Island View Lodge

[hoppe56307]

I am thinking about staying at Island view lodge on Rainy Lake, does anybody stayed there and what did you think?

[otis32]

I don't think you can go wrong with any of the resorts up here!! They all have nice docks, food and drink, and great views of the lake! Hopefully somebody else will give you more info. We just stop there and eat and drink. NO COMPLAINTS HERE! good luck!

[gtaggart]

We stayed there last summer and I don't have many complaints. The staff, with the exception of one dock boy, do not seem to be very friendly. The cabin was nice and I love having your own dock so close. We had a good time except the night that lightning struck a tree near the cabin and starting our on board charger on fire. I was able to catch it in time and just ruined the charger along with creating a mess from the extinguisher. This year we may try Sha Shas, you seem to get more for the money and they seem much nicer to deal with.

[matt_shermoen]

Island View Lodge is a nice resort. I have a hand full of clients that stay with them very year. Not sure what time of year you are planning to visit Rainy but I would get your cabin or room reserved asap, there are only a few lodges and they all fill up fast. Let me know if you need any more questions.

[hoppe56307]

I made my reservations this weekend, they recently had a group cancel so they had plenty of openings for the end of June.

Matt is there any place to rent a Lakemaster chip for Rainy Lake? I don't really want to spending $100 on a new one just to use it once.

[matt_shermoen]

hoppe56307-

I don't know of any place the rents the chip. What type of cell phone do you have. If you have an Iphone or android phone you can download the navionics map for about 15.00. If all else fails shout me an email and we can try to work something out.

[hoppe56307]

Thanks Matt, I do have an Android phone but I am concerened since this is my first time up there and I am not sure about cell phone service(I have Sprint) and do not want to loose a lower unit or run up on a rock pile that I dont know about.

[okfisherman]

best money you can spend is on paper maps. especially the enlarged one for the area you are going. They are cheap and last a long time.

[Outfitter17]

Thanks Matt, I do have an Android phone but I am concerened since this is my first time up there and I am not sure about cell phone service(I have Sprint) and do not want to loose a lower unit or run up on a rock pile that I dont know about.

Hoppe56307-

If it was me, I would invest a few bucks into buying the chip. As you stated above, you don't want to loose a lower unit or run up on a rock pile. Just think of it as a little ins. policy rider for your boat for the week.

Also, if you enjoy the trip I am sure you will want to come back and now you will already have the chip.

[Borch]

If you check around you can often find a use chip out there. I found one for $35 shipped when I looked for one.