Ice Fishing on Mille Lacs!

In the winter, you need to  know wind, weather, ice and snow conditions on Mille Lacs.  The links at right give you that information to make good Mille Lacs ice fishing decisions.  The guides at right are proven and have supported this web site. We're in the process of developing a comprehensive guide page to cover Mille Lacs lake.  Contact us for more information. 

Bait Shops

Four bait shops support Mille Lacs. They steer you to the fish, provide live bait and equipment, helping make your Big Pond experience awesome in any season.  Each can supply a current fishing report and can recommend guides.

Meleen’s Sport Center
Bait, Gas, Deli & Adjoining Liquor Store with Cigar Shop
Hwy 169 and Hwy 27 Junction,
Onamia, MN 56359
320-532-3717

Lundeen’s Bait
Located at the intersection of Hwy 169 and East 27, Bill and his wife Kathy know the lake, the guides and can put you on fish. They also provide a bevy of services.

Tutt’s Bait and Tackle
Located NW of Garrison, providing all the key fishing amenities.

Johnson’s Portside Bait and Tackle
Located on the southeast end and convenient to launch sites with adjoining liquor store.

Make It Mille Lacs Ice Fishing Reports puts you in touch with resorts, businesses and bait shops that keep pace with 2010-2011 winter ice and fishing updates on Lake Mille Lacs.  Click on the links to get the information you need. If your favorite place on winter ice fishing venue on Mille Lacs Lake is not listed, Contact Us.  We will post it for free. Follow Make It Mille Lacs on Facebook  and Twitter.

Rocky Reef Resort has the famous foam houses on the southwest end. Lundeen’s Tackle Castle provides the original Mille Lacs online report. KJ’s Ice Fishing will soon have current updates. BayView Bar and Grill has daily updates on Cove Bay and is linking up withWilderness Warmth on some road networks.

Brandt's Ice Fishing features an ice road map and vast road network. Lyback’s Ice Fishingreport is amazing and always current. Chapman’s Mille Lacs Resort  provides great daily overviews.

Hunter Winfield’s of Isle is cutting edge with audio updates on the Lindy network by Mike Christensen; McQuoid’s Resort and Inn gives you snowmobile trail updates and fishing overviews; Portside Bait and Liquor is current; Fishermen’s Wharf Resort updates information every few hours; Nitti’s Hunter’s Point updates ice conditions daily.

Castaways best ice updates are at Castaways Bar and Restaurant Facebook. Around the horn, Barnacles Resort  and Tutt’s bait and Tackle of Garrison update often with solid reports.