Ice, Ice, Baby

[imnofish]

Thanks for the update.  Really interesting to get your take on it.  I've thought about taking a trip like that someday, if I can find a way to do it cheaply enough.  How much $ did this experience set you back?

[Houndhead]

Thanks for the update.  Really interesting to get your take on it.  I've thought about taking a trip like that someday, if I can find a way to do it cheaply enough.  How much $ did this experience set you back?

Fish, it was $225 per person for the sleeper shack. That was Thursday afternoon until Sunday morning. They haul you out in tracked vehicles, check on you twice a day, minnows are provided. It was $24 for a 72 hour liscence. $50 for gas + whatever food and beverage you take.

I've gone to Leech Lake in the past for perch, and that trip is a little cheaper. $30 per person per nite for the cabin, not on the ice though. The fishing has been great every time I have went though, and it is about 2 hours closer. If I had to choose one trip to do, it would be Leech or Winnie for perch. I have been doing some searching for somewhere closer with a sleeper shack and good fishing. Nothing so far. The guy that went through the ice on Superior this year was renting sleepers on Chequamagon Bay. That good be a good trip, but his shacks were only for 2-3 people. We are also investigating the Lehr, ND area for walleye and perch. Check it out on the Lake-link fishing reports sometime. Almost sounds too good to be true.

[imnofish]

Thanks for the info.  Sounds like fun.  I went out to the glacial lakes area (Waubay, SD) a few years ago, with a bunch of guys.  We rented a house and pulled our portable shacks onto different lakes, using our 4-wheelers.  It cost us about the same as what you spent.  The perch fishing was good and we caught some nice bluegills, walleyes and pike, too.  If I had it to do over again, I would bring snowmobiles or have chains on the ATV's though.  We got stuck alot.