For some reason, this extremely clear lake has skunked me again. I was hoping that my research over the winter and new techniques would finally help me conquer this clear water beast but not yet. My first outing of the year does not have me excited. Fish, if I read my new 581i DI correctly, were hung on the bottom near ledges. This is why I tried to fish the majority of the places I did. Any insight? I included a map with where I fished, baits and water details.

 

Will love to see what everybody else says... I've fished similar conditions (not so clear), with similar results.  Were there any rocks, wood, or vegetation?  I would have tried to find anything that could hold heat, or any spot of water that might have been a bit warmer.

 

Did you try anything shallow?  With water temp in the 40s, this wouldn't be my first stop. However, on my last trip (I got skunked), that was the one thing I regret not trying.

Normally there is heavy vegetation out to 10' during the summer months. There were visible patches all over.

Pretty chilly. I really have no good advice since I never fish water that cold. If I had to take a guess the fish werent liking what you were pitching.

Dude I am up here in the NE, the last two weeks theres been two tournaments. The first one had 20 boats, they caught zero.... ZERO. The next one had 30 boats this past weekend who fished a lake known to be awesome and caught 1!

 

Dont take it so personal quite yet.

I think the pain is everytime I fish it is the same result. I see guys pulling musky and walleye but I can't catch squat.