The fishing in the lake itself is incredible all year round. If you are looking for a trophy walleye the late fall yields the largest fish in the river section. Fishing in the river section right now has been pretty spectacular.
Fish the river section it has been really good last few weeks and traditionally remains that way until the fall. We are headed there on the 15th for 5 days... we had a fabulous trip last month on the river and have been counting down the days since we left...
As to where to fish since you never been on the water, cant go wrong hiding amoungst the local boats in same areas day after day.. We did well with jigs tipped with minnows or leeches as well asbottom bouncers
When we were there a few years ago we had our best luck jigging on the drop off of the river contour in the lake section out from the marina in middle of lake. Did not fish the river section much though.
The lake is on fire, thursday i caught 10 over 70 cm, friday 1, sat 2, sunday 1 all over 70 cm, It was my first time on the lake part and ill be back many more times.