot of money. I admire the guys like Kevan Paul, the guy is pursuing a dream and helping people have fun in the process. He isn't forcing anyone to pay him and look at his testimonials, they are happy with what they get for their cash. Keep up the good work Kevan!
Clear Lake is down but not as bad as others say. two years ago I caught 10 walleye over 28" in one week with numerous other 2-5 lb fish, of them only one fish was kept by the way. This was all produced in a lake with no slot limit. Here is what happened, the inlet at the grade ran continously for two years due to the dredging project all summer long. Normally it quits flowing in about early to mid June. This left big walleyes concentrated in a small area, instead of spread throughout the lake for two years straight and very succeptable to overharvest which is what happened. Regardless of limits, guys were taking home multiple 27-30" fish a day, why the DNR didn't watch it closer I don't know, but my point is that was a temperary problem. Now that the dredging is over, fish in the upcoming years will spread out and not be up at the grade for every tom, dick, and harry to catch with easy. The fishing will improve and you will again have those big fish just like before but it's going to take some time, they won't grow overnight. So, enjoy the other great fishing the lake supports right now, the yellow bass, catfish, and muskie numbers are all very healthy. If you aren't having success with these, you aren't doing something right. by the way, go easy on the guides. I guided part time for about 5 years, it's hard work and you don't make a lot of money. I admire the guys like Kevan Paul, the guy is pursuing a dream and helping people have fun in the process. He isn't forcing anyone to pay him and look at his testimonials, they are happy with what they get for their cash. Keep up the good work Kevan!I'm OK with the guide service as well even though I have never used one. Some people want to learn how to fish or don't have all the equipment to have an enjoyable experience when just want to get out on a rare occasion & catch some fish. But, I'm not sure it's too kosher to use a public forum for advertising for one's business. That's the first thing I thougt of when I was directed to his guide service site. For some reason, it just puts a bad taste in my mouth but he does provide a service for some. --Melrose
I caught 20 yellows in 9 FOW last night on various Gulp versions. I lost at least that many on the hole and on the way up. These were really light biters for some reason. I never really found a pattern that worked consistently and swithced colors and baits often. Had a few short walleyes as well. Got one on a Chubby Darter when things got slow. Marked fish by the thousands. Ate a batch from earlier in the week and they were awesome. Lots of slush to deal with.
was on clear lake yesterday from 2-5:30 what a mess that lake is with all the slush on top(it was my first time out) what can we hope for to make that go away. will the rain they are calling for this week help melt the snow and then make all that water on top ice again or not. but any ways we found fish. my vexilar was lit up like a christmas tree all day. we only ended up catching 4 keeper yellows 2 dink perch, and 2 dink yellows. are those fish i was marking all day more than likely the dinks i caught? it seemed like when i would catch a bigger yellow the vexilar would calm down only marking one or two fish compared to about 10-20 and it would hit alot harder than any thing else. i sure wish i would of had a camera yesterday. oh and i tried any where from 5 to 10 fow marked all kinds of fish in every hole i went to.
