Osakis Help

[aug495fish]

My wife and I will be staying on Osakis without our kids (I just had to add that) July 16-22. I have looked at a map of Osakis and have marked many places that I want to try.

That being said, I have a threefold question:

1) My wife and I love to catch bluegills and sunfish. Any thoughts on where to go?

2) We want to catch some northerns too, preferably by trolling. Any suggestions?

3) We also want to fish for some walleyes early in the morning but especially after dark. We just want some time on the water after sunset with Wave Busters and a light stick.

Like I said, I have looked at a map and have many spots marked and transferred to my gps but I thought I would throw it out to you all.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

P.S. I seriously consider hiring Agape for a guide but just couldn't work it out. I know that is the best way to get the answers to my questions but I just can't do it at this time. Maybe next year.

[Finlander]

I've been fishing Osakis since 1968, and if you want sunfish, try fishing with a small chunck of crawler or a whole angle worm beneath a bobber next and I mean right against the bullrushes on Crow Point. Try to put your bobber in a small nook or cranny in the rushes as they like to hide amongst the rushes. Use at least 8 pound test line as lease blugills will wrap your line around the bullrushes!

Also try by the "Outlet" area amongst the cane and various emergent vegetation as this is where the sunfish will hang around! Also, have a good pair of polarized sun glasses and use your electric trolling motor to scout around to find the schools of gills.

Ifinz you want northerns, just troll rapala's on any flat (9'-12'of water) and you will catch pike and walleyes!

Night fishing for walleyes on Osakis is a bust! The bugs will drive you off the water guarenteed! You will see if you don't believe me!

Early morning trolling on any flat (9'-15') with #5 shad raps any color will catch walleyes for sure.

Good luck!

[lundman50]

For alot of northern action and a few walleyes troll the east side of the lake next to the pencil weeds its a hard bottom without alot of weeds most other places youll pull your hair out trying to follow weed edges spending all your time taking weeds off. your can troll a #5 shad in 7 to 8 feet and its awesome.

[Wayne Ek]

First, I think the bugs will be a problem at night. When I really HATED fish, I mean REALLY HATED WALLEYES and wanted to catch them at night I would use a head-net, otherwise I think the bugs will force you from the lake. Check in-town at the bait shop, but I think it has been a couple of weeks since the end of the panny spawn and the big "gills" could be setting up on the deep rocks. If they are use 4 pound test on the rocks and definately 8 pound in the pencil reeds (hard stems). Northerns, for good fish and eaters I would look for a deep break coming up agains the pencils, then troll cranks or single bladed spinner-baits with the skirts removed and replaced with a mediun sucker. Remember your big northerns are probably already moving to deep water to set-up on the pelagic populations of prey, wow say that fast 3 times Depending on where you are staying (assuming it's on the lake) a number of the resorts have good to excellant dock fishing at night, and then it's just a short walk to get away from the bugs.

[seekingwalleye]

what do you guys do to target legal size walleyes out there?? I find that where ever I go, I am catching some walleyes but they are all about 10"!!..

[aug495fish]

Thanks for all of your input and suggestions. I appreciate it!

[bigbucks]

The small fish bite is on now, but if you're catching all little ones, keep moving. When we've caught good ones on a spot we haven't caught many little ones.

[aug495fish]

Only one more week until vacation at Linwood Resort on Osakis! Any other suggestions? Any updates? Thanks!

[TOP FIVE]

There was a tourney last weekend and because the wind was straight out of the north, the south side was really producing down by half mile. I heard of some nice fish (6 lbs) coming off of cranks and spinners.

Good Luck and have fun!

[aug495fish]

Thanks! We leave on Sunday!

[DoubleA]

Let me know how it goes, I will be staying at Holiday Resort the last week the last week of July. We have been perennially frustrated trying to catch walleyes on that lake.

[Dirty Norskie]

Lots of little Walleyes on the main bars in any depth between 15' and 25'. If you want some bigger ones you will find them in the weeds (5' to 6' of water) Pull spinners at about 2 miles per hour to keep above the weeds. Good Luck.

[aug495fish]

Well, we had a great week on Osakis. Fishing on Monday and Tuesday was horrible. Part of that was me learning the lake a bit and the other was the weather.

On Wednesday we found the panfish and had a blast.

On Thursday, my wife had a number of firsts, first rockbass, first smallmouth and first walleye.

We ended up catching a number of small walleye. We kept a few that were above the slot. We also tangled with some northern and a couple of those are pickling as I type.

All in all a great week and I sure hope we can stay at that resort again.