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Oakley - 06/24/23 - psanders71 - 06-27-2023 Made it out for the third time so far this year and was not disappointed. Was able to take my daughter's family out for the day and ended up catching a few limits of walleyes with many of them about 14 inches and a few trout with the biggest at 21 inches. Nearly all were caught pulling plugs anywhere from 10 to 20 ft of water and going less than 2.0 mph. Did catch a few tossing jigs towards shore. Overall great day on the water with family! RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - meancuznalfy - 06-27-2023 Nice, looks like it's picking up a bit. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - wiperhunter2 - 06-27-2023 Great report, glad you and your kids family had a great day on the water. So you are saying you guys caught a lot of Walleye under 14", what was the smallest one you got in the boat? Has the run off ended or did the water level come up any since your last trip there? RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - psanders71 - 06-28-2023 I would say that the lake was up just a bit more than what it was last time we were there. Water clarity was much better and there was a lot less debris floating around. As far as the size of the fish is concerned, the vast majority was right about 14 with a few smaller ones mixed in as well. Nothing bigger than that though. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - wiperhunter2 - 06-28-2023 With that many eyes that size being caught, I'm guess is there are a bunch more in there about that size, by next year or even later this year they should be getting some size to them. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - meancuznalfy - 06-28-2023 They won't get much bigger, too many of them in there. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - wiperhunter2 - 06-28-2023 (06-28-2023, 02:50 PM)meancuznalfy Wrote: They won't get much bigger, too many of them in there. That's too bad, in lakes with plenty of food to eat, eyes would grow 4 or more inches a year. In Willard they get 14 to 16" after two years but they have shad that keep them growing that size. The fish and game in Utah plant around 200,000 to 500,000 eye fry in Willard every year. How many do they plant in Oakley? RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - psanders71 - 06-28-2023 (06-28-2023, 04:12 AM)psanders71 Wrote: I would say that the lake was up just a bit more than what it was last time we were there. Water clarity was much better and there was a lot less debris floating around. As far as the size of the fish is concerned, the vast majority was right about 14 with a few smaller ones mixed in as well. Nothing bigger than that though. Tried adding a pic on the prior post... this is attempt #2 ![]() RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - wiperhunter2 - 06-28-2023 Looks like you figured it out, nice haul of eyes. Were there any other boats out there fishing when you were there? RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - meancuznalfy - 06-28-2023 (06-28-2023, 04:33 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote:(06-28-2023, 02:50 PM)meancuznalfy Wrote: They won't get much bigger, too many of them in there. They've put around 3 million in there in the last 6 years, so I'd guess they're stunted a bit. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - wiperhunter2 - 06-28-2023 (06-28-2023, 08:48 PM)meancuznalfy Wrote:Wow, that seems a little excessive but that's around half a million a year. Unless there is enough food for that many eyes, I can see how it would be a problem.(06-28-2023, 04:33 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote:(06-28-2023, 02:50 PM)meancuznalfy Wrote: They won't get much bigger, too many of them in there. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - meancuznalfy - 06-28-2023 Yea, they haven't planted it it every year, but that lake isn't big enough for that many fish, only perch we catch are bigger and we don't get a whole lot of them, so not really much forage for the eyes. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - psanders71 - 06-29-2023 (06-28-2023, 06:40 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Looks like you figured it out, nice haul of eyes. Were there any other boats out there fishing when you were there? There were about a dozen total that day... most I have seen in one day for sure. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - wiperhunter2 - 06-29-2023 (06-29-2023, 07:28 PM)psanders71 Wrote:(06-28-2023, 06:40 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: Looks like you figured it out, nice haul of eyes. Were there any other boats out there fishing when you were there? Wow, that seems like a lot of boats for that lake, at least normally. Maybe the word got out that the fishing was good. ![]() RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - meancuznalfy - 06-29-2023 It gets pretty busy when the bite is good. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - wiperhunter2 - 06-30-2023 (06-29-2023, 08:47 PM)meancuznalfy Wrote: It gets pretty busy when the bite is good. Sounds like it. RE: Oakley - 06/24/23 - meancuznalfy - 06-30-2023 We only fish the week days and have seen that many. |