The fish species on the Lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), common carp, shorthead redhorse, white sucker, banded killifish, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, brook stickleback, central mudminnow, common shiner, emerald shiner, fathead minnow, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, least darter, logperch, mimic shiner, spottail shiner, and tadpole madtom.

[6] The 572 acre Santer WildlifeManagement Area is located several miles east of Lake Osakis.

The Area is made up of mixed habitat that includes grass fields and restored native grass fields, wetlands, restored wetlands, cattails, low land grass, brush, crop fields, and oak-aspen wooded areas.

It is open to the public for a variety of outdoor activities including hunting, photography, and bird watching.

23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.