lake of the woods Recent Comments

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-29 21:33:22

posted by: MissedAgain. Archer,
There was no written contract but the vrbo.com website advertises the master bedroom and extra shower and includes it with the cost, and was verbally confirmed when booked in Sept, and again in Dec.

But, still had a great time with the buds.

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-29 07:57:26

posted by: archer. Missed again; what did your $1400 contract read? Im sure you got a written contract on a $1400 venture.

Also, once again, there are plenty of jerks on both sides of the fence. Ive had camp sites reserved for a weekend on Devils Lake only to show up and find my reservation was no good or the sites I reserved were not the one's my family received. east bay campground reminds me of the Seinfeld quote "You know how to take a reservation, you just dont know how to 'hold' the reservation. And that is the most important part of 'the reservation'". And yes, we had confirmation of our reservation in hand as we copied the email confirmation. And they still didnt make it right with us nor did they make it right with the other families that came with us.

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-29 07:47:41

posted by: cynical. Sounds like there are quite a few jerks running resorts on LOW MN side. So much for "Minnesota Nice"

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-29 01:23:58

posted by: 76bronc. was at ballards resort two weeks ago very nice people and was satesfid with the cabins and so was my wife ive also herd there one of the best for moving there houses to the fish talked to some gues from minn and they said the whent to sportsmans lodge and didnt get picked up one knight till 6 the guid told them he forgot about them i will go back to ballards anytime

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-28 21:20:49

posted by: MissedAgain. Do NOT stay at RIVER BEND RESORT. Nine of us used the owners cabin for the weekend (advertised on their website). He had told us we would have access to the full cabin and we paid $1,400 for 3 nights.

Ended up he had 2 rooms locked, one was the master bedroom with a shower. So, for 9 guys we had 1 shower. We where told we would have 2 showers. After we arrived we called the owner and asked to have the master bedroom opened as promised when we booked the cabin.

His response, "We should all wake up earlier."

Long story short the owner was arrogant and rude.

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-28 21:20:48

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-28 18:01:17

posted by: marbl eyes. I have to agree with catchem-eatem. River Bend Resort has a first-class operation and they will make sure you have a great trip. I am also from northern Minnesota and we have gone on several fishing trips with them, both winter and summer trips.

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-28 16:23:17

posted by: crookedeye. Back on the first weekend of January 7 friends and I made our first trip to LOW. I'm from North Dakota, but now live in the Twin Cities. I went with some advice of my wife's cousin who has fished up there for more than 15 years, taking at least 5 trips every year (he's from Duluth area). Here is what he told me, "Can't go wrong with Zippel Bay Resort, Adrian's, Morris Point or Arneson's". We went with a Zippel Bay Sleeper package (very affordable $65/per person a night). Out of eight guys, for the 3 nights we caught about 150 walleyes/sauger. About half of them were under 10 inches, and the other half anywhere from 15-18.5 inches. We'll be going out of Zippel Bay Resort every year from here on out. Basically, I think you will have luck with any one of the resorts on LOW because this is their livlihood and they make it a point to take care of their customers, unlike some of the operations I've run into on Mille Lacs. Willing to drive the extra 5 hours for the better service and give my business to the LOW resorts.
Good luck!!

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-02 10:41:46

posted by: schellski5. dont know about ice fishing but in the summer i went to ballards resort and it was fun they were very polite

re: lake of the woods

2008-01-02 10:19:02

posted by: snow. ~Oh,resort houses are $65/day.