Sportsman's Lodge

Our guide was Mike C. and he was off the charts excellent. He knew what we wanted before we knew what we wanted. The accommodations were fantastic and at a very fair price. - Chuck, Red Wing, MN

Staff was so polite and helpful

25 years of ice fishing here....... The decline over the last couple of years is almost immeasurable, especially the last 2. Day 1 check-in: NO HEAT in our cabin with a windchill of -29 degrees F. One of the keys to our cabin was an uncut blank. The best they could do was give us two floor space heaters which immediately blew the fuse. The entire cabin is run on two old fashion screw in fuses that do NOT match. Back to the office and they gave us two more fuses that lasted until about 11 PM. The rest of the night was spent in our ice fishing garb to keep from dying as they refused to do anything more for our 3 person group. Day 1 fishing: So slow......they used to move us when we were set up on a bogus spot. Our driver doesn't fish.......they used to fish a bit to keep us on the fish. Those days are long gone. Day 2 fishing: Even slower fishing and they would NOT move any of the groups. Our driver forgot to drop off our lunches (meal plan) and we had to flag him down and remind him. At check-out we were given a whopping 15 % discount. Never again. After a quarter of a century ice fishing here not another penny will be spent at this dump. The restrooms in the motel side reek of urine and are filthy. The salad bar is tiny now. The food is WAY over priced, and breakfast is eggs with meat (sausage patty) or eggs without meat. NO MORE BACON?! .....WTH?! The new owners either don't know what's happening or don't care. There's more.....I have pics and video but can only post a few! Sportsman's Lodge is CLOWN SHOES!

I am ok with being an older property, but I still expect it to be clean. Hair and dirt in corners, tub and sink. Beds very uncomfortable and noisy with every change in position. Carpet had many dirty spots/stains. Room was cold despite turning off the Air conditioning, unable to turn on the heat.

Underwhelmed The place looks nothing like the pictures. There is just plywood covering the hot tub, its been out of service a couple years but pics online still advertise it. The pool was freezing cold and not very clean. We didnt have hot water to shower, the bartender was very unattentive, expensive menu for less than average bar food. Breakfast staff was terrific and the breakfast food was good too. Thin ceilings and walls so you can hear everything. Good views and location.

Outdated lodge Well the first nonsmoking room smelled like smoke so we requested another room which was better. Weather was rainy when we were there so wanted to have heat. No heat, they hadnt turned it on yet The tile ceiling was bowing over the bed and the ceiling tile was open in the a bathroom corner, all i can say is spider webs. On a good note the food was decent. I really liked the chicken strips. Servers in the Sand bar were friendly and checked on us frequently. Beautiful view of the lake. All in all only a 5/10