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Lake O'Dowd Fishing Reports


superiorfishguy

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i was out saturday afternoon/night near the break on island also, saw fish the whole time but only caught couple dink crappies and sunnies, oh and one monster perch, think it was 4 inches long...

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Hey all, looking to hit o dowds tomorrow morninng. I am open to targeting any fish. What should I go for? And where should I look with the heat?

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Some of the shallower bays yes. The SW is completely choked with milfoil. And the SE is getting there with lily pads on top.

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It can get green just like any lake around here, but if there's a breeze you can sometimes find clearer water on the leeward side of points and islands. Not sure what it's like currently The one thing I don't like about this lake is that it's really not suitable for speedboats (tubers, skiers, etc) but there's plenty of them out there. Not a lot of room between shorelines, islands, etc. so you're constantly getting buzzed, waked, etc. You can still catch fish, but it's not as peaceful as other more wide-open lakes where at least you can find a little room for yourself. Spring and fall it's great!

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As of a couple of weeks ago O'Dowd was pretty darn green. Didn't seem to deter the bass in the slop much though!

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Anybody brave (or crazy) enough to cut a hole in odowd yet? Never been but hope to try on Saturday. Curious how she's freezing up

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Got a nice fat 14.5 inch walleye on lake odowd, does any one know what is the average size on that lake.

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went out yesterday and got a 30 inch northern in the warm weather. And just a question, does fish feed in warm weather like yesterday and today, and what depth.

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    • leech~~
      Nope not me.  May want to go nextdoor and ask around?  
    • smurfy
      Looks to me like Leech brought his chair home!!😅😆
    • Brianf.
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    • SkunkedAgain
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    • LakeofthewoodsMN
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    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
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