Clearwater lake report & annandale are lakes

[Navigator]

Man, the bass fishin' has been hot in the Annandale area. Last night I fished Clearwater from 7:00PM until 9:30PM and the bass were hitting hard! I moved around alot and caught fish at every spot but one. At the last spot, I managed to catch three notherns, all over 5 pounds and one that was 35" long. I would have stayed on the lake longer, but the bugs nearly carried me off.

The fish were all in less than 5 feet of water and in the thickest nastiest weeds I could find. Plugs and spinnerbaits were the lures of choice, fished fast. This pattern has worked in the last week on other area lakes such as: cedar, pleasant and sylvia.
Good luck!
Nav
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[Guest]

Sounds great Jon, thanks for the report.

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[Grabs]

OK I maybe I am just terrible, but we couldn't find a bass today for the life of us! We fished from 9am-3pm when the storms looked bad enough to scare us off.

What and where should a guy begin for bass, and also walleyes. Are the walleyes going to be really tough during peak day light hours? Should we concentrate on morning and night time?

Also the lake appears to be really tough for trolling spinner rigs...any suggestions. The depth was up and down so fast, I couldn't do much of anything to keep my rig in the strike zone and out of the weeds.

Any help would be great as I plan on heading out there again soon to try my luck again.

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[This message has been edited by Grabs (edited 07-28-2002).]

[Navigator]

Clayton,
I agree (100%) about taking the time to learn a lake. Also, you can utilize successful methods of searching for fish on one lake and apply it to another lake. The key to any lake is to keep moving and changing presentations until you contact fish. Nav.
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[Guest]

If you'll take a good hard look at a chart of the lower lake (east half of Clearwater) you'll see that a trolling run of almost two miles is easily undertaken. Naturally you will need a few tries if you're going to acquire the knack of staying in 15+ feet of water, but it's worth the effort.

Upper lake (west half) trolling is tougher, but still possible. The key is working with a good map and remembering the "surprises" you find that will be found on no map. No doubt about it, Clearwater is tough structure. However, that's what makes it both a challenge and a lot of fun.

As for bass, you'll find them off deep weedlines all over the upper lake. The north shoreline (weedline) is excellent, from Waterfront Restaurant all the way across to east shore south of Maple Hill.

Between Bungalow Island and the Maple Hill section, there's a passage way through the weeds that is used for boat traffic. On both sides of that passage there are small pockets of deeper water just off emergent weeds. They hold tons of panfish and lots of nice bass. Fish the edges.

No one will ever tell you Clearwater is "easy." However, it is a great fishing lake for anyone who takes a little time to learn some its incredible structure.