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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | I moved out to Plymouth last year so I spent a decent amount of time fishing on eagle lake since it’s close by. I have done amazingly badly out there. For the previous 3 years I would fish lake Harriet for quick weeknight trips and was able to consistently be on fish. Eagle lake gets stocked with 2-3x as many fish as Harriet, so I always expected to be able to find fish easily, but that has not been the case. I heard that around 10 years ago it had a tournament win and got pounded for a few years after that, but so does every other metro lake. Does anyone here have experience on eagle in recent years. Is there a way lower population than the stocking would make for you expect? Or high mortality, fish swimming down the creek, or some other reason for a bad population? Or am I just horrible at fishing that lake? |
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| Sorry I can't be much help with more recent info. Last time I fished it was about 15 years ago. At that time, it was a sneaky good walleye lake, with nice 20 to 23 inch fish. All the fish I caught, both walleye and muskie, were in crazy shallow water, in and near weeds and reeds. Most people I saw fishing, were out deeper, and griped about the poor fishing. I would just nod and say "what are you gonna do?" |
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| With the poor landing and parking, I have tried to stay off the lake. Only musky I have seen on the lake was an accidental catch pre-season by a boat near by. I don't think the lake is what it used to be. |
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Location: Wright County MN | if you are in plymouth you are better off making the run to tonka. |
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| It's .... not great. That said if a guy looks at the stocking numbers - they aren't bad for the size of lake it is.
As stated, the ramp is really rough especially if you have a big or deep V boat, the parking is equally frustrating. I was out there once in early June last season, it was slow I had one follow on SI and that was it so to speak. I've talked to some others that occasionally catch one out there. As state earlier there are a number of better options within a reasonable distance such as Tonka, Independence, or Waconia. |
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