08-31-2018, 01:02 PM
Sure - Every year for the past 8-9 years I fly out to Minnesota and fish on Upper Red Lake.
There are a lot of options but the one that has seemed to work best for me is flying into Bemidji - fish a lake there for the first day, then cruse up to Upper Red and stay in a fish-house for a few days. Upper-Red is about 30min South of the Canadian border.
I pick up groceries in Bemidji and then just sleep in the house (has beds) out on the ice....fish 24 hours a day.
Depending on the kind of experience you are looking for there are a lot of options. If you want to hit Lake of the Woods - I have found that most fish house rentals are day use...so you end up paying for the rental of the house during the day and then a lodge room at night off the lake.
I choose Upper Red so Im only paying for one "room" 24/7 and I can fish all the time.
The rental service I use is pretty good...if you arent catching fish they always scouting the lake and they will drag your house (usually a 10X20) to a new location so you arent stuck on a dead spot.
I've usually done the trip alone but took my son last year. He loved it so we are going back again this year.
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There are a lot of options but the one that has seemed to work best for me is flying into Bemidji - fish a lake there for the first day, then cruse up to Upper Red and stay in a fish-house for a few days. Upper-Red is about 30min South of the Canadian border.
I pick up groceries in Bemidji and then just sleep in the house (has beds) out on the ice....fish 24 hours a day.
Depending on the kind of experience you are looking for there are a lot of options. If you want to hit Lake of the Woods - I have found that most fish house rentals are day use...so you end up paying for the rental of the house during the day and then a lodge room at night off the lake.
I choose Upper Red so Im only paying for one "room" 24/7 and I can fish all the time.
The rental service I use is pretty good...if you arent catching fish they always scouting the lake and they will drag your house (usually a 10X20) to a new location so you arent stuck on a dead spot.
I've usually done the trip alone but took my son last year. He loved it so we are going back again this year.
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