Mill Lacs info needed

  • freitag
    Osseo, WI
    Posts: 335
    January 23, 2006 at 4:46 pm #1287061

    The GTG sure didn’t sound like any fun…..sure wish I could’ve made the trip. Very envious of those who made it.
    Yet, I do get my first taste of Mill Lacs this upcoming weekend (hence why I didn’t make the GTG). Putt2win has booked out of Hunters quite a while back and it’s this weekend. Wondering what was found to be the best way to get their coming from east of the cities. Any help from the western wisconsinites would be of great help. Thank you.

    jbongers
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 278
    January 23, 2006 at 4:51 pm #413884

    The best way I have found is to take 35 up to Hinkley and cut across 3 to 65 then to 47 to 27 and you are there, you will go by a couple of bait shops on the way if you need to stop. Otherwise if you just take 35 to 18 it will take you straight to the lake only a couple miles from Hunter’s

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12317
    January 23, 2006 at 4:55 pm #413888

    Better yet, take 35 to 18 in Finlayson. Take 18 west. It dead ends into Mille Lacs! Take a right, and you are at hunters in 1.3 minutes. There is bait in Finlayson at the gas station.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    January 23, 2006 at 4:59 pm #413889

    Eyeguides direction are easy to follow, but JBongers directions will cut 20 miles off the trip….

    -J.

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12317
    January 23, 2006 at 5:07 pm #413894

    Not true. We actually had 2 vehicles take the different routes, not breaking speed limits…and the 18 route arrived quite a few minutes earlier.

    But, the Hinkley route goes by White Castle, and your buddies will appreciate it later on in the evening.

    Both are good choices.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    January 23, 2006 at 5:12 pm #413896

    I didn’t say faster…..it is shorter.

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12317
    January 23, 2006 at 5:15 pm #413898

    Did you know that from Pine City, Mille Lacs is only 40 miles away as the crow flies? (On GPS)

    You drive about 70 getting there!

    BTW, just checked on the GPS, it is 32 miles from Hinkley regardless of which road you take. Try both!

    freitag
    Osseo, WI
    Posts: 335
    January 23, 2006 at 5:25 pm #413902

    Thaks Tuck, Jon, and JBongers for the info.

    jbongers
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 278
    January 23, 2006 at 5:30 pm #413905

    the route thru Finlayson is definately faster if you stop at Whitey’s on the way, because that will make you stop at least one more time before you get there

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12317
    January 23, 2006 at 5:33 pm #413907


    Was anyone around Buckshot this weekend to verify this?

    charlie_heiman
    Randolph, MN
    Posts: 244
    January 23, 2006 at 6:19 pm #413919

    Just to add to the directions, have any of you taken 95 in North Branch to Cambridge on 65 through Mora then 27 to 47 to Mille Lacs. I have taken this way a few times and got up there quick, but w/ speeding . Just curious if anybody tried this route and which route usually turned out the quickest.

    scottsteil
    Central MN
    Posts: 3817
    January 23, 2006 at 6:23 pm #413922

    Quote:

    Was anyone around Buckshot this weekend to verify this?

    hooks
    Crystal, Mn.
    Posts: 1268
    January 23, 2006 at 6:53 pm #413930

    Quote:

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    Was anyone around Buckshot this weekend to verify this?

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    I swear, during the poker game, the windows were open more time than closed!

    Analyze that!

    Now you know how he got renamed Buttshot!

    Or was it later in the bar?

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22866
    January 23, 2006 at 7:30 pm #413943

    i know there was a “buttshot” when he was standing by the pulltabs….

    big g

    Tbone
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 178
    January 24, 2006 at 11:32 am #414099

    Heiman, that is how I go every time. I have tried a bunch of different ways and I like that the best. Always looking for a shorter route though.

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