It's a funny lake it's like there on or off nothing in between. I've been fishing their since I was kid and it's always been like that. Theres alot more structure in there then people think. Theres some real pigs in there but they are hard to come by. I've found the best time for Bass and Pike to be right at sun up and right at dusk using top water baits in the lilly pads. During the day I've found the pigs tend to go the the deep rocks around the small island and the rope swing area using big jigs with plastics. It's a great walleye lake if their and you can find them. In the summer I've good luck for walleyes bobber fishing with leeches or worms in the hole in front of the pier in about 20'-15' in the evenings. I would like to see some regs put on this lake for walleye, bass and pike.

yea it was a rainy daay andi ccell phone picture he sent me so i wasnt really sure

Headed out there tonight till dark will report back. Hope I don't catch a bully

lol. agreed. Bully's are nothing but trouble

Hi ace! I'm heading up there this weekend; let me know how it goes!

Out on O'Dowd with the wife today. There were lots of tiny sunnies, which are superb at sucking the waxies off the hook (dear wife affectionately calls them breastfeeders - lol) It was fun to watch trails of the little guys following the lure. Caught 4 nice large mouth bass (of course could not keep) and a couple small crappies. My wife maintains that it is all her fault because she wore her "Keep it Reel" Bass fishing t-shirt. Should have worn the "Crappie Attitude" tee instead. All-in-all, we had fun. Lots of frogs singing - loons & geese. Bright sunny (no nagging or b!%#$ing) And the best part is we didn't use a tank of gas to get to the fishing hole. Gotta Love Minnesota!!

the bass hole, odowd is pretty much a fall walleye nlake. good luck.

Had a good evening managed 10 walleye 5 of which were between 15-18" couple of pike biggest being 31". I was using jig/minnow combo fishing 5-10". All fish came just before and after sunset.

Today I snagged 3 Walleyes 16"ish and 12 nice sunfish (nice to finally catch some bluegills that size!) and more bass than I could count.

Right off the dock.

what were you using for the walleyes because i am going out there tomorow

Bottom fishing, floating jig with a crappie minnow or shiner.

this is a popular lake in the area!!

When you bottom fish like this, do you throw on a sliding heavier weight and a splitshot a foot or two from the floating jighead, and hook the minnow through the mouth? Do you do this still fishing, or when drifting (or both)?

Similar to this. I just use an eggdrop weight or one of the flat horizontal type ones. All mono line.

Good to meet you out there Ace. It was good get into to some walleyes and pike thanks to your guiding my in the right direction. I went out last night and hit the walleyes pretty hard again. Thanks for introducing to Fishing Mn. What a great web-site