NE South Dakota or Otter tail County MN?

Looking to take a Ice fishing trip Early January. Thinking about the glacial lakes in north east South Dakota or Otter Tail county MN area. Any suggestions? Never fished either areas. Willing to try anywhere not set on any given area. Walleye, Crappie, gills, perch doesn’t matter just looking to try a new area. Any suggestions? Any lodging recommendations are appreciated also. Not looking for luxury. Proximity to good fishing with options close by is most important.

gator800r wrote:

Looking to take a Ice fishing trip Early January. Thinking about the glacial lakes in north east South Dakota or Otter Tail county MN area. Any suggestions? Never fished either areas. Willing to try anywhere not set on any given area. Walleye, Crappie, gills, perch doesn’t matter just looking to try a new area. Any suggestions?

Go to Otter Tail Lake, lots of walleye and bonus sturgeon

No. No sturgeon here. That’s just a horrible rumor someone started. Plenty of other fish here though enjoy away. Battle Lake area and Ottertail have lots of options to go exploring nearby lakes with a portable. If you want to stay at a hotel stay in Fergus Falls and go out from there. Its a 45 minute drive to SD and 20 minutes to Ottertail from there so you can hit all of the above in a long weekend.