long point and zipple

[Guest]

anyone know about road access at long point or zipple by resorts?

[Graabs]

Well, what exactly do you want to know about the road access at Long Point? <P>We were up there last weekend, 13th and 14th and there was 11"-13" every where I drilled a hole, with the exception of the "new" ice where the crack opened up the weekend before. Travel was limited to ATVs and snowmobiles at this time and I expect that will be much of the same story this coming weekend and until the "new" ice reaches that 12" range. The resort had many houses out and they were moving them around with ATVs.<BR>Normal road access at Long Point is $6 per vehicle and they are currently charging to park, I think $5. Unless you are staying at the resort and then all of the fees are included with your stay.<P>Fishing was good for us,..lots of fish but nothing huge. We fished 20-22' just on the outside of where the crack was in the mornings and evenings. We fished mid-day in 33' out beyond all the houses and did very well on larger sauger out there and the action was amazing too.<P>If you have any more questions let me know and I can try and answer them, otherwise for up-to-date info I would give the resort a quick call, they are more then willing to give you an update.<p>[This message has been edited by Graabs (edited 12-16-2003).]

[hanson]

Hey guys,<P>We were planning on fishing Red Lake this coming weekend but decided to come to Lake of the Woods since we have an easier time catching some eaters on LOW then Red.<P>With that said, ice conditions sound to be borderline for vehicles so we’ll be bringing up the sled. We’ll probably hit the Long Point/ Twin Islands area. I think I’ve got a good idea of what to expect for ice & snow. Plenty for the snowmobile but maybe not enough for the pickup, with the area where the crack opened up having a little less ice. Thanks everybody for the reports!! Last year this area was super rough and broken up, is this the case again or not???? Just trying to get a feel for what to expect.<P>Never fished off of Long Point before, gonna have to give it a shot someday. Last year did very well west of Twin Islands, even though we are still a few weeks away from when we made that trip last year.<P>Oh yeah, How’s the fishing been??<BR>

[Kingfisher]

We were up to day to Long Point, I just saw snowmobiles and ATV's out on the ice, we set up on 14" of ice in 27 1/2'. The going on the ice couldn't be much better, enough snow for sleds and not too much for wheelers. My partner and I caught about 60 eyes and sauger from 9:15 AM to 1:40 PM, mostly sauger, but many nice sized, returned a 20 1/2" eye. We took a sled, thats the way to go in my opinion.

[shadboy]

Hey Kingfisher, which side of Long Point did you go out on? Toward Twin Islands or East? Just wondering?<BR>

[Kingfisher]

shadboy, today we went to the east, they were doing very well straight out also. One guy was in 25' and filled out early.