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[Ely Lake Expert]

Does anyone here fish Ely Lake other than me??????

Ely lake expert

[Surface Tension]

I didnt think there were any fish in Ely.
DOH!
I get up there every opener for Walleye's and do fantastic. Fish for brookies too. Nice area up there. Been looking for a good Lake Trout lake up there outside BWCA. Besides Snowbank.

[Guest]

Ely Lake Expert...I have been to the lake a few times, but never put the boat in. I have a couple of buddies that fish it, but never heared many stories. How do you do on the walleyes out there?

[Ely Lake Expert]

Surface tension, I think I confused you. Ely lake is a couple of miles outside Eveleth, nowhere near ely. At least an hour from were you are thinking.

Alaskander, Honestly I do real well for walleyes on the lake, but I have lived here for 18 years and know where I am going. I know from top to bottom and one end to the other. I also know what to use out here. I will usually catch 4 or 5 and even sometimes limit out and in this lake when you catch a walleye it will be a nice fish. Personally I have never caught a walleye under 15 inches and I would say an average of about 19 inches. My biggest has been 8 pounds. I am still looking for the 10 pounder to put on the wall,(which has snapped my line a couple of times). The thing about Ely lake is that it has unbelievable amounts of structure and if you just go out one day and don't know where you are going odds are you won't catch any walleyes. Same type of deal with crappies, there are some nice ones, but you have to know where to go. Ely lake can be frusterating, but if you want to try to catch some hog walleyes, I would recommend to at least give it a try. It took a while to find em. Since I have found there patterns I love fishing here. In my opinion 3 or 4 big ones is better than 10 tiny ones on alot of the other lakes around here

good luck if you try it.

Ely lake expert

[Guest]

Ely lake expert...So many lakes, yet so little time! Don't think I will be on Ely lake anytime soon, but thanks for the curiosity resolver! Good luck in the future and if you get a chance chase those crappies around more often, real nice ones out there, I am sure you know that.

[loadmaster]

ely lake expert. My daughter lived on evelth with her boyfriend and used to fish Ely lake almost every day from a canoe. Not much on Walleys, but some realy nice large mouth bass. I tried it a couple of times not much luck, I thought the water was to clear to do any good during the daylight hours for the eyes I must have been mistaken. Any hints on where to fish the lake going out of the public launch??

[Guest]

I lived on the lake for a winter while i was going to school at the tech school.... classes and work kept me pretty busy not much time left for fishing. I did get some nice walleyes and crappie though. send me an email if you ever want some one to fish the area lakes with, I live in buhl now and cant always find a willing fishing partner. my email is [email protected]

Tony

[Ely Lake Expert]

Loadmaster, you are right about the bass, there are some monsters in there. The water clarity does also make it tuff so I usually don't go out for walleyes until 30 min. to an hour before dusk, unless it is a very cloudy day. Then they can be caught. As far as good spots are concerned it kinda depends on the wind direction and I usually don't say anyways. The one thing I will tell you is that I caught my biggest walleye 15 feet in front of the public access dock at 5:00 p.m.

Ely lake expert

[Ely Lake Expert]

Shortfatguy, I will keep you email address and try to get a hold of you this spring. I try to never turn down another opportunity to go fishing.

Ely lake expert