Dean with 49 inch musky

The staff of Melines Lodge would like to wish all our guests a very Happy Holiday Season and All The Best in 2012.   We would also like take this opportunity to thank everyone who joined us at Meline's Lodge over the 2011 season.
 
2011 was our best fishing year to date.  Our guests landed 27% more walleye, which were, 28 inches or bigger.   John Goedders landed the biggest walleye of 2011 with a 31.5 incher.  Our guests also landed 246 muskies in 2011 at an average size of 43.25 inches!  Alice Harris landed a 21.5 inch Largemouth Bass. Our fall hunters also had some huge whitetails in 2011.  Now going into our 7th season, I feel more confident in delivering our fishing and hunting packages.  I can't get photos from all our guests but I will have all the 2011 photos I do have on our website by the end of the year.

Nate Berg from Babe Winkleman Productions produced a musky video for the lodge which can be seen on YouTube.

I want to let all our guests know there will be a 5% increase in our rates for 2012 due to the rising costs gas, propane etc.   This will take effect February 1st/2012.   This price increase will especially affect larger groups or guests staying for longer vacations.   There will be a substantial savings in making your reservations before Feb 1st, so please make your reservations a.s.a.p. to take advantage of 2011 rates.

We are now able to process Visa and Master Card sales, please talk to Cathy about paying with your Visa or Master Card. 

For info on the big fish our guests are catching please follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Sincerely,
Dean Roy
Melines Lodge and Guide Service

We will raise our prices 5% effective Feb 1st.  I encourage everyone to set their dates asap to take advantage of our 2011 rates.  There will be substantial savings for larger groups or for groups staying for longer vacations.  Be sure to take advantage of the savings in making your reservations before Feb 1st/2012.

• $40.00/night/guest
• 1 night free for any group staying 6 nights or more

We are now able to process Visa and Master Card sales, please talk to Cathy about paying with your Visa or Master Card.

Jerry Pucket

Roy Biles, Business Manager of Texas Sporting Journal, and friend Jerry Puckett came to Melines Lodge in mid- October for some early season whitetail hunting and late season fishing for walleye and pike.   Watch for the March/April Issue of the Texas Sporting Journal for their upcoming article.

Please call Dean for our special Group Rates and extra value added incentives for your group. We cater to larger family groups, corporate business groups or clubs. We have a large dining room and lounge area which is excellent for your sales group presentations.  We can provide all presentation equipment. We added a new Corporate Web Page Tab to our main page in an effort to attract corporate or larger groups to the lodge. Please see our Corporate Webpage Tab for more information.

Nate Berg

Nate Berg from Babe Winkleman Productions produced a musky video for the lodge which can be seen on YouTube. 

Cathy with Mexico Largemouth

Andrea Corey with a 49 incher

Muskie - 49 inches
Corey Holliday, Robert Stratton, Andrea Corey, Tony Sommerfeld, Bill Crammer, Justin Madden, and  Jodie Webber 

 

Northern Pike - 45 inches
Tom Kacor 

 

Walleye - 31.5 inches
John Goedders 

 

Sauger - 21 inches
Alex Torres 

 

Perch - 14 inches
Jeff Erdahl and Max Honnier 

 

Perch (ice fishing) - 16 inches

Justin Smal

 

Crappie -  14.5 inches
Mike Koelfgen 

 

Crappie (ice fishing) - 15.5 inches

Bill Watson

 

Smallmouth Bass - 20 inches
Caleb Hunt and Don McCleod 

 

Largemouth Bass - 21.5 inches
Alice Harris   

 

Lake Trout - 38 inches 
Andrea Corey 

 

Lake Trout (ice fishing) - 41.5 inches

Nate Berg

 

Lake Whitefish - 26 inches
Dave Wallin

 

Lake Whitefish (ice fishing) - 28 inches

Dave Wallin

2011 Habitat for Humanity Group

2011 was the 5th year for the annual Ride Around the Lake hosted by Habitat for Humanity.  The riders spend their last night at Melines Lodge before completing the last leg of the trip and riding all the way back to Kenora on the next day.  Project Organizer, Elaine Smith, her crew and the riders have now raised over $550,000.00 on the RATL charity event.

We are always updating our web page Photo Gallery. Please  email us your digital photos and we will be sure to upload them onto our web site.

We provide shuttle service for our guests flying into the International Falls airport or to the Winnipeg Airport. We can also shuttle our guests to the lodge from the landing strip in Nestor Falls.  Please see our web site for airport and landing strip information.

Sincerely,

Dean Roy 

Melines Lodge

and Guide Service