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Ice Report as of 12/18/25 

Use extreme caution and check with resorts/lake access operations before heading out Good Luck, Have Fun & As always be safe!!

Agate Bay Resort: 

We were out on the ice most of yesterday marking roads and checking ice thickness. We marked Walleye Drive, Lake Street, Perch Parkway, Tullibee Rail, Flamingo, and Archers Avenue. We will mark Moon Reef Road soon.
The ice looks good, generally 10-11”. It is good ice with very little piled ice. With the weather this week, I am not expecting to make much ice, but I hope to be able to start plowing some areas later this week. At present, we are open for walking, ATV, and side by side travel. No wheel houses yet.
If you have additional questions, or would like to make a rental house reservation, please call us at 320-684-2233.

Castaway's Resort: Things are coming together out there. Few days ahead of where we were last year. Forecast looks promising over the next couple weeks. We will be open to atv/side x side traffic this weekend, please check in at the bar before heading out.

Watch Castaway's Ice Report Video: Hal from Castaway's Resort Ice Update

 Eddy’s Resort: We’re looking forward to the upcoming ice fishing season! Our team was able to get out and take ice thickness measurements, and we’re happy to share a few photos showing recent ice conditions at various depths.

 

“With favorable weather ahead, we’re expecting continued ice growth and plan to begin plowing our ice road soon—conditions permitting.”

The Mille Lacs Angler: 

Ice Conditions-
Our main road is plowed out a little over 2 miles. Some work is still being done on the interior roads, which will be done by the weekend. We are mostly seeing 12-14' of ice throughout our road system that we have opened up.
Wheelhouse traffic-
We are allowing up to 8'x17' single axle wheelhouses dollied out only. We do have onshore parking available for any vehicles that cannot be brought out to your house. We do have a dolly rental available for those who have their own ATV or SxS. We can also dolly for you for a fee, by reservation only. Seasonal wheelhouse customers can use the dolly for free with their package or get a discount to have us dolly their house out.
Vehicle traffic-
As we are limiting vehicle traffic for this weekend, we will only be allowing seasonal customers (road pass or wheelhouse packages) with 1/2 ton or smaller vehicles for this weekend.
Please call us at 320-674-0482 with any questions or reservations for this coming weekend.

Garrison Sports Bait & Tackle: 6-8” of ice on our last check. Tentative plan is to allow snowmobiles and wheelers starting Friday. It’s highly recommended to have tire chains on your wheelers. We are waiting to see what the ice does with todays (12/18/25) warm up and will have a for sure plan after that!

Ice Camp Outfitters: 

It's shaping up to be an awesome ice season - temps look great to continue building on what we currently have.
Reminder...No ice is ever 100% safe, be smart, and have fun.
These fish are hungry!
See you out there soon!

Dickies Shacks on Mille Lacs 

we have been conducting ice checks and staking roads. The ice thickness ranges from 6 to 15 inches, with most areas measuring between 9 to 11 inches. A crack has appeared today near Bigpoint, and we will provide updates on when access will be permitted. Should you have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to reach out. Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to connecting with everyone.
 

North Mille Lacs Ice Fishing: Will be open to walking, atvs, Side by sides and snowmobiling traffic. The office will be open at 6am please come in so we can direct you on where to park. Watch Ice Video and update as of 12/18: North Mille Lacs Ice Update Video

Nitti's Hunters Point: The cold snap is past and we are now be staking the roads in our shorts for the next 2 days. The cold snap did gain us an 1”or 2. We are sitting at around 9”-11” of ice. We will continue to be on ice staking and checking ice. We are allowing wheelers, sleds, side x sides at this time. 

