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| I am heading to NW MN this weekend to a small (194 acre) very clear lake. Just wondering what the "rules" for fishing very clear lakes. I have read use realistic looking baits, bright colored, small, big. I know most of it will be trial by fire and when muskie fishing anything can work at anytime. But are there general rules to start with?
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | Does the lake have a lot of fishing traffic on it? Or is it one that not a lot of people fish?
I like to use walk the dog top water baits on lakes that are very clear. It helps to not have so much boat traffic though.
Edited by FAT-SKI 6/5/2012 11:12 AM
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Location: South Bend, Indiana | I have had much success with natural colored crankbaits on smaller, clear lakes. Usually just side to side movement... nothing special. |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | MnBeef6101 - 6/5/2012 10:51 AM
But are there general rules to start with?
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MNBEEF
Take the "rules" about fishing clear water, and throw them right out the window. That is rule #1. |
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| About the only rule I have for clear water is fish FASTER. More speed gives them less time to analyze the bait. In general, I use more natural colors than not also. |
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| BOMBS AWAY!!! |
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| Its all about trial and error.. I fish a very clear body of water (visibility normally at least 10 feet) and had a tough time the first few outings tossing natural color baits. I switched to bright colors with high contrast (orange and chart. with black) and it worked. Turned a tough body of water into a favorite. However that being said you can never go wrong with black |
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| Cool, Thanks for the advice. So I might throw a natural colored crank...slow, or a small bright colored bucktail, or even a pounder bulldog. Muskies will eat when they eat and just hope to be there when it happens on the right day, at the right time, in the right part of the lake at the right depth. It will be fun throwing everything in my box.
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Good Fishing! |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | My rules are noted below.
Every time someone announces a nearly absolute rule some else will catch a nice muskie doing absolutely everything "wrong". |
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Location: tHe LaKe Of PrIoR, mN | white cowgirl w/hammered silver blades
black/ nickle cowgirl
white and black bulldawg
natural sucker or walleye dawg
and a phantom
i like natural color for that lake maybe throw a crank too |
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Clear Water Approach?