Trying my luck at Clear Lake for some walleye this weekend. Need help

Tom Sinnott · #1 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008, 10:07 PM

Hey guys, I know this isn't a crappie thread but I was hoping that some guys hear in the Indiana forum have tried out this lake and could give me any pointers on catching walleye. I am from the Southwest corner of Indiana and there isn't a walleye for a hundred miles around here so any help you guys could give me would be greatly greatly appreciated!!!!! Thanks in advance!!!

High Tide · #2 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008, 10:09 AM

You may get some good intel on www.indianawalleye.com.

SkeeterJeff · #3 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008, 05:14 PM

IndianaWalleye.com has a lot of good information, but the last post about Clear Lake was on December 27, 2005. If you post in the Clear Lake Forum, you might also want to post in the Chit Chat Forum, as there are a lot more people that will see your question.

Jeff

Tom Sinnott · #4 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008, 09:40 PM

Yeah I checked them out before. I probably won't get up there until close to dark on friday so we may try dropping in a fishing light and waiting with some live bait or tubes and see what happens... Never fished for walleye before but I heard that they are nighttime predators and so I figured that would be a good way to see if they are much like crappie like what I have heard. I have always heard that you pretty much use the same lures but a little bit bigger and slip bobbers and minnows are deadly if you get them down near the bottom.

SkeeterJeff · #5 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008, 11:19 PM

Personally, I drag jigs in mainly 3-12 FOW on flats near deep water. Also watch the transition from shallow flats to deep water. Indiana 'eyes tend to hold on these transition breaks if they are not up on the flats actively feeding. I'm hearing of a lot of fish being caught on Brookville in 2-3 FOW. It's hard to believe, but I've done it there before. Also, if you have a lot of wave action on the lake and it creates a mud line near the bank on one of these flats, do not hesitate to throw a jig up in the mud line and drag it out. Use 1/8 or 1/16 oz jigs and half a crawler or a leech. Road Runners work well sometimes. Colors vary from red, orange, chartreuse, and even black or brown.

The key is to trust your electronics. If you aren't marking fish on the flats, look at the transition ledges, or in deeper water. Slow drag the jigs, .3 to .7 mph.

Hope that helps. I am no expert on walleye fishing in Indiana, but I catch my fair share in Canada each year. It's totally different up there. We fish 1/8 oz jigs vertical, 3" to 6" off of the bottom, back trolling. Last year my best was 8# 8 oz, 29.5" long. We head up there again in six weeks, and I can't wait!

Jeff