Eagle Lake

[czl99]

Has anybody fished eagle lake lately? How are the fish biting?

Thank You

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Fishing isn't everything it's the only thing.

[Stratosman]

I just got back from Eagle yesterday and depending what you are fishing for it can be real tough. The lake is about three weeks behind schedule, water temps in the mid 50's. Walleyes are biting good as we foud all of our fish in 12' or less on large flats, if you aren't pulling up green weeds on your jig you aren't in the right spot. Northerns are where the walleyes are. There is very very little cabbage growth so muskie fishing can be tough since they won't be isolated. We caught numerous lake trout using 7-strand wire and 5oz weights with spoons in 45-60 of water, depending on what part of the lake you are staying. Last week was the worst week ever for us as far as weather and fishing in Canada, 7 days of rain, 25-30 mph winds and temps around 45-50 degrees. Needless to say, fishing was tough, but should improve with the nice weather.

[pikemania]

Just returned from Eagle Lake. The fishing was really starting to pick up as we were leaving. The first couple of days were really cold and rainy with a good stiff wind. We really had to work to get the walleyes to bite but the last two days the walleyes went crazy and at one point we caught 40 walleyes in two hours using a plain lead jig and minnow. Most of the walleyes were caught in 12-15 feet of water on the rock humps. If we got deeper than we started catching saugers. Did not really fish for pike but still caught a few and a few of them kept my jig and minnow. One pleasant suprise was the jumbo perch were bitting most of the perch we caught were between 10 and 13 inches. Another nice suprise were the muskies. A 20 incher, 28 inches, 43 inches and 47 inches. Three of the four caught on jig and minnow that last one caught on a bass spinner bait with a twister tail. The smallies are just spawning now which is about three weeks behind so they are just starting to pick up. We caught over a hundred walleyes between four people which is down from last year but with the cold weather and rain we did okay. The muskies made up for it.

[Guest]

Thanks for the post. I am heading to Eagle July 16. Which part of the lake did you fish? Was anyone else at your place catching pike? What on?

Mike

[pikemania]

We were fishing out of Temple Bay Lodge. We caught most of our bigger walleyes out on the rock humps in front of Muskeg bay. Most of our pike were caught by West Three Sisters and Temple Bay. Pike were biting on jig and minnow, blue jointed rapalas and blue and chartruese(yellow) bass spinners with hammered gold willow leaf spinners. Also put a yellow twister tail on the spinner bait. The biggest muskie was caught on the bass spinner. Have fun and leave some fish for me next year.

[Guest]

Thanks. Will leave some fish in the West Arm area.

[czl99]

Mike,

I just got back from fishing Eagle Lake. We stayed at Stanley's. We tried fishing for pike on the west arm and only caught 3 of them but one was a 40 incher. The walleyes were biting alright on the reefs infront of the resort. In my opinion i wouldnt fish the main lake or the west arm i would go on all of the portages that you can. We caught alot of northerns in violet and crabclaw. If you want to catch walleyes go to violet and fish around the islands at the far end. Walleye is also another good lake for walleyes. If you are really looking for pike you have to go to mahfaking. We went there and boated over 200 northerns. The biggest was 37 inches. Trout is a really go lake for small mouth. We caught over 60 with two of us in just 2 hours. We fished next the the fall coming out of brown trout. There is also alot of lakers in trout.

Are you staying at stanley's?

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