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Has anyone fished this within the past year? I know there was a big fish kill in 08ish and I'd think it would have had enough time to restock itself. I went out today just to check it out a bit but didn't fish it. I noticed about 10 inches 100 yrds out and the spring wide open across the lake. But it was too cold out today for me to walk on a lake all day chasing fish lol.

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Was out there a couple of weeks ago.

Caught one ten inch walleye and saw some guy running tip-ups have a few flags but no fish.

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I should a just stayed there lol... I'm on Kelly dudley and not even reading fish. There was some tire tracks from one guy on cody that must have had a pair to drive on it.. When I go out next the sled is coming with. Phelps launch had a plowed road/circle

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Super small perch.... Been out a few times. Gonna be a Great Lake in a few years

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Good pike and perch lake. Has a recent history of some dandy perch, can't say if there are many of the giants left, but its worth some time.

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The open water you see is an aeration system put out by a local sportsmans club I believe. You should take a drive around the lake via gravel and scope it out. Phelps has a plowed circle guys use for dirt bike racing in the winter, please refrain from drilling holes in their path, but that's about it. I have also heard mixed reports in recent years but haven't tried it myself.

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Super small perch.... Been out a few times. Gonna be a Great Lake in a few years

So......You went out "a few times" there and all you caught is super small perch? Why so persistent on this lake? I would have moved on after one trip of super small perch I think!

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I've never fished these lakes in the winter. I duck hunted on Phelps and it was very shallow with hard bottom areas all over. I hit rocks with the motor way out in the middle of the lake. Where would I start looking for the perch? I would be tempted to drill a bunch of holes and try jigging spoons & hole hopping all over Phelps in the shallows.

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So......You went out "a few times" there and all you caught is super small perch? Why so persistent on this lake? I would have moved on after one trip of super small perch I think!

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I don't blame you for trying Cody a few times. Like previously said the lake has bad winter and summer kills. The last big winter kill 5 years ago or so left tons of huge eyes floating all over. The survivors are piggies. I remember lots of huge walleye and northern being caught there.

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Makes sense Eric. I was thinking the Phelps seemed like it would be a good perch lake when I was hunting out there this past fall because of all of the sand and rock shoreline and bottom I ran across. How deep of water can you find out there on Phelps and Is that where the better perch fishing was in years past or was it over on Cody?

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I used to fish and icefish this lake. Not anymore. Used to have nice perch and crappies for me to mess around with. I was not aware it used to have nice walleyes in there. Last time I went to this lake was 2007 and have not come back to today still. What's actually went wrong with this lake?

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From what I hear in 08 it had a partial fish kill with some bigger eyes too. Not sure why at all.

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I was told that the aerator was hooked up wrong and depleted the majority of the oxygen.

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Two years ago it was dynamite for a stretch. Being the closest lake to my house I try it because it doesn't require a ton of time. In the past year and this year I've spent nearly 20 hours now between fish.....but 5 min from house to fishing keeps me trying.

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