This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Northern Minnesota with a great group of guys to participate in a charity ice fishing tournament with some of our Minnesota friends whom we had
Dated: December 11 2023
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During the pandemic, travel restrictions prohibited us from making our annual trek to Rocky Shore Lodge in NW Ontario. Still determined to fish, we set out to find a new adventure. After some research, we agreed to rent a houseboat with our friends, Brian and Colette, in Northern Minnesota at Voyagaire Lodge on Crane Lake and the adventure did not disappoint!!!
We arrived at the lodge the evening before we departed on the houseboat. Accomodations at the lodge were excllent and we enjoyed dinner and drinks in their restaurant/bar while enjoying some live music and discussing our plans for the next day's adventure up into Voyageurs National Park. After dinner, we settled in for the evening, woke up the next morning to a delicious breakfast, then began packing the houseboat with the provisions that were sure to see us through this week long adventure.
Now, if you've never been house boating, it is super cool. This two bedroom, one bath craft is like a floating house with all the necessities to make your trip comfortable - our house boat even came with a hot tub on the upper deck and slide that extended out into the lake should you be so inclined as to take a dip in the refreshing waters of Crane Lake. We were provided a map and navigated about three hours, fishing boats in tow, through the Namakan Narrows to our pre-determined destination in the Voyageur National Park that we would call home for the next week.
The little stretch of beach where we docked our house boat was surrounded by forest and water as far as the eye could see. The scenery was breathtaking, making this the perfect getaway with Mother Nature. Our house boat served as "home base," so to speak, and we used our fishing boats to adventure out every day in search of walleye for our evening dinner or the occasional shore lunch. On one occasion, we even had a bear invite himself to our camp to enjoy our shore lunch with us!! This surprise visitor caused quite a commotion as you can imagine but after some persuasion, the bear departed and went off looking for his lunch elsewhere:)
If you are looking for a fishing adventure that is sure to not disappoint, I highly recommend you give the nice folks at Voyagaire Lodge & Houseboats a call to book your next trip. Until next time, tight lines and bent rods my friends!!!



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