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Location: Neapolitan Chain Of Lakes | If you could choose any lake in Minnesota for your cabin other than Vermilion or Minnesota section of Lake of the Woods which would it be and why?
Just Big Muskies?
Best Multispecies fishing?
Beautiful rock reefs?
Lush weed beds?
Overall Canadian like beauty?
Crystal clear water?
Lower boating/fishing pressure?
Low development on the lake?
Or????
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Big muskies with few pleasure boaters. |
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| Depends on what your situation is. If married with kids you might want more of a recreational lake near shopping. For me i'm more about solitude and nature, fishing is secondary. Lake Kabetogama and the Ash River trail provide access to Voyageurs National Park which is accessible by water. You can explore the old logging sites, old cabin sites and see as many people as you want. It will also connect you (by water) into the vast Rainy Lake water shed which is 1000's of acres of water.
No (or very few) Muskie but the fishing is good enough to keep a person entertained. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | You're asking because you're gonna set us up with one? m |
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Location: Walker, MN | If it's a cabin, then I would just want solitude and big fish.
If it's a full time residence, then I'd want a decent community nearby with a few amenities and something to do during the off season. |
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Location: Neapolitan Chain Of Lakes | Thanks Brian for answering the question which Mn lake you would live on and why. I like the solitude and exploration part you talked about via water on Kabetogama. Are the channels navigable by boat or are some only by canoe to Rainy etc.? |
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| I would strongly lean towards a lake with a decent naturally reproducing population.
Then that way your not at the mercy of politics and stocking shortage years. |
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| esox109 - 12/15/2019 10:29 AM
Thanks Brian for answering the question which Mn lake you would live on and why. I like the solitude and exploration part you talked about via water on Kabetogama. Are the channels navigable by boat or are some only by canoe to Rainy etc.?
I replied to your private message. |
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Location: Vilas | I would look into Many Point Lake.... 1700 acres, 90` deep..... nice lake without the monster pressure of the more famous lakes... and BIG muskies |
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| My sister and her husband rented a house for several years on Rainy Lake, in Ranier. Something like 2/3 of the shoreline is undeveloped because it is national park. Not tons of musky but they are there and one of the Linder's show saw them catching some giants on what looked to be the Canadian side. Plus you have access to International Falls for groceries, basic medical. Kabetogoma also looks fantastic. Did not spend a lot of time there but from what we saw, really neat lake system. |
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| North of 8 - 12/15/2019 5:20 PM
My sister and her husband rented a house for several years on Rainy Lake, in Ranier. Something like 2/3 of the shoreline is undeveloped because it is national park. Not tons of musky but they are there and one of the Linder's show saw them catching some giants on what looked to be the Canadian side. Plus you have access to International Falls for groceries, basic medical. Kabetogoma also looks fantastic. Did not spend a lot of time there but from what we saw, really neat lake system.
When you get East of Sha Sha resort on Rainy it's pretty much Park land unless you are in Canada. I love fishing the area from Sha Sha to the Brule Narrows. Lots of unspoiled shoreline. For the guys who like to fish Walleye the reef fishing can be pretty darn good also.
If beauty in your eyes includes rock and scrub Pines VNP is for you. It truly is a special place and Minnesotans are lucky it is a National Park. |
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| Brian Hoffies - 12/15/2019 6:05 PM
North of 8 - 12/15/2019 5:20 PM
My sister and her husband rented a house for several years on Rainy Lake, in Ranier. Something like 2/3 of the shoreline is undeveloped because it is national park. Not tons of musky but they are there and one of the Linder's show saw them catching some giants on what looked to be the Canadian side. Plus you have access to International Falls for groceries, basic medical. Kabetogoma also looks fantastic. Did not spend a lot of time there but from what we saw, really neat lake system.
When you get East of Sha Sha resort on Rainy it's pretty much Park land unless you are in Canada. I love fishing the area from Sha Sha to the Brule Narrows. Lots of unspoiled shoreline. For the guys who like to fish Walleye the reef fishing can be pretty darn good also.
If beauty in your eyes includes rock and scrub Pines VNP is for you. It truly is a special place and Minnesotans are lucky it is a National Park.
I wish I could remember how many islands there are in Rainy. If I was young again, I would load up a tent on my boat, and camp on one of the islands with first come first serve tent spots. I don't think my back could take a week sleeping on an air mattress these days. |
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Location: Duluth | Already do live in my dream MN location, on Lake Superior with access to the St. Louis river. Walleye fishing is fantastic, musky fishing can be great and will be getting better. A good jumpoff point to many other noted lakes. Duluth is big enough where I don't need to venture to the cities to get any gear or anything else.
Oh and I get to chase Lake Superior fish, nothing beats a coho on the grill. Nothing. |
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Location: Ashland WI | CincySkeez - 12/16/2019 8:01 AM
Already do live in my dream MN location, on Lake Superior with access to the St. Louis river. Walleye fishing is fantastic, musky fishing can be great and will be getting better. A good jumpoff point to many other noted lakes. Duluth is big enough where I don't need to venture to the cities to get any gear or anything else.
Oh and I get to chase Lake Superior fish, nothing beats a coho on the grill. Nothing.
I agree with you mostly expect for the coho part. How about splake or whitefish? |
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| 14ledo81 - 12/16/2019 9:29 AM
CincySkeez - 12/16/2019 8:01 AM
Already do live in my dream MN location, on Lake Superior with access to the St. Louis river. Walleye fishing is fantastic, musky fishing can be great and will be getting better. A good jumpoff point to many other noted lakes. Duluth is big enough where I don't need to venture to the cities to get any gear or anything else.
Oh and I get to chase Lake Superior fish, nothing beats a coho on the grill. Nothing.
I agree with you mostly expect for the coho part. How about splake or whitefish?
Whitefish on the grill is hard to beat. When I worked in Marquette, MI, the last commercial fisherman on the South Shore had a retail shop two blocks from my office. I would see the boat come into the harbor and after work stop can pickup filets for dinner that night. Swimming in Superior the night before, on my grill that evening. |
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Location: Duluth | Whitefish is good, but dang a coho that's an hour or two from swimming strait to the grill...Lake Superior Candy |
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Location: Cheyenne, WY most of the year | We bought a place near sioux narrows on LOTW. Not many people, sparce muskies but they are big. Best thing we ever did. |
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| Yep, lots of islands on Rainy. The park has gone to a reservation system in recent years. You no longer can just show up and pitch a tent. Last summer was pretty brutal for the campers. Some big time storms came through there. I'm sure it was a adventure but, at my age I would rather hear or read about it. |
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Location: Duluth | Ahhhhhh this winter is already too long. I just want to be in Morson |
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