Pelican???

[MnMoose]

 :help:So my buddy and I are trying to remember a lake we used to fish right after ice out for crappies that was just west of albertville 10 or 15 minutes or so.  Maybe you guys can help out.

I remember the lake had a really crappy launch!!
It was quite popular, alot of boats in this little bay right off the launch so its not a secret.

lots of cattails around the lake.

Does this sound like pelican??

I heard a couple people say its cotton or cottonwood but there isnt anything on any maps showin that...
A little help guys????

[pheasantman2121]

From what you are discribing it sounds like it is pelican.  It is just south of monticello

[MnMoose]

ever ice fished it

[thunder]

Pelican is one of the busier panfish lakes right now in that area. There are alot of big gills and crappies in there.

[tracr]

I have ice fished Pelican (good sized cropies) but never open water. It also has a new launch just down from the new one off of county road 117

[thunder]

The new launch is just a parking lot. You can access the lake by foot from it but there is a log fence all the way around it so you can access with a motorized vehcile.

[MnMoose]

Any reports on Pelican Guys?  Would like to go out there Saturday

[Russell]

I was out yesterday and tried a new spot (1/2 mile from anyone) and didn't find anything. I drove anywhere I wanted with four wheel drive and never found any slush. There weren't any weeds and that was most likely why there weren't any fish? I drilled a lot of holes from 11.5 to 7.5 feet, but I did have a guy come and fish 30 yards from me even though there weren't any old holes in the area. He mush have thought I looked cute of something?

[MnMoose]

was gonna go out there today but its too cold...does anyone have access to a lake map of this one with depths?

[pheasantman2121]

Here is a link to a map of the lake


http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/montrose/pelican_depth.pdf

[JCAMERON]

I went out on pelican yesterday... with little luck. A guy in the group caught 2 smaller crappies and a keeper sunny. That was about it.

[MnMoose]

Not so great out there eh?  Is there alot of traffic out there?

[JCAMERON]

Yeah there were quite a few people. It is a pretty big lake with a lot of different shanty towns. I used to catch huge sunnies out of that lake... not so much luck this year.

[putsmaster]

was on pellican thurs. no luck even with viewing sunnies on camera. any help? time? where? croppies will bite after 6 on waxies south end

[tuna]

i was out there last week and did pretty good. we were in 12 ft. of water and started catching them around dark

[Russell]

Did anyone hear of the possibility of libertarian type fishing on Pelican?  I heard from some good sorces that the O2 level was very low, and it WILL freeze out this winter.

[MnMoose]

Didn't hear much of that, well went out today, arrived there about 2ish, watched a couple people nail some northerns in the shallows on the west end of the lake, I ventured around, caught a few nice sunnies early on, then around five I caught a nice stringer of crappies.  Weekends out there are not good.  Lots and lots of traffic.  Ice is really good pushing 30 inches. 

[Stensethfan]

Mike, Moose, Pictures to PM??