I have a 5 day trip planned to wood lake
August 1-5 and I am looking for some place
nearby to stay the night of July 31. I am having
trouble finding a reasonable price for just one
night with 2 people. Any suggestions? And any
tips about Wood Lake? I have never been. Thanks!

quote Ava Jeffery: "I have a 5 day trip planned to wood lake
August 1-5 and I am looking for some place
nearby to stay the night of July 31. I am having
trouble finding a reasonable price for just one
night with 2 people. Any suggestions? And any
tips about Wood Lake? I have never been. Thanks!"

I'm going in to Wood Lake on the 22nd.

Not sure what reasonable price is to you, but my wife and I always stay at the Lakeland Motel (next to the Dairy Queen). $80 per night for a simple, knotty pine paneled room. It's not luxury, it's a place to sleep.

Mike

Try the bunkhouse at VNO

quote QueticoMike: "Try the bunkhouse at VNO"

Like he said... VNO about $25 each VNO Bunk House

I actually lived in the bunkhouses while at college up there. Not bad accommodations for the money!

quote MikeinMpls: "

quote Ava Jeffery: "I have a 5 day trip planned to wood lake
August 1-5 and I am looking for some place
nearby to stay the night of July 31. I am having
trouble finding a reasonable price for just one
night with 2 people. Any suggestions? And any
tips about Wood Lake? I have never been. Thanks!"

I'm going in to Wood Lake on the 22nd.


Not sure what reasonable price is to you, but my wife and I always stay at the Lakeland Motel (next to the Dairy Queen). $80 per night for a simple, knotty pine paneled room. It's not luxury, it's a place to sleep.


Mike"

Thanks! I'll check it out

Williams and Hall is right on Moose Lake. They charge 15 a person for a bunkhouse type room with a shared bathroom down the hall. You should be able to get your own room so your outlay is limited to 30 bucks and you wake up on the lake to start your trip.

Reread your post. Thought you said Wind Lake, but it was Wood Lake. Still very convenient to Wood Lake, might even be closer than Ely.

Tips about Wood Lake.

I made 3 day trips to Wood Lake in June. The portage off Fernberg Road is in good condition, not too hilly, just a bit long. There is a nice campsite on the south side of the narrows that was always occupied. I always traveled from the landing to the narrows so don't know anything about the northwest area... there was a campsite on the small island. Past the narrows, there is a campsite often occupied on the small point to the west-northwest.

I had good luck fishing on Wood for walleyes. Slip bobber and leech on the windy shores 15 fow.

You could check Northwind lodge, just down the road from that E.P. , also check out redrock wilderness store is there as well lots of tackle to pick from also good fishing tips too.

quote bobbernumber3: "Tips about Wood Lake.


I made 3 day trips to Wood Lake in June. The portage off Fernberg Road is in good condition, not too hilly, just a bit long. There is a nice campsite on the south side of the narrows that was always occupied. I always traveled from the landing to the narrows so don't know anything about the northwest area... there was a campsite on the small island. Past the narrows, there is a campsite often occupied on the small point to the west-northwest.


I had good luck fishing on Wood for walleyes. Slip bobber and leech on the windy shores 15 fow."

+1 on bobbernumber3's recommendations. The northwest side has a nice campsite (last one before the portage out of Wood). There are a couple of good campsites on the southern end that you will paddle past. I never checked them out but as I floated past them, they looked roomy with plenty of tent spaces. Watch the wind direction on Wood for walleye haunts. I caught a really nice eye in a small southwestern bay in the early AM trolling a gold/black rapala original floating lure.

quote GraniteCliffs: "Reread your post. Thought you said Wind Lake, but it was Wood Lake. Still very convenient to Wood Lake, might even be closer than Ely. "

W&H is closer to Wood than Ely.