Buying fish houses on Mille Lacs

[The Yeti]

I've been kicking some ideas around for a while. Been thinking about buying a retractable wheel house, but have storage issues (where to store it off season), and have also thought about purchasing a house up on Mille Lacs, and just pay whichever resort to store, move, bank, etc.. each year.. thoughts?

[Dan Thiem]

Sounds like a great idea. That way it could maybe be used as a camper during the summer maybe? Oh and by the way, can ya leave the key under the mat for me and Grebes?

[Ryan_V]

you could do what I do, I have a wheel house AND a perm on mille lacs. I will tell you since I got the shack on the pond, I haven't used my wheel house more than a couple times, but it's pretty basic, nothing special and it's not worth selling it to me.

the majority of time I'm on mille lace in the winter. nothing is better than having the house already there, not having to worry about the set up, minus of course drilling holes. If I had to choose right now, I'd keep my house on mille lacs and get rid of the wheel house. depending on where you go out of on mille lacs, it can get spendy. I'm in on my house with 2 other guys, so it wasn't much investment, and upkeep is split 3 ways.

[The Yeti]

Sure Dan.. I'll give you guys "really accurate GPS coordinates" as to my whereabouts..

[The Yeti]

How spendy are we talking? I was looking on Craigs List and there were alot of houses for sale on Mille Lacs. I'm assuming where the $$ comes in is storage, moving, etc by the resort you're keeping a house at?

[davidr]

from what I have found your looking at 600-800 bucks for the winter rental, that includes bringing your house in and out once...usually 20-25 bucks to have your house moved. The summer rental is usually 500-600 for storage or 1000-1500 if u want beach front property. Every place is different so I would just figure out what part of the pond you want to fish and start calling or finding websites for the nicest or cheapest place. So like the previous person said its a nice option for a summer cabin as well, get yourself a window AC unit and your in paradise.

[Ryan_V]

it's just everything together that gets spendy, at least for a working stiff like me!! $3 a gallon times 260 miles a weekend and 14 mpg adds up in a hurry....beer...food...beer...gas for the auger, and generator... and all the other misc you use up in a house. don't get me wrong, it's worth every penny, just adds up more than you anticipate!!

[Reynolds]

If you end up considering buying a house at a resort up there I would ask around as to the reputation of the resort itself. If I were to buy a house again on Mille Lacs I would definitley put it at a different resort. The place I currently have my house I have been a bit disappointed in. For one, they don't like you coming and going after 10pm because you have to drive right by their house to access the lake. I am also not allowed to work on my house during deer hunting which I realize is a safety issue, but that is a bit unfortunate if you have a lot of work to do on your house. Lastly, my brother-in-law came up on a Saturday afternoon last Winter and left on a Sunday morning and was charged for two road passes I am not sure why he was charged at all being that I have two road passes for the year and I was only using one for myself. I am currently contemplating having my house moved.

[Ryan_V]

the place I'm at is the cheapest around. we can come and go as we please, we are allowed to use/work on/sleep in our fish houses any time of the year, I use mine in the summer for 4 wheeler trips when we are sleeping out and also for all the early ice trips with the 4 wheeler. he has electricity that we can use when were there, and I can throw a rock from my fish house and hit the lake.