Hey Dan - We've never made it out too early in a boat. It seems most of the time we start wading the rocky shorelines having best luck as sun is coming up or going down. When we do get the boat out, some of the fish have already spawned but as Craig mentioned, they come in waves. We slow troll road runners. When I say slow troll, its referring to 1.0 -1.5 mph. You can troll faster but I prefer to troll just slow enough to make the little blade turn and keep the lure close to bottom. Using this method, we have limited out on walleyes, but we do good with crappie and whitebass too. I'm more familiar with central lakes of the state. I've relocated to the KC area and I haven't walleye fished around here yet. Sorry I cant give you more specifics about Clinton.