Fishing doesn't stop when the water freezes over. Winter offers the popular Northern sport and recreation of ice fishing. A winter's day of ice fishing provides enough walleyes, saugers, and perch for a camp meal. Our location in Northern Minnesota gives the visitor the chance to obsever a wide variety of wildlife uncommon in other parts of the state. Black bear, otter, mink, fisher, and a rare relative, the pine marten can be seen.
Deer are common, along with the occasional moose.
The elusive timber wolf can sometimes be seen or heard. Beaver, skunk, and the red fox round out the list. Birds can also be seen or heard throughout the year. Canadian geese, herons, mallards, loons, the ever visible white pelicans, the crow-sized pileated woodpecker, and a host of song birds. Birds of prey include the Bald eagle, osprey, and turkey vulture.