Did you know that this Saturday is the Lions-Lake Minnetonka Crappie Contest! Tickets are $5 & we'll have them for sale at the store until Thursday. For more information, go to www.MNLakeParty.com There's also a raffle for a boat, motor & trailer package, a trolling motor, fishing equipt., & gift cards! Raffle tickets are also $5 & you need not be present to win.
Try something different this year...how about putting fishing tackle in those eggs for your familys Easter egg hunt? Small bobbers, jigs, sinkers,etc. fit perfect inside those plastic eggs. Heck even wax worms could go in there! Plus your dentist will thank you! We will be closed on Easter Sunday, so shop early.
Ladies & gentleman...start your motors! Open water season is here! As of yesterday March 18th, Lake Waconia was ice free as are many of the surrounding lakes. So get your boats outta storage, your gear ready & your new fishing license & hit the lakes!
We've been getting a lot of phone calls lately regarding the close of walleye season & when houses have to come off the ice. Here are the dates to remember...Gamefish season ends February 26th. House have to be off the ice in our area by midnight March 5th. And for you hunters, Small Game closes February 29th. Enjoy whats left of the season & stay safe out there!
It's Fishing Contest time folks! This Saturday take part in the 55th annual Chaska Fire Dept Fishing Contest from 1:00-3:00 at Chaska's Firemans Park. Next weekend it's the 19th annual February Festival Ice Fishing Contest on Saturday Feb. 4th from 1:00-3:00 on Lake Ann. Before the Super Bowl on Sunday you've got the 25th annual Victoria Firefighters Relief Fishing Contest in our own back yard! Be on Steiger Lake from 12:30-2:30. Tickets for all these awesome events are available here at the store. Come out & support these great local causes!
The temperature is dropping & so are our prices...on Clam & Frabill that is!!! Just in time for Valentines day, all remaining in stock Clam & Frabill portable fish house have been marked down (some as much as $100!!!). No date for Valentines Day...not to worry! The clothing has been marked down too! At least that'll keep ya warm!
The trout, the whole trout & nothing but the trout! That's what today is about! The 2012 MN trout season opened an hour before sunrise this morning & catching has been good. Courthouse Lake in Chaska was the place to be this morning. Head on out & give it a try! Wax worms, euro larva & Power Bait are on the menu. Use caution if you travel onto the little pothole on the southwest end...ice is thin in the channel. Limit is 5 by the way.
A new year means a new look for the Cabin Fever website! We'll do our best to keep you updated on new products, can't miss events & important deadlines. For example... Application deadline for the 2012 MN Spring Turkey hunt is FRIDAY JANUARY 13th! Zones have been change & there is no need to apply if hunting any of the last four seasons! Check out the DNR web site for more info www.dnr.state.mn.us