Red Door Front and Center

May 20th

The first 2010 open water report! We will be posting this each Thursday morning on our website throughout the open water season. This report is based on what we are seeing and hearing from the north shore anglers.

Opening weekend and all of this past week has been as calm and nice as Lake Mille Lacs can be. Warm, sunny, wind free days have warmed afternoon surface water temps to the low 60’s. The warmer water has created a bug hatch each day and evening, but not, to this point, very big. Will it get to normal, thick levels, soon? Who knows. But for now, the typical clouds of bugs are not around.

Fishing has been good for most anglers. Spotty at times. Limits for 2-3 anglers per boat, especially in the evenings, have been common. Keepers can be hard to find one day and then you run into a nice bunch of eaters. the next.

With the calm water, very few daytime catches have come from shallow water. Most fish are being taken, by all methods, either in 20-25ft. of water along the shorelines or from various mudflats. Most flats are holding some fish with some spots pretty thick with fish. Many are over the 18 inch mark. Fun fish! Leeches on slip sinker rigs are best on the flats with spinners and crawlers taking a few both along shore and on the flats. Crankbait anglers haven’t fared well yet in deep water.

THANK YOU to ALL of you have visited us during this first week! We look forward to being your Lake Mille Lacs host during the 2010 season, for sure. Be sure to call asap for your lodging needs as the cabins are filling fast.

Quite an eventful 2nd weekend of the season!

First and foremost, a big THANK YOU to all of you who used The Red Door as home base this past weekend. We truly appreciate your loyalty and look forward to seeing you all, again, soon.

Fishing was pretty darn good according to the amount of remnants hauled out of the fish cleaning house during the weekend. Although the wind was out of control for a while mid day on Saturday, the southerly breeze created waves that had the walleyes pretty wild along some shoreline shelves. Both daytime and evenings, the bobber action was good for most. And the mudflats produced plenty of action as well for those that ventured out there.

Still no major bug hatch! They are still hatching but not in the thick amounts they can be, normally.

Again, THANK YOU for a great weekend at The Red Door!

Our weekly fishing report is now online:

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/About_the_Red_Door_Resort.html

This past weekend will be one of the best, “memorable” ones over the years, no doubt. The weather has been perfect and fishing reports are pretty consistently good.

Evening bobbering still has been very productive from 7 to 14ft. Mudflat daytime fishing has been producing as well. Lottsa smallies were caught this weekend as the 2010 bass opener took place. Our weekly Red Door webpage fishing report will offer more details–each Thursday.

A big THANK YOU to everyone for making The Red Door your home away from home this past week. We all truly appreciate your loyalty and look forward to seeing you all very soon!

This weeks fishing report is now on our website.

And yet another great weekend on the northern shores of Lake Mille Lacs!

Nice fishing weather on Saturday led to everyone being happy with the results. Both daytime catches, from deeper water in the Carlsona area, the mudflats and the deep edge of the rocks off Knox Point as well as the evening shallow water catches were great for most on Saturday.

It slowed a little on Sunday until the wind came up mid day. Then the Knox Point rocks took off mid day in about 10-12 ft. for those that braved the rain and wind. The smallmouth anglers fished the rocks a little shallower with some big ones including a 21 1/2″ brute caught by one of our guests on Friday.

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for making our place their home away from home again this past week! One group, who had been going to Big Winnie for 31 years and made their first Lake Mille Lacs trip this week are already making plans to return to The Red Door for their annual trip next year. We truly appreciate everyone’s loyalty to The Red Door! We appreciate the opportunity to be your hosts!

Watch for a more detailed fishing report on Thursday on our website.

The weekly report now on line.

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

Reports from our Red Door guests continue to be good on the walleye front. The fish cleaning house got quite a work out over this past weekend, for sure. Most of the action came from the mudflats, with spinners and crawlers taking more of the fish than any other method, from we hear.

THANK YOU to everyone for a great weekend at The Red Door! Watch for our detailed, online weekly report each Thursday on our website.

June 18th, 2010
For Immediate release:

Wealthwood, Mn. For the 19th consecutive year, The Red Door Resort and Motel, located on the north shore of Lake Mille Lacs, is proud to announce their annual walleye tournament is fast approaching. As in all of the past years, the event will take place the weekend after the “4th” , on July 10 and 11th, 2010.

This years event will be two one day tournaments. Teams of 2 anglers can choose to fish one or both tournament days. ($300 entry fee is mandatory whether the team fishes one or both days) Each day will have a separate payback.

Entry fee for the two days is $300 per team. Payback will be 90%, to 20 percent of the field each day.

