We drive in and stay for a week and cook our own meals. This year our cost was $810 per man plus fishing lic and travel from home. Total cost$1010. Not counting Booze (add $100)

4 ADULTS / 7 days / 6 nites / 2 cars / 2 rental boats / all food/lic about 850.00 to 900.00
Chicago to Minaki

Randy

St Louis to Lac Seul, four guys,food,gas,lic, one week, Guides, $1200 per man.

Tennessee to Red Lake and flew to Little Vermilion for 7 days.
$795 + tax, license,food and transportation up and back. Total a little under $1100 per person for group of four.

Cheap entertainment I'd say!:cheers:

6 days fishing, 6 days camping. $425 per person, including all meals, all gas (truck and boat, to and from), camping fees (elect and water included), docking fees, fishing licenses, booze/drinks and poker money. Two trucks, two boats (no rentals) Central WI to Ear Falls, ON, Gold Pines Camp, Lac Seul.

TOTAL cost of Fly-in for 5.5 days of fishing was just under $2000.

One week drive to camp with own boat and food was $2400 for my family of four last year. That's everything including 1500 miles to and back, 2 motels and meals at night. We pack a lunch for the ride.

Iowa to SiouxLookout- 10 days in cabin, (2)liences, ramp fee,all food, all bait, one night in motel, pickup gas, motor gas, pop, etc.
$1821. for wife and I. She didn't pay her half either! Last year it was $2121. for 14 days in camp.

5 guys, 2 boats, 1 cabin, all food, gas, bait, licenses, beer, etc. for less than $600 per person. What the heck do you folks eat every night, steak and lobster? :arse:

Lake Ozark, MO to Red Lake, drive in with our own boats, gas, food, lic. and all other items for $700 per person. 8 guys, 3 trucks, 3 boats.
Not bad for a great week of fishing and fun with friends and family.

We take two trips per year.

August we drive in with our own boats, for a family of 5 plus dog it costs around $1200 total for cabin, gas, fishing license, food, booze, bait, etc.

In September we do a fly-in with 6-8 guys, two trucks, one pulls a small utility trailer. This will cost around $1000 each for cabin, fly in, bait, ice, food and booze. I take one son with me on this trip.

Our was around $700 per guy this year. Thats for gas, food, bait, booze, etc. We could do it a little cheaper if we wanted. For us its not about pinching every penny. We are on vacation. Yes we do have a steak night as well as bring good food. Part of having a great vacation is good planning as well as saving up for it. I don't want to be on vacation and get all upset because minnows are $1 more a dozen at camp or beer is triple what it is at home. Who cares I'm on vacation. I can't catch fish or have the scenery and fresh air anywhere near my city.

4 guys in an old motorhome with 2 boats to a drive-in lake 800 miles from central Wisconsin for 8 days/7 nites, including all gas, food, propane, 8 cases of beer @ BEER STORE, booze, camping tickets, fishing licenses, bait, couple of meals on the road: $540/guy.

Two persons, dog and cat,travel 1000 miles from southeastern Michigan to Sioux Narrows,Ontario,Lake of the Woods,18 days total, 4 days travel,2 nights in motels/meals,all gas(vehicle and boat), 5 days with a guide(gives me a break), all meals American Plan ( no cooking on vacation)at the resort. In total $5500.00 give or take a hundred depending on fuel prices or things that seem to come up !

BOB

I'm glad somebody else spends a lot. I was begining to think I was being robbed. The lodge and American plan is $1650 for a week. 2 days travel and hotels both ways plus beer brings it somewhere near $2500 each.

Sounds pricey but you did not say if the cabin, boats, motors were extra deluxe. If that included guides, you got a deal.

I bring my own boat and sometimes use it when being guided, but most of then time we use the guides boat, my total cost includes everything cabin, dock fees, tips and fuel for my boat/guides boat. In two weeks I will usually go through two tanks of fuel approximately 70-80 gallons. One that I fill in the states and one in Canada.

I left off that was for the flight also. The lodge and food are great, that is without a guide though.

Lac Seul, Chamberlain Narrows, 6 fishing days in early June.
Boat in, VIP Cabin (which means large and indoor plumbing)including camp boats/motors, rental car from Winnipeg airport, 1 night motel, all food, gas, beer, bait, license,outstanding fishing,...
4 guys = $1620/person.

5 Guys camping for 7 days, 2 boats(our own), each guy brings a meal for night time, beer, bait, and hotel/gas for the way up from southern Wisconsin to Sioux Lookout= right around $500. For the fun we have the awesome fishing and all, it is a cheap vacation.

During our Aug trip to Wabaskang from Iowa...4 guys, 7 days, driving straight through, using 1 boat (large enough for 4)...usually tell everyone to bring 500 bucks but usually only spend around 400-450, depending on gas prices...thats everything (except extra beer) stay in modern cabins, nothing special but clean and #### good fishing...its worth every penny!

Fly-in trip to lake, boats, gas, some food............ $ 1225 per
Fishing jigs and lure re-stocking......................$ 300.00
Travel from Maryland...................................$ 270.00 per
Rental Van from Minn. to Red lake......................$ 950.00
7 Days fishing on a remote lake in NWO.................Priceless!!:rockit:

My family , my boat , all gas and groceries, 7 days in cabin + bait and ice.Drive from Iowa to Savant Lake area....... $1500. A very cheap family vacation !!!!!

just ran the numbers today. we'll be just south of $900. 1000 mile drive one way, newer cabin and upgraded boats. no guides. we've been going between 7-15 years. we eat and drink like kings. ear falls lac seul in august. can't wait. these are really bargain vacations, no matter how much we complain about rising prices.

