If you are getting copious amounts of thin wet CM, I would say go and DTD now
That sounds like fairly fertile CM to me. Usually it starts out watery and get thicker and more like egg whites (if you don't know what I am talking about, crack open an egg and look at the whites - stretch them between your fingers). It stay completely clear though.
CM isn't a sure sign of ovulation because it can be easily confused with sperm. If you have DTD in the last couple of days, it could be that as well. Sperm doesn't tend to be as copious as CM and the stretchy bits clump but it is easy to confuse if you don't know what you are looking for.
If you want to, you can also check your cervix. It is hard to know if you don't check it regularly, but if it is hard to reach, feels really soft (like the inside of your check) and the O of your cervix is open (really soft and you can easily fit your finger in there) then you are most probably fertile at the moment. If you are not fertile, your cervix will be low and hard.
Unfortunately though, CM and cervical position are only secondary indicators of ovulation. It is possible to ovulate without noticing either of these things and it is possible to have both of these things and not ovulate. Temping is the only way to pinpoint it for sure. It might not be too late to start. Take your temps for the next couple of days and see. If it goes up around the same time that your CM settled down, then it may very well be ovulation. It might have just been a bit delayed this cycle.
I heard that if you get a 21 day progesterone challenge (blood test) taken then they can tell if you've ovulated. The corpus luteum secretes progesterone after the egg is released, once the CL dies the progesterone drops and that initiates AF to start and then you start all over again!
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