Limit per team each day allowed to weigh in, is 8 walleyes with a minimum of 14 inches in length and within all current slot limits allowed per angler, per day. (see official rules for details)

Entry fees/registration can be done via phone with credit card, directly to The Red Door or in person up to and including the afternoon/evening before the tournament on July 9th. (there will be a 3% convenience fee for entry fees paid by credit card– $9.00 –making credit card entry fee payments $309)

Based on 50 teams, the following is an example of the payout for EACH day:

1st Place $2500
2nd Place $2250
3rd Place $1000
4th Place $500
5th Place $375
6th Place $325
7th Place $300
8th Place $250
9th Place $250
10th Place 2 Free nights of any size cabin at The Red Door (to be used by July 10th, 2011)

Based on 100 teams, the following is an example of the payout for EACH day:

1st Place $5000
2nd Place $2500
3rd Place $2000
4th Place $1000
5th Place $750
6th Place $650
7th Place $600
8th Place $500
9th Place $500
10 Place 2 Free nights of any size cabin at The Red Door(to be used by July 10, 2011)

Payouts will reflect the numbers of teams entered, based on the above examples–higher or lower.
THANK YOU to all of the anglers for your loyalty to The Red Door Annual Tournament!

Our weekly fishing report is now on our website under “fishing reports”. http://www.thereddoorresort.com/About_the_Red_Door_Resort.html

We’ve avoided most of the stormy weather the past few days and have seen fishing hold up pretty well. Spinners with crawlers seem to be the best on the mudflats, with more over 18″ in the mix than keepers this past week being reported.

THANK YOU to everyone for a great week at The Red Door! Be sure to watch for our weekly fishing report on our website, each Thursday. And don’t forget, the 19th Annual Red Door Walleye Tournament is coming up fast! July 10th and 11th. We expect a good number of boats entered!

It’s Thursday! That means our weekly fishing report is on our website. Click on the “fishing report” link in the left hand column of the home page.

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/About_the_Red_Door_Resort.html

It looks like it will be a perfect weekend coming up! No better time for our 19th annual walleye tourney! See the IDO “tournament forum” for details or call the office.

And now the latest….

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

Here is day one money winners!

1st Place – Team # 50 13.08Kirk DeCamp/Terry Mannum
2nd Place – Team # 10 12.88Matt Stans/Heath Dunn
3rd Place – Team # 40 12.86Jon Hunt/Ken Hunt
4th Place – Team # 18 12.58Mylo Leistiko/Jason Youngquist
5th Place – Team # 33 11.10Tony Roach/Mike Zimmerman
6th Place – Team # 24 10.92Jim Kiel/Michael Kiel
7th Place – Team #11 10.88Shawn Flemming/Chris Flemming
8th Place – Team # 1 10.86Wayne Crandall/Jeremy Olson
9TH Place – Team # 31 10.76Chad Mokoff/Blake Brettingen
10th Place – Team # 49 10.68 Scott Nelson/Jerry Nelson

Day two results “in the money”! (8 fish weighed allow to the scales

1st Place – Team # 39 12.24Sean O’Brien & Scott Burton
2nd Place – Team # 10 12.00Matt Stans & Heath Dunn
3rd Place – Team # 51 11.78Tim Ajax & Terry Ajax
4th Place – Team # 23 11.70James Dougherty & John Wersal
5th Place – Team # 36 11.70Steve Bissett & Justin Winter
6th Place – Team # 50 11.62Kirk DeCamp & Terry Mannum
7th Place – Team # 42 11.60Todd Knickerbocker & Gary Haider
8th Place – Team # 41 11.34Kurt Novotny & Dale Ryks
9TH Place – Team # 14 11.12Al Standly & Bev Standly
10th Place – Team # 33 10.90Tony Roach & Mike Zimmerman

Thanks for posting the results and congrats again to a successful tournament. If you don’t mind me asking, how many fish over the 28 inch slot were weighed in over the 2 day tourney?

51 boats fished the first day, 48 the second day–with ZERO over 28″ weighed in.

WOW! What a great weekend for the teams that fished our 19th annual tournament this past weekend. Lots of walleyes and pretty good fishing weather.

We truly appreciate and say THANK YOU to all of the teams that fished this year and many of the past years as well.

Next year will be the 20th anniversary of our tournament, always held the weekend after the 4th of July. We look forward to seeing you all again next year, as we plan to make the 20th event one that will surely stand out for all the anglers. Stay tuned!

It thursday! Our weekely fishing report is now on-line.

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

This weeks fishing report is now online!

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/About_the_Red_Door_Resort.html

On behalf of the Peterson and Leahy families, I’d like to give the Red Door a big THANK YOU! Once again, our yearly vacation was outstanding and you guys are top notch, thanks again!

Our weekly fishing report is now on our website.

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

In the old days, we’re told this period was called the “dog days”. What does that mean? The old-timers that coined that label are gone, so who knows! With that, the link below will give you our weekly fishing report.

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

Our current fishing report is now online:

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

It’s Thursday!!

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

Thank you for the reports Red Door

You’re very welcome! Here is the scoop for this past week.

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

The latest from Wealthwood Shores:

http://www.thereddoorresort.com/Fishing_Report.html

Hey Red Door, a close buddy of mine stuck a 57″, 47LB muskie 2 weeks back up close to your neck of the woods on the Pond.

That one is going on the wall. Can’t wait to see it!