Fishing or Golf?

As the opener came and went last weekend, I talked with many people about the fishing on Mille Lacs. Overall, the opener was pretty slow. There were some success stories. I heard about one boat catching 19 around Hunter's Point. Another boat getting a couple limits up on the sand by Carlsona.

Many I talked to decided to forgo Saturday's windy, cool and moist opener in favor of a round of golf at Fiddlestix, Izatys or Higbees. Each golf course is open for business and in varying states at this time. Higbees is offering a Wednesday night scramble with munchies and beverages. Izatys is still looking for a couple teams for its Tuesday night league. Fiddlestix has leagues Monday-Thursday. We will be posting updated lists of area tournaments on our golf page soon.

We hope to get our guide reports link back up and running with fresh reports soon. As you may recall, last year we had weekly reports from Tim Ajax, Mike Christensen, Dereke Voge, Gene Miller and Jeff Hanson. I'm sure most of those guys were out on the water last weekend and had some degree of success.

It was good to see area businesses busy last weekend. I was in Isle getting some groceries on Friday afternoon and it was bursting at the seams with fishermen stocking up for the opener. I'm sure many local businesses did well last weekend.

This week Izatys reopens Club XIX as BayView's Rand Syverson and Wahkon's Brandon Niesen open the bar and restaurant. They start operation on Thursday. The outdoor pool and hot tub are scheduled to open Memorial Day Weekend. Bill Lundeen is also operating Walleye World out of Izaty's Marina.