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What winter? An unbelievably mild winter has resulted in an early spring. Ice is out on East Silent Lake and many of the docks were in by 3/25. We are ready for summer!

When it comes to celebrating summer, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota offers unlimited opportunities. For example, the Northwest Water Carnival lasts a delicious week or more in the heart of summer – July 13-22, 2012. This will be the 77th annual! Do you love to build sand castles or ships? There’s a competition for you.  Tough enough to […]

Visiting your favorite Minnesota fishing resort each year – a true Minnesota family tradition. Here is another great batch of old East Silent Resort fishing photos. There are primarily from the 80’s and 90’s. As you can see, things change over a 20-30 year span. However, the fishing on East Silent Lake remains outstanding. Enjoy!

A blast from the past. Were the walleye really THAT much bigger 50 years ago 🙂 ???

Fishing has been outstanding in the Otter Tail County area the past few weeks…especially for Gary Leabo of Underwood who landed this 33-inch, 13-pound, 3-ounce walleye Jan. 3, on West Battle Lake. He was using large golden shiners. We don’t have snow…but the ice is plenty thick. Call today to schedule your next ice fishing […]

The leaves are cleaned up, docks are out, boats are stored, and cabins winterized. With most of the fall work done, we took a few minutes to go through our summer 2011 photos. We’ll share as many as we can via the blog, website and Facebook. To start, check out these beautiful fish!