Fantastic guide service on Lake Mille Lacs! Tim was very knowledgeable and professional! We had a…read moregreat time catching small mouth bass and walleye. All catch and release, but so much fun! Highly recommended!

My son Marc and I hired Tim to fish Lake Mille Lacs. It was our first trip to this lake and the…read morefirst time we had ever fished it. We hired Tim for two days. Sure wish we had booked a third day! We had a great time and caught some really nice smallmouth bass and walleye on both days. Tim's work ethic was amazing and his knowledge of the lake showed! We will be giving this guy a call again. Hopefully soon! Thanks Tim! M. Johnson Nebraska

Once again Tony delivered a great morning of fishing for the 2nd Year in a row. I can not say…read moreenough good things about Tony as a guide. Showed up time, had all the gear, got us over fish right away and we spent a whole morning of catching 3-6 lbs pigs. All we had to bring was drinks and snacks. Could not have been any more convenient. Definitely will use again as they guide on many lakes in Minnesota, Minnetonka, Mille Lacs, Leach, etc..

Excellent service and large inventory! Highly recommended. Locally owned and serve locals and…read moretourists.

Cabellas it ain't...but who really needs 99990 types of lures? This spot has the goods and helpful…read moreadvice to make your fishing trip eventful. They sell live bait and today a dude came in buying the biggest suckers live bait I have ever seen. As a novice fisherman, I simply asked what he was fishing for, he didn't respond. When he had paid and left the store, our friendly staff said it was probably muskie (but that the dude was secretive).

We rented a pontoon from Randy. The good was that it was last minute, the pontoon ran with no…read moreproblems and Randy was friendly and responsive. The watch out is that you shouldn't expect a nice or modern pontoon. Ours was quite old, musty and we had to kill a spider or two.

I have mixed feelings about this rental experience. On one hand, I was looking to get out on the…read morewater asap since it was a perfect Saturday weather day -- and Randy's Rentals was the place to make that happen. On the other hand, it was a little rough around the edges. Their website pricing is out of date. They also charge a flat fee for gas surcharge. Online they say they offer a half hour rental for a jet ski, but once I arrived that wasn't an option. Hour minimum - understandable - but would be nice to have the information correct online. I walked by Randy's and couldn't get ahold of him on the phone, couldn't figure out which building to approach with all the signs, so I almost gave up on the boating idea. I would recommend texting him to coordinate - he was very responsive to texts. The jet ski I rented was dirty, and the first one they tried to set me up on wasn't working. Also note they have a vague rule that you have to stay where they can see you. That was a little strange for a boat rental place. Overall it worked for the purpose of getting out on the lake last minute, but is no luxury experience.

I stopped by here when visiting the nearby Father Hennepin SP. The park is near lake Mille Lacs,…read moreand is about 2 hours from the Twin Cities. The highlights of the park for me are kayaking the Rum River or climbing the 100 foot fire tower to experience the view of the lake. Bird watching is also a good attraction here.

One of the my best core memories was made here this past weekend. We were able to book one of the…read moregroup camping grounds and have such a lovely place to stay for 4 days and 3 nights. We got to climb the fire tower, fish at the local lakes and dams, dance around with our family and friends, and enjoy the stars at night. Everything is very clean when arriving. Bathrooms are outhouses that are well maintained, but once toilet has ran out we didn't get much of a refill. Parking space was big enough for our party and the other down the hill from us.

This park is located near the Sandstone Federal Penitentiary. It is a nature park and has a decent…read moresized parking lot. There is also a picnic shelter with tables under it, nice hiking trails and a restroom facility. It is very picturesque and touts a bat hibernaculum to beautiful scenery. I would suggest bringing and putting on some bug spray when you visit here. The bugs were feasting on me. The Kettle River is easily accessible from this park. They have a boat launch there that you can set off on your kayak excursion. Robinson Park is an all-season park that offers ice and mixed climbing in the winter and sports climbing and bouldering the other times of year. The park has hiking and some small camp sites that can be reserved that have campfires and picnic tables. There is also some benches that you can sit on that overlook the river. The park does not have a playground area, any green space, basketball or tennis courts, but is still a decent spot. It is a decent park, especially for you adventurous types. It is well off of the beaten path and is a very peaceful spot. It is well maintained and does not get much traffic. I enjoyed my time there and hope to make it back there soon.

WOW is all I can say. Coming to Nisswa/Brainerd you want to go fishing and Walleye Dan is the only…read moreguy I will do it with! He has a new boat, brings all the gear, knows all the spots, very knowledgeable about the area and everything going on with fishing/otherwise, was SO HELPFUL to my son for his first time fishing, and overall a wonderful person to hang out with for a couple hours on the lake for a beautiful morning fishing. We had such a wonderful time and caught a lot of fish- mostly large/small mouth bass. Dan lived up to his WalleyeDan name and we caught a walleye as well (even with a banana on board which I learned is bad luck) It was such a wonderful experience my son loves fishing, we had a great time, Dan cleaned the fish for us and we made them for dinner that night. A true MN fishing experience that you come to Nisswa for! HIGHLY recommend and will be booking again when we come back!

Worth mentioning, this review was left for Jon Larson who is no longer with the Walleyedan team for…read moreseveral years. Jon has his own charter, and weve continued to fish with him for over 10 years! Going back again in two weeks! Never a trip that we havent caught MANY! Always a 5-star review Call him at 763-213-2550 or https://www.facebook.com/larsonsguideservice/

Rented a sleeper house for 2 nights. Over all the house was clean but nothing to fancy. The pads on…read morethe benches and bunks where so thin they where pretty much useless and the generator we rented from them didn't want to stay running in the cold. Owner seems like an old crabby guy who got kinda pissy with me a few times over little misunderstandings. Nothing really negative about the place but I will likely go else where's next time.

We've rented a fish house through this company twice (Jan 2013 and Jan 2014). Cabins are snug but…read morecomfy, no issues and very warm. Our friend dropped his car keys in a fish hole this year. What a mess. He called tow companies, dealerships, lock smiths, LOTS of people to help either get us a new key or get the car off the ice. No dice, no one would come three miles out onto the lake to help out. I don't blame them, it was super cold and being out on a frozen lake isn't appealing to everyone anyway. Especially during the Polar Vortex. We pretty much felt screwed. THEN, our friend called Brandt's, asking for advice. The woman on the other end of the phone laughed, and then said she was going to send out "Dewey, a friend of the lake." She told us he was going to lower a hook and camera 30 feet down into the lake and fish out the keys. I know what you are thinking..."no way," right? Because that's what we were thinking. And then Dewey, along with his pal Ron, rolled up to the rental in a pick up truck with heavy-duty fishing gear and an underwater camera. Over the next two very tense hours, we FINALLY got the keys and celebrated by passing around a fifth of whiskey. Dewey and Ron will never be forgotten. True story. Thank, Brandt's! Well will only rent from you in the future!