Pelican

[T-ProGuy]

Ok...makes sense.

On another note, what kind of depth does the lake have?

[booshy]

I've been out to the bay a few times and have marked 10'

Marked fish at 5-6'

[swampman]

The deepest I have found is about 14 ft. There is a plan floating around where this lake could be alot lower in the next few years.

[dewoutdoor70]

THERE ARE OTHER SPOTS BESIDES WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS

[borchawk1]

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The deepest I have found is about 14 ft. There is a plan floating around where this lake could be alot lower in the next few years.

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are they planning on draining it? sounds like the politicians making plans without asking anyone who uses it again, just saw on the news that Albertville was a proposed site for Pawlenty's new casino, would be nice if they told everyone else what they were up to. I wish they would leave everything alone, if the water table dictates that the lake should rise, let it rise. people shouldn't be building houses right on the shore line if they don't want to get wet! I feel bad for them, but you have to use common sense! Besides, draining worked so well up on Devils Lake, the water will go where it wants to go.

[jbell1981]

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are they planning on draining it? sounds like the politicians making plans without asking anyone who uses it again

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I think it would be great if they lowered it some and get it back to the way it used to be, the way it was meant to be. Hopefully that would kill of most of the fish and return this lake to a good duck hunting lake.

[riverbasher]

Does anyone know if this lake is open/closed to bowfishing for carp? if so I might invite some of my Iowa buddies up and have some fun cleaning the carp out

[swampman]

I dont think dropping the lake has anything to do with homeowners on it, there are only a couple of houses on the lake that are really that close to the water. This is just more of a duck water reclamation type of thing. I am guessing it would have to be dropped 5-6 feet . I have'nt heard any specifics or timetable for this.

[booshy]

Ya willing to give up any of that info as to where those

other spots might be? Would you be able to access by truck or would you need a 4 wheeler?

Thanks

[swampman]

Riverbasher, I have never seen a carp in this lake and thats after trapping the lake for minnows and netting it for bullheads for many years, unless they have gotten in some how recently I dont believe they are in there.

[riverbasher]

Thanks swampman. I'll have to do some scouting. The lake would do well to be dropped down though.......especially if people want to hunt puddlers....

[dewoutdoor70]

seen some floating about ten years ago after a freeze out,the last couple freeze outs havent seen any

[Fisherman1526]

Spent alot of time spearing on that lake. Lots of suckers and bullheads. No carp. I agree with borchawk, leave the lake alone. If it gets deeper fishing will get better. Besides, fish taste better than ducks.

[T-ProGuy]

Do you ever have any luck with the spearing on that lake?

[eyes']

I spent a ton of time out there spearing the year it froze out last. It was the best spearing I have ever had my whole life... I believe I had 5 houses out there at one point that winter.

[dewoutdoor70]

ya that was a good year,did alot of tip up fishing on the north end that year,not sure if the pike will ever make it back ,like it was then

[dewoutdoor70]

has any one been out there lately,are the panfish still biting,please post,i know of several spots in the spring that the crappies stack up in for a few weeks

[booshy]

I second that! Fish taste better!

[booshy]

Dewoutdoor70,

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Ya willing to give up any of that info as to where those

other spots might be? Would you be able to access by truck or would you need a 4 wheeler?

Thanks

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I might head out early tomorrow morning, but havent been there for a few weeks

[dewoutdoor70]

hard to find them in the winter ,would take alot of looking,in the spring i have several spots that nobody else knows about,once the ice goes a little more ,it will be alot easier to find them ,when they start stagging closer to these spots

[dewoutdoor70]

i dont think i would be driving all over with a truck now,that lake gets pretty hairy this time of year,i dont have a trailer or i would take my sled out there looking for them,i would stick with your wheeler,the trouble with that lake is no structure,so they could be anywhere,one spot would be to check out over bye the turkey farm

[booshy]

thanks and 10-4

[borchawk1]

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has any one been out there lately,are the panfish still biting,please post,i know of several spots in the spring that the crappies stack up in for a few weeks

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Was out yesterday, pretty slow, did manage to catch 8 decent sunnies and 3 ok crappies. The wind really sucked! I have never got into the fish twice in the same spot, really weird. I moved a lot looking for areas where they might be staging for ice out, got as shallow as 7', heading out this afternoon again with a buddy, may try to go shallower yet. I think the reason they're never in the same spot is because they're just passing through to the staging area. I'm wondering if they may be moving into the shallow bays? On a side note, the wind created two small pressure ridges on the south side of the main lake, use care when coming on or off the main access, scared the crap out of me when I went over them, one was about 3" wide w/ water in between the ice sheets.

[borchawk1]

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Spent alot of time spearing on that lake. Lots of suckers and bullheads. No carp. I agree with borchawk, leave the lake alone. If it gets deeper fishing will get better. Besides, fish taste better than ducks.

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I've hunted the lake 3 times in the last 3 years, even with lowering it the ducks will avoid it, what a circus, each time there wasn't a 200' stretch of shoreline without a spread on it, I don't think Lac qui Parle gets as much pressure as Pelican does! There were 40-50 rigs in the lot a good 2.5 hours before shooting time.

[jbell1981]

Yeah there is alot of hunting pressure on there. I was there for opener last year. We got there ate 2:30am and there was already half a dozen trucks in the lot. And this was for a 9:00 start.

[Fisherman1526]

The year it froze out was amazing. Lots of nice fish. Few and far between now. Did manage to get a 8 1/2 pounder this year. Only pike I seen in a weeks time. Seen a couple of small ones on the ice where someone didn't feel like throwing them back on the south bay in all the houses. Some people just don't have a clue.

[dewoutdoor70]

thats to bad they have to be such slobs,thats a good sign you at least caught one,so they didnt all freeze out,didnt think they did,way to big of a body of water to freeze out all the way

[booshy]

Anybody drop a line in for some craps lately? Any luck on on numbers or size?

Thanks

[fishface5]

Drove by there at around 10:30 or so last night and saw one truck driving around the N. end of the lake. Don't know if they where even fishing or not. Are they going to bite at the access on 117 this spring?

[dadshamp]

I work with a few subcontractors and they have been doing pretty good out there, atleast as of the weekend of the 12th. I have not been able to fond a depth map of the lake. DNR does not have one either....