Where to Fish????

[bass-o-matic]

We have a group of 7 coming up the weekend of the 17-19. My buddy made the reservations and we ended up getting rooms at a motel in Baudette, thinking we will be able to take our ATVs and portables out. My question is, do the resorts up there allow non-guests access to the lake, for a fee of course, like they do on Mille Lacs or Winnie? If so, which one do you recommend going out of that time of Dec? If not, are there public accesses nearby that we can get to the fish?

Any recommendations and info. would be greatly apprecitated. As you can tell, we've never been up there before and don't want to waste too much time driving around when we can be fishing.

Thanks!

[hanson]

bass-o-matic

I'd recommend Adrian's Resort. Adrian's plows a well maintained road from Wheeler's Pt., across 4 mile bay, Pine Island, and then out onto the main lake. Stop and pay your access few at Adrian's and continue up the road to the lake access by Wheeler's. There is typically excellent fishing all over this area.

There is a public access near that area too but I believe there is just a tracked vehicle/snowmobile trail that cruises by there and out onto the main lake.

[wallydiver]

I think Adrians access by Pine Island would be the way to go for you guys.

[dougger222]

I just got back early this morning from Baudette. My father, brother, uncle, and I built a fish on Zippell Bay Resort and stayed at the Baudette Motel. $42 for two people and we got a nice room the second night. Large fridge, stove, since, ect, good price. The Ranch House or the resteraunt on the same side as the Motel has some pretty good breakfast. Huge, giant pan cakes!!!

Nick and Dianna weren't around so the guy in charge said to built it over there and just plug into the power!

BTW, not one person ice fishing on Zippel, there was 5 inches of ice in the bay.

[curt quesnell]

Adrians road at the end of hwy 172 would be a good place

to go. I would think that the road wont be open yet because

they dont start charging till cars and trucks can go out.

You should see the markings and some kind of trail by then.

Good Luck and be careful

[bass-o-matic]

Thanks for the info. guys. Does there look like enough ice around that area now?

[iffwalleyes]

I talked to Adrian's yesterday and they said that they have a trail marked but that they will not be charging till you can drive a truck or car out. So their road is sort of open. They said that there was 5 inchs most of the place around there.

[bass-o-matic]

Sounds like the trail from Adrian's is where some problems occurred. Would it be easier and shorter to get to the same area from Morris Point Resort? Someone told me it would, but since I've never been there before, wanted to confirm with the experts.

[bass-o-matic]

Sounds like the trail from Adrian's is where some problems occurred. Would it be easier and shorter to get to the same area from Morris Point Resort? Someone told me it would, but since I've never been there before, wanted to confirm with the experts.

[fiskyknut]

Not sure what area you mean when you say 'same area' but you're right on the lake when accessing from Morris point and you do not have to drive all the way accross 4mile bay. Same fee and you also have a fish cleaning house you can use right where you come off at the resort as well, thats where my 5 beans goes during the early ice season.

Good luck and have fun....fiskyknut

[iffwalleyes]

Fiskyknut I got a question for you. If I go on at Morris Point can I run along the island out to where they usually come across from Adrian's road with out having problems with current around the gap areas in the island? I haven't ever done that because I am not sure what the ice is like out infront of the gaps in the island.

[fiskyknut]

Iff....Can't say what the ice thickness is like but on Friday there were a whole lot of sleds and wheelers coming back west from Pine to Morris just at dark. They were about a good 3/4 mile out from the washout it appeared???

Fisky

[iffwalleyes]

Alright I will keep that option open. Thanks for the info.