Beachside Resort

 

We got most of our houses down to the staging area before the warm up hit and the ground softened up. We have been monitoring the ice closely and we are seeing 12"+ of ice.
We will be plowing a lot the next couple of days and would like people to stay to the left of the stakes for travel with UTV/SXS/SNOWMOBILE. Please stay clear of the plows and don't fish near the stakes if you want to fish without a bunch of noise.
THE BITE:
The Walleye bite has defintley been better then last year and the Perch are everywhere! Pike bite is as good as ever. Stop at baitshop and one of our ice guides will put you on some fish!
RESTRICTIONS:
We will be opening up some territory this starting Friday to single axle houses pulled by UTV or ATV.
We will also be offering a dolly service that will be 1st come 1st served. Our dolly service starts at $20 each way. There is no need to call and make a reservation.
At this point we will not be allowing any Tandems out.
We are also limiting vehicle traffic to 1 vehicle per wheelhouse, as we don't want to beat up the roads before we really get going.
The max vehicle size at this time will be half ton or smaller.
At this time we will not be allowing portable traffic with vehicles, but you can still take out a portable with UTV/ATV/SNOWMOBILE.
BAIT:
We have Rainbows, Golden Shiners, Fat Heads, Small to Large Suckers and worms.
RENTALS:
We have Ice Castle Rentals available this weekend, and skid houses starting next week. Go to www.beachsidemn.com to check availability and book your stay!
Please clean off the snow from your wheelhouse before going out, as the snow adds a lot of weight.

Lybacks Ice Fishing: 

Been out on the ice checking ice and establishing roads with the Land Cruiser.  Our ice depth in the smooth ice where we are going is between 11″ -12″.  We will not be allowing vehicle traffic out on it until it gets thicker.  ATVs – Side-by-sides pulling smaller wheelhouses can go, along with normal ATV portable guys.

With this warmer weather and the brief cool-down on Thursday, I will not take the chance of letting vehicles out, especially pulling anything.  The clear, smooth ice will get very brittle as it cools, and 12″ just isn’t enough for the combos fishermen have these days.

The bite has been fair to good, especially in the twilight hours on the shallower reefs in close. We will be pulling a few of our smaller rentals out tomorrow and have some available for the weekend.   We urge customers to have an ATVand trailer to get back and forth as we won’t be driving.

Brandt's Ice Fishing: We have 8 to 10’’ of ice, We are open to Atv, Snowmobile or foot traffic. At this time we are not plowing or staking any roads. We will wait for this cold snap and wind to pass through then we will kick off our season. We plan to start plowing and staking on Monday. UPDATED: As promised… our crew is out today working on a main road, hoping to go a mile out. We do have a couple of small cracks (4-5”) just before mile and a quarter that look good, but need to heal a little more until we are ready for truck traffic. Ice thickness is 11-12” and will continue to get better as we clear the snow. We will update our page as soon as we are ready for you eager fishermen!! Thank you for your patience. 

Castles Resort


WHEELHOUSE RENTALS AVAILABLE ON THE ICE NOW 


The ice is not quite ready for half ton pickups yet, probably by the weekend! We will be extending our main ice road out this week.

 

  • Small cars & SUVs are go now 5MPH!!
  • Shuttle Service available

 

Fishing Report

  • Perch are plentiful with folks reeling in some good keepers
  • Small tungsten jigs blue/white with waxies or minnow head
  • Walleye are cooperating nicely in this barometer range
  • Dead Stick w/ shiner or small sucker minnow. Jigging with smaller flutter spoons w/small minnow or half a minnow 12' to 22'
  • Pike 7' to 10' medium to large sucker minnow

Mille Lacs Regulations 2025-2026

Walleye:

  • Daily/Possession Limit: 3 fish
  • Size: Must be longer than 17 inches; only one can be longer than 20 inches
  • Season: December 1, 2025, through February 22, 2026 

 

Yellow Perch:

  • Daily/Possession Limit: 10 fish
  • Season: December 1, 2025, through May 8, 2026 

 

Northern Pike:

  • Daily/Possession Limit: 5 fish
  • Size: Must be at least 30 inches long

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