Arnesens Rocky Pt.

[Steelhead Chaser]

Yes, Arnesens provides a 5 gallon jug of watier.

[Fish Slayer]

Thanks!

[minimite]

got back last night from a 3 day trip in there sleepers and once again had another succesful trip they have burnt out 12 mile cuz they cant get to archies due to 30 inch gap that closed up on the thursday and turned into a pretty good heave and they still cant get there bombers across. so they had us on some tight contour lines not to far off of shore. when we followed them out on the first morning with our sleds i was pretty sceptical of where our house was sitting but figured there guys know what their doing and kept my mouth shut and started fishing. turned out they no where to put there houses as usual. two of us fishing and we had just under fifty fish on wednesday, thursday was pretty slow with upper twenties for fish caught(but we did spend most of the afternoon drilling holes and trying catch fish in spots joe told us about, probably would of done better if we had fished the sleeper all day), friday we were just under fifty fish. we have had better numbers in the past but this pretty darn good for as unsure the guides were about the area they had put us in. bite was decent from 9 to 12 and then and at noon it was like somebody rang the dinner bell and the majority of our fish were caught from noon to 3:30. only marked a few suspended fish after 3:30 each day but couldn't get any of them to bite. great service, they have always had our houses over fish and checking in with us 3 times a day to make sure we don't need anything. lures that produced the fish were rattlin flyers (green glow, and the gold and red one) and frosted glow stop sign for jigging and caught a ton of saugers with red hook under the bobber. wish we could come up again but gotta save our second trip for the river run. thanks again guys and see ya next winter.

[Fish Slayer]

Minimite,

Anything else you recommend bringing up to Arnesens? First time staying in there sleepers the second weekend in Feb. Thanks .

[Cobra]

Minimite,

What size spoons were you using?

Thanks for the report!

[minimite]

sleeping bag pillow, pot and a pan, radio or ipod(only two stations come in on the fm up there) ziplocks for rinsing fish, cooking utensils, and cooking supplies you use at home for whatever your cooking. shacks have a full cooking range and oven, bunks with matress's, bathroom with bucket seat and tp, folding table, measuring tape with slots marked out, folding chairs, five gallon water jug and bait. shacks are huge and in excellent condition.

rattlin flyer i think just comes in the one size(they have them in the lodge) and i was using the biggest stop sign they make cant remember the size number. number 8 red hook with sinker eight inches above it on flourocarbon is what i always on the dead stick. goodluck, wish i could head back up.

[marine_man]

(only two stations come in on the fm up there)

And on Sunday morning you're listening to Church either way!

marine_man

[edge800]

going to be out of Arnesens from 2/2 - 2/4...will give a report when we get back. Have a special fondess of this place as I purchased one of my Goldern Retrievers from Steve and Margo years ago.

[Fish Slayer]

Thanks minimite I appreciate all the info. I will report when i get back in case anyone else can make it up to gods country. Good luck Edge save a couple for me.

[Marlonb]

Stayed in Arnesen's sleeper Jan 27-30. Had similar reports as minimite. Most of the fish were reallly agressive. Had to really work to get a few to bite. They would follow the bait up several times, but wouldn't bite until you raised up fairly fast. The best action was on a Red Lindy Flyer with a shiner head. And if you had a looker that wouldn't bite we would switch to a fathead(head)and they would bite on that. Sunday the fishing was tougher, but we managed 10 keepers in the morning while packing for the trip home. Hats off to the Arnesens group they run a excellent resort.

[LOW_SwampStomper]

Fished out of Arnesens on sunday with the Genrel and his sister inlaw and can she catch fish ended up keeping 32 with lots of through backs then had a fish fry at the lodge that eve. all i can say is that it was all first rate

[Cobra]

Thanks for the info Minimite!

Has anyone been out in the day houses that can give a report? Sounds like mostly sleeper reports...

[fish-n-fool]

We're heading up to LOTW on the 4th.. Is Bablers road open to 16 mile yet? We've got a permy out there that needs to be tended to when we get up there.

[northerndave]

I heard something about it being open again on Sunday.... but I guess it aint sunday anymore.

good luck either way.

[weis]

Heading up to Arnesens in three hours. I will try to give a report Sunday night. Can't wait to be fishing on the big lake again.

[Cobra]

Are they fishing the close reefs or going out in the deeper water out of Arnesen's?

[paceman]

Four of us set up in 30' along the north side of Arneson's reef. Well I think it was arnesons reef. We were quite a ways past Gull Rock. We caught 24 on Sat. from 11:30 until 5:00 and 26 on Sunday fishing from 10:30 until 2:30. All nice good eaters 14-16" eyes and saugers. one slot (21"). Bright green buckshots with the whole minnow worked well. They would not hit just a minnow head. Also caught a few on orange glow jigs under bobbers.

[weis]

Fished in Arnesens sleeper houses Friday and Saturday. We were 1.1 miles from the resort. Caught 55 fish between the three of us. 4 slot fish and a lot of 15 -17" eyes. Saugers were small but we did keep four over 13". Dead stick did well with red hook on Friday. Saturday blue Slender spoons were the ticket for jigging. Fish seemed to get aggressive when ever the sun peaked out. Great time and great resort. Can't wait to get back up there.

[SDS]

will arnesons allow lake access if i bring up my wheel house?

[Buck Snort 2]

Four of us fished out of Arnesen's 1/31 & 2/1 by Twin Islands in one of their houses (25 ft). Caught about 40 or so each day but probably missed 20 others each day. You had to tease them into doing something more than just mouth your minnow. We kept 16 the first day for a fish fry and 20 the second to take home. We were told 2 minnow heads work best but we had better luck with a whole live minnow. One line with gold and glow any color (pink, green, red...) and the other, a plain red hook. Most fish came on the plain red hook but it seemed like you need the glow lure to bring them in. No pike, perch, pout or over size limit walleyes.

We will be back next year at Arnesen's, very nice place.

[fiskyknut]

SDS, Arnesons does not maintain a road but a half mile up the road before you get to Arnesons is Babblers road where you'd be good to go with your wheel house.

[SDS]

dose anybody or other outfitter maintain the babblers road?

[MNfan]

From what I remember from earlier posts it is just Richard Babbler His number is 218 442 6661.

You thinking of heading that way? Need to check there or Zipple. Wonder if there is a place to store houses up that way.

[SDS]

not this weekend maybe next.

[fishin4fun85]

I'm kind of green when it comes to lake of the woods....are you saying that Zipples also has a road out to rocky point? if so, where is Zipples resort? Thanks!

[icefishermen]

no rocky point uses track vehicles babbler has a road half a mile down the road before you get to rocky point zipple bay has their own road.

[FIRECAT]

Anybody know of a safe place to leave a wheelhouse around Zipple or Warroad during the week? Thanks

[Boar]

you can pull yours into the bay of zipple an it will be just fine, lots of people leave thers in the bay of zipp. Boar

[FIRECAT]

Thanks Boar Hope your back is getting better. I had the same thing awhile ago It SUX!

[fishin4fun85]

thanks boar...I took babbler's road last year...got into some good sized fish so I'll be headed out there again this year that post confused me a bit (not too hard to do ) hope the warm weather this weekend will make the trip a good one!!!