Battle Lake

[Morph1]

Anyone fished Battle lake recently? just wondering how is the bite there?
Never been fishing there before but friend of mine owns there an RV park and always invites me over however he has not fished the lake in 2 years lol - lack of time he says...
there supposed to be some nice eyes,
anyone?

thanks

Well it's been a year or two for us as well.. Last time we went, I can't remember exactly where we were but we were on a shelf that went from 6 to 25 feet in a matter of 30 horizontal feet, and they were stacked on that. I think the biggest one we got was 31 inches and I'd say weighed around 9 pounds.

There should also be a Caddis or brown drake hatch, so if you flyfish I'd bring the flyrod and see if you can't hook into some of those jumbo whitefish.

[jpohlic]

Was out there early yesterday morning for 3 hours with only one bite, but my wife managed to land a small log AND a clam shell. The algae was thick enough to walk on and I was considering it for a while. We trolled to the far end of the lake before the battery ran out of juice. I haven't paddled that far in a loooong time. No more spur of the moment fishing trips without charging the battery first.

We talked to a few others and the fishing has been slow. Also, the boat launch at the campground is very soft and shallow. A couple rigs attempted to launch and turned around and went somewhere else.

[Fishin' Fool]

I haven't fished Battle this summer, but the last 2 summers I was out quite a bit. It can be a very tricky lake because it's structure is so different from what most people are used to. If you are used to fishing big soup bowls like Calling or Pigeon, Battle will probably kick your butt a time or two before you get a feel for it.

There are a lot of steep dropoffs and channels and a good chunk of the lake is not 'typical' walleye territory. We found the 'eyes in strange places, like when casting for pike off of weedbeds or suspended 15-20 feet down in 30 FOW.

Also, Battle is chock-full of shiners(just drop down a camera in the winter and have a look), so there is lots of natural forage.

I guess what it comes down to is be openminded. Keep changing speeds, depths, lures and presentations till something works. Once you find them, you won't be disappointed. The average Battle 'eye is a fair bit bigger and fatter than just about anything you'll see out of Pigeon.

hope this helps,
good luck,

FF