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Wondering which place is good to rent an ice house from during the late January time frame. Any suggestions or what you've experienced. Taking the wife out for her bday, thats what she wanted to do. Thanks.

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Appeldoorns. The houses are super nice and they will bend over backwards to help you and get you on fish! Only place I go

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+1 on Appeldoorn's. One of the cleanest and friendliest places on the lake!

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Check out Portavilla out of Red Door on the North side. Very nice houses and at a very good price.

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Try Wilderness Warmth out of Cove bay. Jay and Amber are great and there houses are clean and very reasonable....... Top notch operation

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Ditto on clean and friendly! One thing to check is when and where they move their houses. Last time at Appledorns, the house we got had obviously been there for quite some time. 24 hours and no fish. I guess it depends on the time of the season but buyer beware. Zipple bay did that to us a few years ago on LOW. We had to use the portables to go out and catch fish. The sleeper was just that. Just sayin'

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I've had good experiences out of Hunters Point. Few years back rented one of their cabins. Arrived late afternoon, caught maybe 1 that night. Called them when we woke up and they were hooking up 30 minutes later and pulled us to a new locale where we proceeded to do well immediately. I've heard good things about all previously mentioned resorts as well.

Given the current state of the fishery, business will likely (again) be slow this year. I would bet most operations will be putting their best foot forward with any customers. That being said, talk to them before you commit and inquire what their policy is regarding moving houses during your stay if the fish aren't cooperating.

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Heading up to Appeldoorn's on Tuesday with my son. The house we have reserved is one of the premier houses and it looks like a living room on the ice.

Hope they are biting!!!

FYI...Portavilla is no longer running houses on Mille Lacs.

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Try Wilderness Warmth out of Cove bay. Jay and Amber are great and there houses are clean and very reasonable....... Top notch operation

Jay and Amber are awesome!! I'd recommend them as well.

  • 2 weeks later...
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Whats everybody's take on Hunters Point? I'm headed up in Feb with my father in law for his first ice fishing experience. We will be going mid week and staying for 2 nights. I was thinking Hunters Point, or Hunter Winfields. Any advice would be great!

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Has anybody have any experience with Twin pines. The wife has a thing at the casino for work so the boy and I going fishing.

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My wife and I stayed at Twin Pines a few years ago. Owners/staff were very friendly, let us move into a different fish house when fish were not biting. The food was good. Its not the most modern place out there, but if you just need a place to lay your head it will work just fine.

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KJs has some nice houses, you might want to check them out too.

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Anyone ever use Randy's Rentals?

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