Ottertail or Big Stone for jumbos?

[jimmyjigger]

We are heading to Ottertail or Big Stone this weekend in pursuit of some jumbos. Never ice fished either lake before. Does anyone have any advice on which lake to fish? Any info without giving up your hotspots would be greatly appreciated. We are not afraid of drilling holes to find them once we know what direction to head. jigger

[jerkin'm]

The Otter Tail jumbo supply seems nearly non existant...unless an 8" fish is a jumbo...Can't tell you anything about Big Stone...

[Bothun]

Big Stone has some nice perch but they are few and far between. I haven't fished there much this year but the best advice would be to head north and be very very careful on the ice. That lake is notorious for having sketchy ice.

[ortonville]

the ice on bigstone is the best i can remember there are no pressure ridges.as far as head north i would disagree.there are jumbos in bigstone and i wouldnt say far and few.the fishing has been tough i will say that.on sunday there was 22 or so inches of ice.the south end was good a week ago.but has slowed down i think they can still be found if you would drill and move.the twin silo area was not bad on sunday i went home with 16 from 10 to 12 inches. give me a e-mail addy and a time when you will be leaving and i will see what i hear and let you know before you leave.another thing is the limit on bigstone is 25

[Bothun]

When I was out there earlier in the season we had the best luck up on the north end. The ice at that time was a little scary going from 16 inches to about 6 in roughly 100 yards. I'm sure you have fished stone much more than I have so you most likely will have better insight. I was using swedish pimples tipped with minnow heads and spikes having some decent luck. No monsters tho.

[ortonville]

ya right now from meadow brook norht there are not more than 3 dozen houses and they are all in the shady area.the last cold spell evened out the ice it is all pretty good