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May 14, 2014 at 3:21 pm #123040
So I fished the lake my cabin is on for Saturday opener, but didn’t catch a thing. Normally on fishing opener there are swarms of medium/big lake shiners in shallow going around the shore, but this year they aren’t in yet.
So, question is: is the water just too damn cold still? Or are the walleyes out deeper actively feeding on bait fish? Or what’s to know about catching cold water walleyes?
I do my share of walleye fishing and am not “new” by any means but just trying to learn more about it.
I tried fishing anywhere from 4 ft to 25 ft of water, jiggin, riggin, trolling, shiners, fat heads, leeches tried everything but not a bite!
Ended up going to the ottertail river on Sunday and caught 2 dandy eaters
Fish on!May 14, 2014 at 3:42 pm #616800I would guess the water is still too cold. Those shiners will come in to spawn when the water temps are up in the high 50s or low 60’s I’d say.
If you have a current area or any place that warms up quicker than others, I would try that. Also, they still could be spawning, so any place you know that they do that would be worth a try. Otherwise deep breaks and structure near where you would think they would have spawned. As far as them “actively feeding”, could be, but probably not so much as alot of them are probably just finished with the spawn. You are gonna likely have to hover over fish or vertical jig them when you find em if they’re deep.
Fished a small league tourney last night and 75% of the fish caught were deep. 25’+ and that is in southern MN, water temp was 54 here.
Let's GET EM!May 14, 2014 at 4:58 pm #616801Thanks for the feed back! My house is on eagle lake in ottertail county which is a 900 acre lake that is bright ocean blue and has water clarity of 20 sum feet with no inlets or outlets . Lots of sand and a few good weed beds. I’ll keep trying the bite will only pick up as the days go by!
Fish on!May 14, 2014 at 5:19 pm #616802I somehow had a hunch you were talking about Eagle. My family has had a place on the lake for going on 6 generations now. Long time, and I’m still learning new things about the lake every year.
There are a couple of inlets and outlets, nothing like there used to be, however and none of them, now, allow any fish movement. There is also many, many springs; so there is quite a bit of water movement in the lake. Whether this has a significant affect on fish location, I’m not convinced.
You are likely right about the water being too cold for the shiners to be up shallow. Probably a week or two too early for that. In the meantime, I would concentrate a bit deeper than you were fishing. You could, likely, find some fish relating to the deep weed line (about 21 feet) then probably not much until you get over 30 feet. Find the bait and the walleyes probably won’t be far away. There is SO MUCH food in that lake, that getting bites can be tough anytime of the year.
Good luck with your search. My dad and I both have Skeeter deep V boats and are out there quite a bit. Feel free to chat us up if you see us out there.
May 14, 2014 at 5:36 pm #616803MY opinion is the fish may be in the spawn mode yet.Remember the ice just went out.They have to recoupe before the feedbag comes into play.We’re 2 weeks behind previous years with the exception of last year.The Willmar area had fish spawning opener and we’re way south of you.
It’ll happen just later than opening weekend and depending on how much sun and water warming we have.I dont believe there active eyes yet,they are either yet spawning and even the ones that have are recouping.That takes lots of their energy!! Once they start they will be hungry!!Of all the things I've ever done,
I aint never had Too much fun.May 14, 2014 at 5:41 pm #616804MNhaagenson13 wrote:
Thanks for the feed back! My house is on eagle lake in ottertail county which is a 900 acre lake that is bright ocean blue and has water clarity of 20 sum feet with no inlets or outlets . Lots of sand and a few good weed beds. I’ll keep trying the bite will only pick up as the days go by!Is that the eagle lake that has really great clarity?? I remember scuba diving a eagle lake in the early 70s.We tryed diving because of the clarity.We were staying on Pelican by Asby and the drive wasnt far within 30 miles I believe.We found freshwater coral on the eagle we dove and searched.
Of all the things I've ever done,
I aint never had Too much fun.May 14, 2014 at 5:58 pm #616805dew2 wrote:
MY opinion is the fish may be in the spawn mode yet.Remember the ice just went out.They have to recoupe before the feedbag comes into play.We’re 2 weeks behind previous years with the exception of last year.The Willmar area had fish spawning opener and we’re way south of you.
It’ll happen just later than opening weekend and depending on how much sun and water warming we have.I dont believe there active eyes yet,they are either yet spawning and even the ones that have are recouping.That takes lots of their energy!! Once they start they will be hungry!!Good point Dew. Eagle is a very cold lake to begin with. Typically the last to freeze and the last to thaw in the area. The walleyes very well could be still in spawning mode.
May 14, 2014 at 6:05 pm #616806dew2 wrote:
Is that the eagle lake that has really great clarity?? I remember scuba diving a eagle lake in the early 70s.We tryed diving because of the clarity.We were staying on Pelican by Asby and the drive wasnt far within 30 miles I believe.We found freshwater coral on the eagle we dove and searched.Yes, same lake. Water clarity varies a bit depending on the springs and wind, but yes, secchi disk is 20 foot plus.
I dive the lake frequently and the vis while diving varies from 3 to 15 feet thereabouts. The “freshwater coral” is actually a deposit left on the rocks by an algae in the water. These deposits are called stomatolites.
May 17, 2014 at 5:04 am #616807its such a small world! its crazy how many people ive talked to know about this gem of a lake. although fishing can be tough, its a blast when you can find them hungry. I went out on the sunken island on the north side of the lake tonight, was rip jigging with fat heads in 21-30 fow and caught 5 walleyes and a HUGE rock bass.
a strange thing happened tonight I thought, or at least I haven’t seen it with my own eyes before, but 2 of the 5 fish I caught tonight had multiple other walleyes follow it up to the surface of the water. and all 5 fish I caught were between 17-21 inch males (spooshing all over me)
question: I noticed the lake “turned over” as I say. it happens in the spring and in the fall every year. yesterday eagle was bright blue and today it was a murky blue, almost greenish tint. what exactly is happening when the lake does this? and I noticed that there were many fish scattered throughout the water colum and a lot of them were big marks. my graph wasn’t lying about the marks either, I always bring my ice 45 flasher out in the boat and put it down and she was marking big red lines at multiple depths.
its sucha bizzare lake and I think that’s why I love it so much
Fish on!May 17, 2014 at 5:12 am #616808Here’s the only picture I got of the first one tonight before my phone died
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You must be logged in to view attached files.May 17, 2014 at 1:02 pm #616810This sounds like a cool lake! Ewwwww you got some “spoosh” all over your jacket
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