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Minnesota Fishing Guides and Outfitters

Guides, launch services, fish house rentals and Lake Superior charters.

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At a glance

Minnesota fishing guides, outfitters and charters

163 guides, launch services, fish house rentals and Lake Superior charters, grouped by type. Minnesota licenses fishing guides only on Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake and the Rainy River and publishes no guide list, so this list comes from tourism directories and business listings.

fishing guide (season not stated)54
ice and open water guide / outfitter51
ice fishing outfitter / fish house rental28
Lake Superior charter17
open water charter / guided fishing7
fly fishing guide3
open water guide / launch3
Fishing guide (season not stated)

Fishing guide (season not stated) (54)

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Ice and open water guide / outfitter

Ice and open water guide / outfitter (51)

  • Adrian's Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 634-1985
  • Angle Outpost Resort and Conference Centerice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 441-5014
  • Appeldoorn's Sunset Bay Resort & Event Centerice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (320) 676-8834
  • Arnesen's Rocky Pointice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 535-7585
  • Ballard's Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 776-2675
  • Bayview Lodgeice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 652-2194
  • Beachside Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Wahkon, (320) 738-1420
  • Border View Lodgeice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 776-3474
  • Bostic Bay Luxury Ice Cabinsice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (701) 371-4370
  • Brad Hawthorne's Guide Serviceice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (651) 271-8600
  • Bugsy's on Bosticice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 718-9911
  • Chartered Ice Fishingice and open water guide / outfitter, Annandale, (320) 310-9089
  • Cyrus Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 932-2924
  • Cyrus's Flag Island Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 223-4000
  • Dickies Shacks on Mille Lacsice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (320) 676-8795
  • Garrison Sports Bait And Tackleice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Garrison, (320) 692-4477
  • Gunflint Lodgeice and open water guide / outfitter, Gunflint Trail lakes, (218) 388-2294
  • Gunflint Wilderness Guide Serviceice and open water guide / outfitter, Gunflint Trail lakes, (218) 387-6070
  • Hennum's Oak Island Lodge (formerly Sportsman's Oak Island Lodge)ice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, Oak Island, (218) 223-8411
  • Jeff's Ice-O-Miniumsice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 783-2022
  • Johnson's Walleye Retreatice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 726-9042
  • Ken-Mar-Keice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 535-8155
  • Lake Mille Lacs guide serviceice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (320) 224-1731
  • Lake of the Woods Outdoorsmanice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 280-1674
  • Lakeroad Lodge & Motelice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (866) 634-2336
  • Little Vince's Guide Serviceice and open water guide / outfitter, Gunflint Trail lakes, (218) 388-9942
  • Long Point Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 783-3365
  • Mac's Twin Bay Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (320) 676-8709
  • Mille Lacs Lake Guidingice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Aitkin, (763) 238-7507
  • Morris Point Lake View Lodgeice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (888) 303-5085
  • Nitti's Hunters Point Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (320) 676-3227
  • Outright Anglingice and open water guide / outfitter, Walker, (218) 209-6285
  • Racks & Rods Lodgeice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (701) 330-6239
  • Rainy River Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 634-2258
  • Red Door Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Aitkin, (218) 678-368
  • River Bend Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 292-3084
  • Roach's Guide Serviceice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Malmo, (763) 226-6656
  • Sean's Birchview Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 362-7894
  • Ship's Wheel Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 634-2835
  • Slim's Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 243-2412
  • Sportsman's Lodgeice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 862-8602
  • Sunset Lodgeice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 223-8211
  • Sweets Fishingice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 368-7323
  • Terry's Boat Harbor Marina LLCice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Garrison, (320) 692-4430
  • Trophies Only, LLCice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 203-9470
  • Twin Pines Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Garrison, (320) 692-4413
  • Twin River Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (218) 634-2394
  • Verdeja's Mille Lacs Guide Serviceice and open water guide / outfitter, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (612) 227-6803
  • Walsh's Bay Store and Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 214-2533
  • Wigwam Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 448-9260
  • Zippel Bay Resortice and open water guide / outfitter, Lake of the Woods, (800) 222-2537
Ice fishing outfitter / fish house rental

