Otter Lake, Chippewa County (all postings)

Fishermen are reporting this morning that yesterday crappie were starting & some gills are being caught in shallower water. Tight Lines all.

Tuesday, May 14th - 10.5' slip bobbers with small jigs, waxies, worm or small leech deep. 12 Gills kept 8" to 9.25". Released a few smaller. All males. Warm with several short showers & sun hot when it was out.

Air temp started about 50 when we got on the lake about 8.

We ended up with a couple crappies right off the bat but then hardly had a bite until about noon. The fish were in 6 to 9' of water and about the only thing that worked was a crappie minnow about 5' below the bobber.

Ended up with 14 nice ones between 3 of us and probably tossed a half dozen back. Most caught between 12 and 2 when the weather warmed up and a few showers went through.

Hey wondering if the ice is off of the lake yet?

Fishing tournament on otter lake on 5-18-13. This is a bass, walleye and pike mixed bag 8 fish limit. pike are 1/2 wieght. 19 boat limit $51 entry per boat 2 people max per boat. 98% payout 1-4 and 4 big fish categories. For more info. or preregistration call Jamie @ 715-748-9030 or you can p.m. me

Fished from 2 till 5:15 when wind blew me off the lake. Marked no fish in an area where I always caught crappies in the past. Moved further south and marked fish in 12 fow. Fish where from bottom up to 8 ft. Many lookers but only 3 takers, small gills. Tried several colors, waxies, and minnows.

Hey guys, i havent fished otter before and plan to make a trip up next weekend. if someone could tell me where the best place to drive on would be that would be great.

When i return ill hop on and let ya know how it went. thanks for anfo you might offer

Cronk Be safe and good fishin!!!!!!

Was out on Thursday looking for the elusive crappies that have seen to disappeared in this lake after catching nine shiners and one four inch crappie decided to quit fishing the lake blue gills are biting well and getting some pretty nice ones if anyone is having any luck with the crappies would like to hear can pm me if u rather so anyway bluegills are biting be safe everyone

Rodgod, My group is heading up on the 23rd...does anyone catch any walleyes on this lake through the ice? Also, what depth were you fishing in? Any information would be appreciated.

Fished friday and saturday during the fishery, was a very tough bite to say the least, had 9.5 inches of ice friday after the rain and saturday some of the holes had doubled in size due to the water running down them. still had at least 35 trucks and cars out there to spite the ice conditions. Caught maybe 15 keeper size gilz, crappys and perch and a ton of 4in large mouth bass between the 8 of us! No flags for 3 days either.

Fished 2:00 to dark. Took home seven nice gills and three crappie. Missed a lot of light bites and threw back about 10-12 more. Most of the fish came after 3:45. Also caught two small bass on the jig pole. Marked fish pretty much steady but wanted nothing to do with the bait until 3:45. The couple I caught before that came on a small black jig with a single spike.

The vehicles have started driving on and seem to be going everywhere, but I'll give that another week or two yet!

Fished by the channel in the middle of the lake. Pretty good tip down action. Mostly perch but decent size. Jigging was tough. No flags. Many people driving 4 wheelers out. Ice ranged from 6" -9".

Fished in the bay down the hill from the small parking area. 4-5 inches of good ice in the area close to the stumps. pressure ridge to the left with open water and bad ice. Tried to get across channel and not safe. Fish bite was very slow and only caught a few small perch and one gill, not good. Fished from 9 till noon.

Checked Otter this afternoon, ice is not safe. 2-3 inches in the area that is below the hill where you can park in the small lot along the road. Much of the lake looks like a small lyer of bad ice that is maybe an inch thick. A couple of more days for sure. Be safe and good luck.

i want to thank you guys for your help. the guys i take dont get to go fishing as much as they would like so this will be a great time for them even if all we get is small fish. thanks john