Otter lake from the sky. Otter Lake and river is located just outside Tapiola, MI. Otter lake used to be a world class walleye fishing lake but not anymore. You can still catch perch, walleye, bass, pike, crappie, rainbow trout(not many in the lake) and lake sturgeon. A friends daughter about 10 years ago caught a sturgeon on a girls barbie fishing pole, it took over 2 hours to reel it in. Another friends had caught one while fishing with his father who was visiting, it took around an hour and a