Winter cold weather can seem intimidating if you don’t know how to plan for it. But while average December temperatures here range from 4 to 20 degrees, kids and families who are prepared have a blast making snow angels, building [...] Read More
A wine tour of Minnesota sounds…implausible. Maybe it’s the snow and ice, or the fact that you tend to have a nice fishing lake where the rolling green vineyards are supposed to be. But just as there’s more than one [...] Read More
Fishing, campfires, water skiing and cabin life. There’s nothing like seeing the shooting stars and sunrise over the big quiet lake to know you’ve found home. The only thing that could improve your stay would be a chance to hear [...] Read More
When the biggest event all winter is a festival to celebrate a fish, you know you’ve come to the right place. But summertime is even better for landing the big ones. Leech Lake is one of the best lakes in [...] Read More
Sitting in the office today you can see the signs of the most recent cold front that has blown into the area over night. I am watching boats slowly motor into the three foot waves and the overcast skies are [...] Read More
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and grand dads out there. I had an early Father’s day this year which was a soggy wet rainy day spent fishing. It was a special day for me as I got to [...] Read More
It hasn’t been that long since the lakes of Minnesota were ice-covered, and the only fishing taking place was through a hole that was drilled with a big old auger, but summer is now upon us, and the Leech Lake [...] Read More
We’ve always known the fishing on Leech Lake was great, especially for walleye. But if you haven’t been there in the past few years, you may have missed the latest development. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported just last fall that there [...] Read More
It’s the International Eelpout Festival once again and we can feel the energy here in town! This tradition is now in its 30th year and goes from today until February 23. Leech Lake is 112,000 acres of good ice fishing, [...] Read More
