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#1400389 - 05/13/08 09:14 PM O Dowd
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any one out chasing crappies out here yet??

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#1400764 - 05/14/08 07:24 AM Re: O Dowd [Re: superiorfishguy]
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We went there for opener we did pick up a couple but that was walleye fshing. I say a few people fishing for them around the islands.
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#1400880 - 05/14/08 08:37 AM Re: O Dowd [Re: AceintheHole]
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don't lie Ace...we slaughtered that on Saturday, especially trolling in front of the fishing pier....unbelievable is the only way to describe it
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#1400899 - 05/14/08 08:49 AM Re: O Dowd [Re: Sandmannd]
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Don't give our hot spot away. You guys crack me up forgot about the [Poor use of Words] to the bully. It took me 2 hours to clean all that fish. We need to make a trip to the land of the lost gill nets in early June maybe the 1 or the 8 both are sundays.
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#1401115 - 05/14/08 11:55 AM Re: O Dowd [Re: AceintheHole]
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how did you do as far as walleyes are concerned? Odowds can be a pretty finneky lake when it comes to walleyes...

we never seem to catch them when targetting them but always by accident.

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#1401171 - 05/14/08 12:24 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: Lowblazah]
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It was very slow, I got a couple of small 12-13" walleyes in the early morning around 3am but after that it was the dead sea. I was really surprised I had a very good fall out there I was hoping it would carry over to the spring but not so far. Odowds is a stocked lake with very little natural reproduction in it so it does not take long to take the lake down a notch. IDK There are plenty of pike in there but they were not biting either. If walleyes are what you are after I would try a different lake until the walleyes come back. They stock it every year with quite a few fingerlings and adult fish.
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#1401549 - 05/14/08 05:14 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: AceintheHole]
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Originally Posted By: AceintheHole
If walleyes are what you are after I would try a different lake ...


You aint kidding...I live in shako and have tried that lake for walleyes more than I care to admit. My uncle swears up and down there are still trophies swimming in there but thats hard to believe when I havent seen a decent one come out of there in the 5 years I've lived here.

Biggest one I have seen was a 22" and I caught that out of thole, throwing spinner jigs for pike.

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#1401564 - 05/14/08 05:27 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: Lowblazah]
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Not my first choice for walleyes either,I have cought a few trollin before dark in 12-15' of water with a few northerns mixed in

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#1401566 - 05/14/08 05:28 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: Lowblazah]
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I saw a 30" come out of there a few years ago.
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#1401632 - 05/14/08 06:41 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: dtro]
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Theres some real pigs in there walleyes and pike. I got a 38" off the pier last fall and saw a few walleyes over the 5lbs range. My PB out of there is 26" and 7lbs I got last fall. I'll try a few more times for walleyes and then wait till fall but pike fishing is pretty soild all year long. Don't forget the BASS theres some monsters out there, saw a 7+lbs caught last fall. Awesome bass lake
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#1401830 - 05/14/08 09:42 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: AceintheHole]
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my cousin lives near the lake and fishes it a lot. From his reports there are a lot of big pike in the lake and he hooked into a monster seven pound smallie (i would probably say about five or six from the picture) but still a nice catch. He hasnt mentioned anything about the crappies yet

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#1401886 - 05/14/08 10:23 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: AceintheHole]
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Yep...the bass are huge and plentiful. Witnessed my bud pull in a 7 pounder last summer with a worm and a bobber. But who wants to fish for them...if I catch a bass I throw it on the shore as it's illegal to release em. wink just kidding whistle

Hey Geppy, pretty sure what he caught was a large mouth...there arent any smallies in ODowd.

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#1401913 - 05/14/08 10:46 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: Lowblazah]
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You never know I got a nice smallmouth out of Prior a few years back.
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#1401916 - 05/14/08 10:49 PM Re: O Dowd [Re: AceintheHole]
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i spose...you never know.
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#1402369 - 05/15/08 10:24 AM Re: O Dowd [Re: kingfisher1]
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I saw a legit 30" eye come out of there a few years back. Lot's of large pike as well.
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