The Red Door Resort ice roads continue to be open to full traffic for the weekend of Thursday, February 9th to Sunday, February 12th. The ice road network covers the first and second sand breaks, and the mud flats, including Weimer, Bomback, Pantry, Barnacle, and Resort flats. The temperatures have been warm and with the above freezing weather, the snow has settled down on the lake and the melted snow is pooling, causing some surface flooding.
The bite on the north side of Mille Lacs was very quiet during the cold front that ended just prior to last weekend. Fortunately things have improved with the warmer temperatures and anglers are catching fish on both the sand breaks and off the mud flats. Dead sticks and set lines have been hot as well as jigging spoons. The fish aren’t jumping out of the holes or snapping at just any presentation so, if you can, the best strategy is to be mobile while fishing or to put out some tips up at varying depths outside of the fish house rental or wheelhouse.
We look forward to seeing you on the north side of Mille Lacs during one of these last three weekends of the hard water season. The Red Door Resort have fish house rental availability and wheelhouse reservations are open for both future weekends.