BIG MIKE @ SIG?????

No, Big Mike in Allison,IA

I know this is Walleye Central but my main focus while on Lake of the Woods is musky. We do fish for bass, lake trout, and walleye!

$900 - for a 1 week trip.
this includes all gas, food, alcohol, duty fees, 1 night hotel, meals along the way. Pretty cheap for a 1 week vacation!

Flight to Edmonton, charter flight to ft. Smith NWT, float plane to camp, guides, great food,and beer, around $4000.00 for the week. The great fishing makes it worth while.

Atlanta Dave

Flight to Edmonton, charter flight to ft. Smith NWT, float plane to camp, guides, great food,and beer, around $4000.00 for the week. The great fishing makes it worth while.

Atlanta Dave

My wife and I drive to Camp from central Missouri and back on about $250.00 maybe 275.00 for gas. $1600.00 on fly in camp. With fish we catch and dry noodles and other items we bring to eat during the week counting beer we do not spend $50.00 on food, the pecooked bacon is the real cost. $160.00 on motels. Well worth the trip for us. Go to Lake of the Ozarks here and we could spend that much money and not have as much fun. NO boats running you over on a fly in camp.

We have a group that comes 2 or 3 times a year to different drive in or boat in camps. We eat like kings Lobster Steak etc. High end wines and cigars. This year it has averaged about $1000 per man per 7 day trip.This includes everything. This total has been rising slowly every year,but what doesn't.

We have a group that comes 2 or 3 times a year to different drive in or boat in camps. We eat like kings Lobster Steak etc. High end wines and cigars. This year it has averaged about $1000 per man per 7 day trip.This includes everything. This total has been rising slowly every year,but what doesn't.

We do a flyin out of Nakina. 1050 miles to Nakina in a rented van and with ALL $$$ spent == $1200 per man. This includes $860 to Arctic Watershed Outposts, gasoline, van rental, food,licenses, etc. Great trip.

We do a flyin out of Nakina. 1050 miles to Nakina in a rented van and with ALL $$$ spent == $1200 per man. This includes $860 to Arctic Watershed Outposts, gasoline, van rental, food,licenses, etc. Great trip.

I have to admit our cost rose to $3000 for the two of us this year (I pay for my son, so it all on me). We do not spare any cost, so we use the modifed American Plan costing $120 per night per person plus tax, which includes cabin, housekeeping and meals. I tow my own boat for the luxury of having all of my own equipment. At 9 mpg that really added up this year. Filling up my boat at the camp with 50 gallons of gas added a lot of cost and not getting a penny back for gst this year also increased the cost. I still plan to do the same thing again next year, but I may soon have to resort to renting camp boats versus towing my boat. I had a break down on the interstate this year, too, that added some extra cost. With all that said it is still worth it. I have had no problem crossing at the border. Like a good Red Sox fan, "Can't wait til next."

Go Huskers!!

2 couples split cost of cottage for 2 weeks. Each hauls there own boat about 900 miles round trip. Everything included $1,800/couple for 2 weeks. We bring our food and cook our meals.

Usually stay at the Chunkuni River camp grounds and trip from Mpls were actually fairly cheap, but a combination of getting to old to camp and the major storm that came though our tent one year, put a end to that.

Easier to spend a few extra bucks and be comfortable.
But I'd guess the last trip up to Red Lake probably cost about $1000 for the two of us, considering we buy a lot up there and eat out a few times.

Luckily we've been to Red enough times that we don't use a guide and can plan on fish for a lot of the meals.

Going with the new boat and price of gas is probably gonna add a fair bit to the cost, but it's a once a year thing so it's easier to deal with the cost.

Al

Al, I've spent my share of nights with Ralf at Chukuni River Campground. I'm not asking location, but do you have a secret, hard to get to spot, up there? Just wondering because I know of one that is probably one of the best walleye fisheries available, and you can get there with a twenty-five mile truck ride, then a mile or two with a canoe puts you on great June walleye catching. Knowing it's there makes my life better. Hitting it every year or two is great.

My wife and I will stay with Ralf the night of August 2 before heading north for two weeks at Angler's Kingdom.

Goldeneagle, the lake is so big and has so many spots ya really don't need any "secret hard to get to spots", we fish everything from the point just out from the town of Red lake (Forestry point I believe) to the northwestern end of the lake for trout, also I doubt there's any secret places anyway, just tons of good structure.
I'd have to find my map to tell ya few of the other spots, if your interested.

But points, places where rivers run into the lake, islands with reefs or just reefs running off of shore work well, try deep (40+') and work your way into shallow water, usually smaller walleyes the shallower ya go, especially during the day.

We've had our best luck with jigs and minnows, 3/8ths if it really calm to 5/8" if its windy, usually half oz I think is what we use the most of.

If the lake is to windy to fish, we'll drive up the Nungessor (sp?) road and fish below the bridge, don't have a map on me or remember exactly how we get there, but its been a good spot to throw 3 or 4" raps for walleyes, fair amount of snags so bring a few..:)
Throw up into the rapids and reel fast enough to give the rap some action, black and gold or black and silver works well for us also anything that looks like bait fish colors
I can get directions to the bridge if ya need, its a ways out of Red Lake though or maybe some one else knows.

Hope this helps a little.
Al

Thanks Al. My sons and I fished below the bridge in June of 1979. The rapids do hold walleyes. I fished Little Vermilion May 18-June 3 this season and will be on Nungesser Lake August 3 - 17. Back to LV for 9 days in October.

I was thinking about the pools and mild rapids below the flume dam. It can be really hot in June.

Another spot that seems to get missed a lot is around McKenzie island, along the side that faces the town of Cochenour especially.

Al