FISHING THE MIDWEST
Photo by Bob Jensen
Clear Lake resident Bill Bunn with a nice walleye, which bodes well for the future of Clear Lake.
By Bob Jensen
FISHING LICENSES
Too much of the time we hear about bodies of water or fish species that are experiencing problems. It’s good that we learn about those problems because if we don’t know about them, we can’t fix them. We’re often hearing about the water being too dirty or too clear, the fish being too big or too small. It’s good to hear about bodies of water and fish populations that are recovering or have recovered. I was on one of those success-story lakes recently. I joined a couple of local anglers on Clear Lake on a chilly, blustery day when the fish shouldn’t have been biting too good, but they were. We caught plenty of eating-sized walleyes and some that were too big to eat. We caught yellow bass that were perfect for the fry pan, and we caught a bunch of nice crappies. All that action in half a day, from a lake that 20 years ago was a bullhead lake with questionable water quality. Today, Clear Lake is one of the premier fisheries in the Midwest for walleyes and muskies, with a bunch of upand-coming classes of crappies, perch and other species. Let’s check out Clear Lake.
Resident Fishing Season (16 and older) Non-Resident Season (16 and older) 7-Day Fishing (Resident) (Non-Resident) 3-Day Fishing (Non-Resident) 1-Day Fishing (Resident) (Non-Resident) Licenses sold at: The Crazy Minnow Co. 1124 S. Eighth St. | (641) 357-BAIT Kramer Hardware 580 Highway 18 E. | (641) 357-7080 Iowa DNR 1203 N. Shore Drive | (641) 357-3517
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Destination Clear Lake 2016
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