Walnut Lake (in fairabult county)

[fishdog]

I was wondering if anyone has ice fished walnut or south walnut lake (A.K.A. Walnut lake W.M.A.) The dnr survey in 2003 looks great. I would like to drive out on S. walnut twords the inlet/ outlet area on the east side of the lake(not the channel between the lakes) I know its only a few feet deep. Im afraid of driving near any springs that may be out there.

looking at the air photo's ,I have a feeling theres deeper areaa ,up around the bend near the north east corner of south walnut (where the East branch of the blue earth river splits). Its way too far to drag everything from shore, and snowmobiles and A.T.V.'s arnt alowed in Wild life management areas . Any info would be a great help.

Thanks

Fishdog..

[Rip_Some_Lip]

I have fished it in open water by the bridge in the past. We caught some nice walleyes and a few pike. When they were biting, it was shoulder to shoulder people lined up. I have never ice fished it though. It would be weird to ice fish with only 2 ft of water under the ice. Good luck.

[gr]

Fished out there during first Ice for 4 hours and did not get a bite. We fished out in the middle of the south lake. The fish that are in the came from the river because last year the water was low and when we quit fishing it last year there was only 10" of water under the ice and that was mid January. I have talked to DNR out there and they said you could dag your house out with a 4 wheeler but he didn't want me to leave it out there when I was fishing. It sounded like it is a gray area. By the way good luck finding anything over 3.5'other than the channel.