Wheelhouse Rates/Permanent House Rates

Permanent House Service & Storage / Wheelhouse Rates

2023-2024 Season

Due to rising fuel costs and inflation, we had no choice but to increase prices last year. This season we are keeping them the same.

 Daily access fees for single vehicles, (portable fishermen) will be $15.00/day.  Access fee for trucks with wheelhouse will be $20.00/day.   All payment must be CASH or CHECK only.  NO CREDIT or DEBIT cards!

We moved our “Red House” Office last year to the newly restored/remodeled barn.  ADA Men’s and Women’s bathrooms and showers are available for our customer’s use.

We have room available  (as of March 15th, 2023), for new permanent customers for this coming 23/24 season. Call to get a spot if interested.

PERMANENT HOUSE INFORMATION   (23/24) season

  • Our rates vary from $750.00 to $850.00 depending on the size of the house for the full season, including summer storage.
  • We have no summer use of the houses, except for maintenance purposes.
  • We offer discounts for early payments. Rates and increases, (if any) go out via mail the week folllwing Sept 1st of each year to customers. Rates include Summer storage, on/off the lake and access fees for two owners, plus other features. Call 320-676-8740 for information.
  • WHEELHOUSE RATES and INFORMATION
  • These are the rates for the 2023/2024 season
  • SEASONAL  WHEELHOUSE – $400.00 for the full season’  (paid in advance,)  includes access fees, plus storage on shore in a secure area, during the winter season.  We REQUIRE that you REMOVE your house and store it in our storage lot after use each weekend. DO  NOT LEAVE it out there. (That’s why you have a wheelhouse.)   Winter seasonal rate currently is $400.00.  Summer storage for 2024 will be $200.00.  ($600.00 year round). You must call ahead the week before you come up for the weekend so we can have an idea of the number of houses that will be out that weekend, and/or if you want a spot plowed for an extra charge.
  • WEEKEND WHEELHOUSES – To keep from overcrowding spots once the ice is good to go we start a list on Tuesday mornings and customers must call to reserve a place on that list.        (We went to this out of response from many about how some businesses were not concerned about how many they let out on the ice. ) We received many compliments for doing this, and we will continue with it again this season. Also, those that get on the list have the option of having an spot plowed, (if snow conditions warrant) for $25.00.  If you are coming for the weekend ,  (Fri-Sat-Sun) and register at the office we charge $80.00  up front when you arrive. Each CALENDAR day you are out of our access $20.00  will be charged towards your deposit. When you checkout Sunday at the office we refund the balance of what is not used back to you. (Example: You arrive Friday sometime and stay until Sunday sometime. You will be refunded $ 20.00). Doing it this way we know you are off the lake with your house and we also get a fishing report from you.  (good or bad…)
  •  WEEKLY WHEELHOUSE CUSTOMERS  –  Lets say you are going to fish with us for only 2 or three weeks and then go to a different lake or something like that.   Your cost with storage in our lot while you are gone is $100.00 per week.  (Includes daily access, storage in our protected lot when not in use).  Plowed spot if needed is extra.
  • Wheelhouses going out of our access must be on the ice before dark.   We will not let you out after dark UNLESS you are a seasonal storage customer here, (signed up on file and paid up), and have been out on our roads already this season. Although we still encourage you get here before dark. The goal is to keep things quite out there for ALL of our customers.
  • As snow conditions dictate, sometime during the winter we will start plowing spots for wheelhouses to park. if and when that time comes there will be an additional  non-refundable charge added to the weekend wheelhouse rate. or if your seasonal, it will be added to your account.  If you do not want a plowed spot you will be required to have a set of chains for your truck to pull off the roads, and you will be on your own.
  • We WILL NOT let ANY trucks with a PLOW and a WHEELHOUSE out thru our access. The few times we have it created problems for everyone else (including us).  Too many wrecked a good fishing spot in one weekend because they did not know or care how they left it for others when they were gone.  Example: (pushing up piles of snow for their selves to clear a spot that would fill in with the next wind and making it unfishable for others the rest of the winter).  Sorry, but it’s not like pulling up anchor in the summer folks… and I’m not dealing with it.  Make a mess somewhere else if they let you.