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Title: Lake st Clair
Post by: Worldhunter on May 26, 2013, 10:16:40 AM

Anyone ever fished it?  I live right by it and was wondering if it is worth fishing?

Title: Re: Lake st Clair
Post by: Bullkllr on May 26, 2013, 10:28:12 AM

Fished it at the launch the other day. Caught a couple average planter trout.
Its got a good mix of fish.
Kind of an odd lake, with all those channels, inlets, and shoreline. Deeper than most lowland lakes.

WA Lakes .com has some decent reports for it.

Title: Re: Lake st Clair
Post by: Dirty Mike on May 26, 2013, 10:42:28 AM

Its worth it

Title: Re: Lake st Clair
Post by: HookedOnQuack on May 26, 2013, 06:36:43 PM

i have heard its a great bass lake  :dunno:

Title: Re: Lake st Clair
Post by: BigGoonTuna on May 26, 2013, 07:03:13 PM

st clair is my favorite thurston county lake.  i mainly fish it for perch, but there's just about everything in there.  i catch more holdover trout there than anywhere else.

Title: Re: Lake st Clair
Post by: billythekidrock on May 26, 2013, 07:23:08 PM

St. Clair is a great lake if you have a small boat. Troll 1/2 nightcrawler with a red powerbait egg along the edges of the big portion of the lake for trout. Hit the channels in the smaller portion  for lots of blue gill action.

There was a time when I knew every trout hole in that lake but you could only fish a few hours on the weekends before the skiers would ruin it. Used to be a lot of good deer hunting there as well.

Title: Re: Lake st Clair
Post by: Worldhunter on May 26, 2013, 08:48:26 PM

Never really fished much, but I live right on it.  Guess ill have to push the canoe out tomorrow. Send me a PM if anyone is interested in going with me.   Thanks for the insight.  Also, where did you deer hunt out here.  The whole lake is built up as far as I can tell. 

Title: Re: Lake st Clair
Post by: billythekidrock on May 27, 2013, 07:36:51 AM

It has been years since I hunted over there, but if you can access property on the North or East sides of the lake you will still find lots of deer and the occasional bear. Used to be an elk or two in there a few times a year, but they mostly stay on the mil rez.

I will send a pm of some of my favorite spots to fish.

Title: Re: Lake st Clair
Post by: Hillbilly270 on May 27, 2013, 08:34:07 AM

I used to bass fish in there and it was awesome.