Ice fishing outfitter / fish house rental (28)

  • Acorn Hill Resortice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Walker, (218) 547-1015
  • Adventure North Resortice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Walker, (218) 547-1532
  • Agate Bay Resortice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (320) 684-2233
  • Beckel's Bunksice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (218) 230-9006
  • Big Rock Resortice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Walker, (218) 547-1066
  • Brandt's Ice Fishingice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, Onamia, (320) 532-3674
  • Brindley's Harbor Resort Inc.ice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Walker, (218) 547-1721
  • Castaways Resortice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, (320) 684-2380
  • Come Fish with Zice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (763) 442-2973
  • Dale's on Lake of the Woodsice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (320) 630-6734
  • Dynamic Outdoorsice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (701) 317-0848
  • Eddy’s Resortice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, Onamia, (800) 657-4704
  • Fred's Bedsice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (218) 230-5590
  • Ice Camp Outfittersice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, Garrison, (320) 345-7111
  • Ice Fishing House Rentalsice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Forest Lake, (651) 464-1018
  • LOTW SLEEPERSice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (218) 626-7805
  • LOW Fishing Companyice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (218) 434-0102
  • Leech Lake Fish House Rentalsice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Leech Lake, Akeley, (218) 820-3640
  • Lyback's Ice Fishingice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, Wahkon
  • North Mille Lacs Ice Fishingice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, (218) 670-5012
  • PK Sleepersice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods
  • Rocky Reef Resortice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, Onamia, (320) 532-3431
  • Sportsman's Sleepersice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (218) 634-2258
  • The Mille Lacs Anglerice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle
  • Trapper's Landing Lodge on Leech Lakeice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Leech Lake, Walker, (218) 836-2500
  • Twin Island Sleepersice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (218) 434-3052
  • Walker Rentalice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Walker, (218) 547-3656
  • Young's Bay Resortice fishing outfitter / fish house rental, Lake of the Woods, (218) 223-8031
Lake Superior charter

Lake Superior charter (17)

Open water charter / guided fishing

Open water charter / guided fishing (7)

Fly fishing guide

Fly fishing guide (3)

  • Arrowhead Fly Anglerfly fishing guide, Duluth, (218) 590-1712
  • Lynn Lake Fly in Outpost Campsfly fishing guide, Long Prairie, (320) 732-6843
  • The Fly Boxfly fishing guide, (218) 370-9659
Open water guide / launch

Open water guide / launch (3)

  • Norseman Guide Serviceopen water guide / launch, Mille Lacs Lake
  • Seagull Creek Fishing Campopen water guide / launch, Saganaga / Seagull lakes, (218) 388-9929
  • White Water Charteropen water guide / launch, Carlton, (218) 940-3892
In photos

Minnesota waters, pictured

Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Lake of the Woods
Photo: Lorne Sunley, CC BY 3.0
Kabetogama Lake, Minnesota
Kabetogama Lake
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region, Public domain
International Falls, Minnesota
International Falls
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0
Roseau County, Minnesota
Roseau County
Photo: Jimmy Dreger, CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers

Minnesota guide questions

How many Minnesota guides are listed?

163.

Does Minnesota license fishing guides?

Only on Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake and the Rainy River, under state law.

Where are most fish house rentals?

Lake of the Woods, Mille Lacs and Leech Lake.

Are Lake Superior charters listed?

Yes, out of Duluth, Grand Marais and the North Shore.

What is a launch service?

A larger boat that takes several anglers out for a fee, common on Lake of the Woods and Mille Lacs.

Are fly fishing guides listed?

Yes, a few in the southeast and on the North Shore.

How was each type assigned?

From the directory category, the listing text or the business name.

Can I add a guide?

Send the business details through the contact page.