Popular Spearing Lakes in 2008

[glenn57]

hey a guy has to have something to look forward to other than eye opener, small game opener, bear season. bow hunting, turkey hunting waterfowl opener, oh yea almost forgot bass opener!

[Dooley87]

just my two cents but i have heard tremdous things about pelican in buffalo for northerns, i was out there once this winter and i talked to an old time spearer out there and he said he spears in 10 feet and could read a newspaper down on the bottom, he also stated that two twenty pound pike had been speared out of the lake already that year and he just got a 13 and his partner just got a 12, also centrally located for people in the st. cloud area or people in the metro. again just my two cents.

[bassNspear]

this might not be a bad lake to put on the list that we are going to draw out of?

What does everyone think?

[Dooley87]

also with the draw down they may open it up to liberalized fishing

[merkman]

 Originally Posted By: bearbait87

He said he spears in 10 feet and could read a newspaper down on the bottom.

There isn't much info on this lake on the DNR Lake Finder.

Not even a map.

The UofM Water Clarity from Satelite reports 1.5 to 3 foot water clarity.

http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/umn/lakebrowser/index.html?x=440447.541014&y=5008988.098631

Am I looking at the wrong lake?

[merkman]

Maybe it was Pulaski Lake they were talking about?

[bassNspear]

3 feet is not a good lake to spear on, thats forsure.

[Early Riser]

I did spear out there one day last winter and I would say that being able to read the newspaper in 10' is a stretch. I set up in about 9-10' and the bottom is dark. Sunfish were almost impossible to see unless they were tilted on their side feeding or when a light colored jig disappeared into their mouths. I did see a number of northerns which were fairly small. The water was cloudy enough so that I couldn't really see them until they were right in the hole.

[bassNspear]

i dont think we will go here next year, to big of a risk if were going to have alot of guys going out.

Lets find another lake