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Mille Lacs Golf Resort Sold?


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Are the rumors true that Appledorn's purchased the golf course on the West side of the lake in between Garrison and the Casino!!??

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From the StarTrib article:

"The Appeldoorns spent $215,000 to buy the 15-room Northland Inn in nearby Wahkon, renaming it the Spirit Lake Inn and Sweets, complete with a store selling old-fashioned hard candy and Bridgeman’s ice cream that will open soon."

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I have no idea about the Golf Course deal but my hat's off to Appledorns for investing in the Mille Lacs area when others seem to be bailing out......I sure hope they are able to survive the recent slow down in tourism up there.....I have a weekend place up that way and latley it's been like a ghost town up there. Hopefully the DNR gets the Walleye issue figured out soon and gets the lake back to it's World Class Fishery Status. I like to put a fish or 2 in my freezer too but the Smallmouth fishing on Mille Lacs is as good as anywhere right now and I would think it would be worthwhile for folks to spend a weekend at Appledorns (or another resort in the area) and have a blast catching 20-30 hard fighting smallmouth...(my personal best is 110 in my boat with 4 people in about 4 hours).......that's a lot more action than you can ever expect Walleye fishing and if you need meat in your freezer it's a lot cheaper at the grocery store and it's already cleaned for you.......just my 2 cents worth.....

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They won't get the fish situation fixed anytime soon. Now's a great time to buy up what goes up for sale if you have the money to wait for your investment to start returning in 5-10 years.

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I have no idea about the Golf Course deal but my hat's off to Appledorns for investing in the Mille Lacs area when others seem to be bailing out......I sure hope they are able to survive the recent slow down in tourism up there.....I have a weekend place up that way and latley it's been like a ghost town up there. Hopefully the DNR gets the Walleye issue figured out soon and gets the lake back to it's World Class Fishery Status. I like to put a fish or 2 in my freezer too but the Smallmouth fishing on Mille Lacs is as good as anywhere right now and I would think it would be worthwhile for folks to spend a weekend at Appledorns (or another resort in the area) and have a blast catching 20-30 hard fighting smallmouth...(my personal best is 110 in my boat with 4 people in about 4 hours).......that's a lot more action than you can ever expect Walleye fishing and if you need meat in your freezer it's a lot cheaper at the grocery store and it's already cleaned for you.......just my 2 cents worth.....

Fast fishing? 1 fish every 2.4 minutes....?

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Thats for 4 people Northender....averages out to a little over every 8 minutes per person per fish....it was one of those rare approaching storm situations where we watched a thunderstorm approach and left when we did not feel safe anymore......probably a once in a lifetime event and I was so glad I had my Rapala fish counter with me! With that many fish and 4 people in the boat it was like a "Chinese Fire drill"

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