Best Resorts for Fish

Going up (hopefully) thanksgiving weekend.

Are there any resorts that stick out that typically have better fishing than other?

Is structure or shallow flats better in early season?

Any place you can walk out 200-300 yards is all you need. No real structure or flats really.

If you are looking for a place that has a bar and cooks your fish JRs and West Winds are probably your best options. Personally I like fishing the east shore more early as the ice seems more consistent.

Brad Muckenhirn wrote:

Is structure or shallow flats better in early season?

Keep looking around for structure and we will see you in Feb. Just walk out to a break line and drill some holes.

Just walk out any where and you’ll be golden. We stay at west winds in a skid house on shore

I’ve only done the early ice red trip 5 times now, and I’d echo what everyone else says. Find a place that gets you out to 8 or 9′ early on, stay quiet and away from people as much as possible and you will be in good shape. I am not sure one resort is “better” than another early on unless you are concerned about bar/restaurant access.

hey man, just following up here. Just got back to shore. You’re not wrong. We walked a million miles!!!

kidding. Straight out of JR’s. First real break. Got away from folks. Did decent.

Brad Muckenhirn wrote:

hey man, just following up here. Just got back to shore. You’re not wrong. We walked a million miles!!!

Its May 6th and Red has been open for quite a while. Are you saying you can walk on water?

Haha. Maybe he’s planning to head out there again in 5 days and walk on water with a watercraft.

lol. Was just following up on the guy that said keep looking for structure and we will see you in February.

Hitting the big pond this opener. No Red.

Good luck!

Brad Muckenhirn wrote:

lol. Was just following up on the guy that said keep looking for structure and we will see you in February.

That was me. Glad you didn’t get lost. Red was interesting this year for sure.