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Mille Lacs Lake Ice Fishing

Mille Lacs Lake Ice Fishing

There is a Giant Walleye Statue that sits on the Garrison Park just off the U.S. Route 169. It isn’t there by happenstance though. It serves to point out to visitors that Mille Lacs Lake is also called the Walleye Lake. Likewise itt serves as a promise to visitors that there is good ice fishing here in Mille Lacs Lake.

Mille Lacs Lake is blessed with many things. And one is its size comparative to its depth. Although a fairly large lake at 207 square miles, Mille Lacs Lake is relatively shallow all through out.  The maximum depth is at 42 feet but that is only on the dead center. At most it is 20 to 38 feet in depth. That makes its thermo cline phenomenon, though occurring but rather slapdash and light.

This rare thermo cline phenomenon of Mille Lacs Lake allows fishes to enjoy the entire oxygenated lake. That’s why even in the coldest winter, the fishes of Mille Lacs Lake are still found to be nibbling and biting intensely making Mille Lacs Lake Ice Fishing as the most rewarding ice fishing spot in the United States.

Due to its shallow depths, Mille Lacs Lake Ice Fishing becomes available as early as mid November. Mille Lacs Lake freezes over completely, affording ice at 2 to 4 feet in thickness. So that means it can facilitates not only a small group of ice fishermen, it can also facilitate any long Mille Lacs Lake Ice Fishing expedition. There are lots of fish house rentals near the Mille Lacs Lake vicinity.

You can however arrange a Mille Lacs Lake ice fishing trip with the numerous trip dealers in Minnesota. Here are some of them.

Dickie’s on Mille Lacs
http://dickiesportside.com/icefish.html

Offers several choices for winter fish house rentals and all of them have cooking stoves. These houses are equipped to have tables and chairs, gas lights, open holes and padded bunks, and plowed road access. That’s the beauty of ice fishing, a nearby winter house where everyone can relax and cook those fine fishes for dinner.

Dickie’s also offers mobile fish houses, as well as other ice fishing gear, equipment and tour guides.

The Red Door Resort Motel
http://reddoorresort.com/

Though more of a motel than a vacation cabin, the Red Door Resort Motel sits a few minutes away Mille Lacs Lake. So those that enjoy ice fishing enjoy cooking by the lake but would want to retire on fully furnished comfortable lodgings should book to Red Door Resort Motel. After all having fun always tires everyone out; and if you’re tired, you’d want the best and most comfortable place to crash possible.

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