Clear Lake 6-8 (Between Sweet Home and Sisters)

benny boy · 06-09-2009, 05:02 PM

Took a friend fishing on Monday and did very well. Left Sweet Home about 6:45 with drift boat in tow. Got on the lake and began fishing around 8 a.m. and started hooking fish immediately. First two of the day were solid 13-14 inch slabs! After catching another 18 in a row we had kept only three. Caught some beautiful holdover fish (I assume) and ended up with 7 in the 13-14 inch range. We tried various areas on the lake and covered a lot of water, but casting rainbow and green powerbaits seemed to be the trick ( trolled and casted worms and red eggs with nothing, also tried fl. Red powerbait with very few hits). Got back to our spot and the wind picked up a bit making the bites a bit harder to detect. Managed to hook fish after fish for a lot of the afternoon and had a grand total of 51 caught, as stated most were released but did take our limits home, with a bonus brookie! Beautiful day and great day on the lake. Hope to be up there again a bit later in the week!

honker1 · 06-09-2009, 06:29 PM

Good job and thanks for the posting.

alumacapt · 06-10-2009, 07:22 PM

Is clear lake a non motorized lake?

benny boy · 06-10-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by alumacapt

Is clear lake a non motorized lake?

Yes, definitely. Makes it kindof nice and quiet! Great place to go if you have never been!

joemomma · 06-10-2009, 09:11 PM

Thanks for the report BB, haven't been there since I was a Kid! You had a great day!

benny boy · 06-11-2009, 01:59 PM

We had an awesome day! I have always loved the lake. From being able to see the standing trees in the water and fish swimming by, to the good fishing. I believe I was between 6-7 when I learned to row a boat in that lake! Now I'm 23 and taking people there to catch fish is awesome. Hopefully will be going there again very soon, great place!!!!!

rodholder1 · 06-11-2009, 04:04 PM

Nice to hear the report, I will be camping at Clear lake in July with a large family group. We used to go every year but haven't for too many years I am really looking forward to the trip this year.

twisted lines · 06-11-2009, 05:37 PM

Good to see your still at it.....TL

benny boy · 06-11-2009, 08:49 PM

Chris,
You better believe I am still going strong on the fishing. No girl could make me give that up

Hope you are doing well! We need to get together one of these days and do a little fishing. I think my dad, grandpa, uncle, cousin and myself are going to try Diamond on Saturday so that should be fun! Also taking a cousin and friend back to Clear Lake in the morning. Hope to have some pics and another good report!

biederboat · 06-11-2009, 08:57 PM

I have SO many fond memories of that lake. I remember when the campground was on the resort side. The wooden boats now being gradually replaced by aluminum because Eugene doesn't want paint in their water

(I hear there's been a lot of deaths attributed to this over the years). We rode our bikes up there from Lebanon when we were in the 6th grade, spend a whole week up there. Man we were kings!!! I think it's about the most "serene" place in Oregon. My son and I camped there last September and my daughter went with her boy friend's family over Memorial Day weekend. She caught some of those slabs as well. I'm not a huge trout fan but, dang, they were good!

Biederboat

benny boy · 06-11-2009, 10:24 PM

biederboat,
I never knew about the aluminum boats and wooden boats. I have always loved the lake as well! Like I said after the excellent fishing I had a line of people wanting to go back! I got everything ready tonight and got the drift boat hooked up. If anyone is up there tomorrow we will be in the 16 ft. Brown/tan aluminum drift boat, hopefully catching a ton of fish!

Riding bikes up there and spending a week on that lake would be awesome. I guess I am just to lazy and love the fact I can have my boat up there! (Monday was the first time I had taken my old man's boat out without him). It truly is a gem of a lake and ranks so high on my list.
I do however like to avoid it later in the year and on weekends as it is a very "touristy" lake! But what can you say, very quiet and fishing is always easy.

biederboat · 06-12-2009, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by benny boy

biederboat,
I never knew about the aluminum boats and wooden boats..

That's based on what the resort manager told me there last September. There's just something about rowing a little wooden boat that has to be one of the top pleasurable boating experiences.

Biederboat

dlm · 06-12-2009, 07:00 AM

I used to fish that with a wooden canoe and a fly rod. Man were those simpler days.

No longer have the canoe but have an aluminum boat, two motors, fishfinder, two downriggers and 2 ton of tackle.

willierower · 06-12-2009, 09:39 AM

I worked at the lodge 1 summer when I was a kid. It was a neat experience.

I didnt mess with the planted rainbows too much, I targeted the Brookies. Fish in the shallows at the west end of the lake. Troll streamers way out behind the boat.

marshworm · 06-12-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dlm

I used to fish that with a wooden canoe and a fly rod. Man were those simpler days.

No longer have the canoe but have an aluminum boat, two motors, fishfinder, two downriggers and 2 ton of tackle.

yea dlm, I feel for ya

but we all understand you were forced into it because the fish became bigger, smarter, deeper, finickier and harder to find and the solitude and peacefullness became so deafening that you had to upgrade to a noiser faster fishing environment cause you thought your hearing was gone and you kept falling asleep

McSteelie · 06-12-2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by dlm

I used to fish that with a wooden canoe and a fly rod. Man were those simpler days.

No longer have the canoe but have an aluminum boat, two motors, fishfinder, two downriggers and 2 ton of tackle.

Do you catch more fish now then you did then?

joemomma · 06-12-2009, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dlm

I used to fish that with a wooden canoe and a fly rod. Man were those simpler days.

No longer have the canoe but have an aluminum boat, two motors, fishfinder, two downriggers and 2 ton of tackle.

DLM, I know how ya feel, But I'm going to build me a wood 8' pram this summer, just for me and the dog! Got me a nice toon, but the lab don't like it, cause he don't ride in it! Time to go back to the basic's for awhile! No motor, just real nice sticks to row with!

Central OR Bowhunt · 06-12-2009, 06:47 PM

Not trying jack your thread but how is the fishing on the shores?

benny boy · 06-12-2009, 08:09 PM

Spent time there again today with the drift boat and a couple friends. We managed to catch 34. While releasing many we did take limits home. I looked to see if there would be fewer wooden boats but I saw many (at least half) that were still good ol' wood. Beautiful day and we left before the rain started too much! I love that place!

dlm · 06-12-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by marshworm

yea dlm, I feel for ya

but we all understand you were forced into it because the fish became bigger, smarter, deeper, finickier and harder to find and the solitude and peacefullness became so deafening that you had to upgrade to a noiser faster fishing environment cause you thought your hearing was gone and you kept falling asleep

Na, I used the grandson for an excuse.

We were joking the other day that it will not be that many years until instead of calling to go fishing with grandpa, he will be calling to borrow the boat.

And that will be just fine with me....

dlm · 06-12-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by joemomma

DLM, I know how ya feel, But I'm going to build me a wood 8' pram this summer, just for me and the dog! Got me a nice toon, but the lab don't like it, cause he don't ride in it! Time to go back to the basic's for awhile! No motor, just real nice sticks to row with!

When your back gets sore let me know, I have two electrics that are gathering dust.

Silver Eagle · 06-13-2009, 05:17 AM

I've finally got to the place where they call Dad to go fishing in there boats, went yesterday and had a great day, nice when you get home and all you have to do is grab your pole and tackle box and call it a day...well sometimes it works like that................Ray
PS sure make an old man look bad when the Grandkids outfish him, but in retrospeck I taught them right I guess.......