Glendalough State Park

[bkbullhead]

I'm planning on camping at Glendalough next week and I was wondering about the camp sites and park in general. Any recomendations on the main campground vs the canoe in sites? Also how is the fishing and any recomendations would be appreciated. thanks

[IFallsRon]

I've only visited and never stayed. To the best of my memory, all the camping sites are some distance from the parking area. There are carts for you to haul your stuff. I think the lakes are non-motorized although that doesn't prevent you from taking a big boat and getting around with an electric or otherwise. I'm pretty sure that I downloaded lake maps from the DNR. If none of the park lakes pan out for you, you're close to plenty other of the popular Ottertail/Battle lakes.

[CALVINIST]

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[CALVINIST]

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I'm planning on camping at Glendalough next week and I was wondering about the camp sites and park in general. Any recomendations on the main campground vs the canoe in sites? Also how is the fishing and any recomendations would be appreciated. thanks

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bkbullhead,

We just got back from there for the second year in a row. The cart-in campsites are within a mature a hardwood forest surrounded by farmland. Canoe-in sites are on the other side of the lake. We use the cart-in sites. Lots of room between neighbors. We get the sites right by the lakeside, #19 this year. You just have to go down the hill to get onto the lake. This is convenient if you rent a boat, you can just pull up and tie her to shore before going to bed at night (or bring her onto shore if you have a canoe). Watercraft (boat or canoe) rental is $20 a day or $10 for 4 hours. If you want to keep the boat for the next day, then just head to the office by 7pm and pay for the next day. If you rent a rowboat, bring your own anchor if you can, those chain anchors on the rentals suck royally!

Remember, there are no motors or electronics allowed on that Annie Battle lake. We never did the canoe-in thing, so I can't tell you one way or another there. You can't bring your own wood because the ash borer beetle infestation problem, but you can buy wood for $3.5 a bundle. $20 should do you for a couple days.

Fishingwise, all I can say is WOW! Right out in front of the cart-in sites are a long shoreline of some old pencil reeds. All you have to do to catch huge bluegills is fish these reeds. There were some nice crappies mixed in, but these might have moved out by then. We caught many more big bluegills last year as opposed to this year. The # of 9" fish is amazing. Limit on these fish are 5 per day. I released all mine. Use a bright colored flu-flu tipped with some meat of your choice, that's your best bet. I put this under a float, I use a slip float set at 12-24 inches. This water is absolutely crystal clear!!! You will be amazed! Strong south winds seem to turn the fish on. Post-frontal conditions will shut things down.

Basswise, there are tons of small bass, but I never caught any lunkers, but know there are some in there, same with norts and eyes.

Hope all this helps! Nice campground to bring the family. They'll catch some good sized gills for sure.

In any event, let me know how you do, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

[bkbullhead]

Thanks for the info folks. I'm looking forward to it.

thanks again.