2020 Alexandria-Miltona area Fishing Reports ( Lake conditions)

[Chad Peterson]

Well, I wonder if the cold weather is here for a while? I hope so, I am getting sick of setting on a bucket in the garage! It looks good for ice this weekend on the smaller lakes.

[sartellangler05]

I have next Tuesday off from school and work. Would like to hit north end of Osakis in the a.m. and run over to Smith afterwards for pan fish. I have never been on Smith and will be alone, so if someone remembers and would like to post a report on these two lakes Monday that would be great!!

[TheTuna]

finding 4.5"-5" of ice on north end of Osakis. Hopefully snow stays away this weekend...

[sartellangler05]

How about smith? Any areas I should look out for?

[Bambito]

Also wondering about Smith.... Is she locked up good and tight or is it a mess now with all this snow? Should make some dang good ice tonite even if there is snow on it!

[sartellangler05]

Will be on north end of Osakis early am tomorrow, and then smith in the afternoon. Will report ice thickness and fishing.

[Finlander]

Bring your knee high boots! Lots of water came up after the snow! Thats what my brother reported last night.

[sartellangler05]

Finlandr was this osakis or smith?

[Finlander]

Osakis, hill access!

[RawHog]

What are the ice conditions on Miltona?

[TheTuna]

Hey finlander if your brother needed knee high boots the rest of us can get stay dry with regular boots:) Maybe shouldn't have permament house out yet. Some water coming up after drilling holes as well. Only if snow held off for a week or so.

[Finlander]

Why he put his house on the ice so early i'll never know, I talked to him last night and all of the water that came up on the ice, is now frozen. And he had it blocked high enough so the skids didn't get frozen in. There was 5" of clear ice, now another 4" of frozen slush on top.

I'll be there Friday and Saturday. I would have been up there last weekend if I hadn't severely burned my left hand in a bon fire the week before. 2nd degree burns on every finger and my palm, makes it to fish with. I'll have to ask somebody to bait my hook and take fish off as I cannot risk infection.

It'll be interesting!

[TheTuna]

Brother told me about the burns sorry to hear that. Sure he will help with fishing. Had 5 1/2" of ice this morning with small amount of slush on ice and water coming up the spear hole. Less snow then thought on ice, but still slowing the ice growth.

[timjones]

This afternoon I had a lot of slush and water in my area out for about 100 feet with five and a half inches of ice under it. The slush tapered off from there until after about 150 feet out the slush was gone with about four to five inches of snow on top of the ice. The ice from there out was running at six and a half inches of nice solid clear ice. Couple guys pulled two small skid houses out in the Northwest corner of Schultz's Bay with a utv. People are beginning to go out on areas other than Manthey's Bay.

[beer batter]

Reno had anywhere from 6-9 inches on the west side of the lake last weekend. Saw 4 wheelers pulling wheeled houses out from some private residence homes on the north shore setting up near the rock pile

[JAfish]

Tried west end, not a fish.

[sigel9]

My buddies and I are looking for a place to go fishing this weekend. Does anyone have any suggestions.

[sigel9]

My buddies and I are looking for a place to go fishing this weekend. Does anyone have any suggestions.

[Chad Peterson]

Osakis is going well on panfish if that is what your fishing for.

[sigel9]

How are the ice conditions? Do we need a wheeler to pull the house out?

[timjones]

Depends on where your going. Some areas they are still using wheelers, other areas they are driving out. Wherever you go, check the ice and know what it's like.

[Chad Peterson]

Depends on where your going. Some areas they are still using wheelers, other areas they are driving out. Wherever you go, check the ice and know what it's like.

+1. Good Luck out there.

[sigel9]

Thanks for the info.

[carpmanjake]

was able to get out fishing today. crappies were tough but once i figured out the presentation they wanted, it was fast fun fishing. also stumbled upon a few of these little guys in a small creek. my first, and kinda a weird place to find them.

[carpmanjake]

went out for walleyes last night after the wind calmed down at about 2am. started seeing them up shallow right away, but no takers. tried live bait, raps, and swimbaits. no dice. decided to bring out the Ultralight and try for some crappies or something to give them a break. ended throwing a rabbit fur jig tipped with crappie minnows and immediatly started catching walleyes. many in the 16-22 inch range. one 27 and a 28 ALOT of fun on the ultralight with 4lb test. really gets the blood pumping. sadly i didnt let my phone charge long enough so it died shortly after getting to the spot. needless to say im respooling the rods tonight, stocking up on minnows, and grabbing a real camera and going back out tonight!

[MNMUSKIE50]

Hey Jake,

I’m headed up North this weekend. What depth were the eyes at?

[MNMUSKIE50]

Water temp?

[carpmanjake]

i've been getting them anywhere from 1-10fow. they are really liking very finesse tactics, i have been using small crappie jigs 1/32oz with white rabbit fur tipped with a crappie minnow. pulling in many more walleyes than casting raps, and larger live bait. last night was another good night with the first cast pulling in a BIG walleye and even better i had a fully charged phone this time . a guy who was out too casting raps managed a few small ones, and then i showed up with the finesse tactics and caught a big one, as well as quite a few nice eaters.

quite a fight on a 5' UL rod and 4lb test

i wish i would have taken more pictures. i feel this one just doesn't do her justice. she was very thick!

[1eyeReD]

Nice carpmanjake! I found the same thing in a different different county to the SW of you this past weekend. Except I was the dude casting raps. My dad was finishing up on his panfishin as dark approached and then started hammerin' walleyes on tiny little crappie jigs. By the time I gave in and switched the bite stopped and we got rained out.

[CJH]

Anybody have water temps on Carlos or Le Homme Dieu? Its been a while since I have been out. Thanks!

Great Walleye CMJ!