GUNFLINT TRAIL SNOWMOBILE DRAGSHungry Jack Lodge is pleased to announce that they will be hosting the Cook County Ridge Riders, snowmobile club drag races on February 19, 2011. Sign up for those who will be racing begins at 11 AM and the drag racing is scheduled to begin at noon.Classifications for the snowmobile drags include: stock classes for 600 cc, 700 cc and 800 cc sleds and an open class for modified snowmobiles.Even though the video shown below is not from the Gunflint Trail area we have … [Read more...]
GUNFLINT TRAIL SNOWMOBILING
SNOWMOBILE TRAIL CONDITIONSGUNFLINT TRAIL AREA OF MINNESOTAWe received about 4” of fresh snow Sunday night (1/23/11). The snowmobile trails are in excellent shape. Snow levels are pushing close to 3 ft or better here at the mid-trail area. Come up and see us if you are traveling this way.2011 POLARIS 550 SNOWMOBILES FOR RENT ON THE GUNFLINT TRAILWe now have new photos on our website of the 2011 snowmobiles that were added to our snow mobile rental livery fleet. Photos of … [Read more...]
GUNFLINT TRAIL WINTER ACTIVITIES
GUNFLINT TRAIL SNOW UPDATEWell things have been a bit brisk here the past few days. We had -24F this morning, not very nice weather for being outside. This cold weather is great for the lakes and swamps that did not get a good freeze early on. We did get some new snow on Thursday night maybe 2-3 inches with a little more closer to Lake Superior. We did not get any snow out of the big storm that crossed the central and southern MN. I would say our snow depth is still right around 18” give or take … [Read more...]
WINTER IS COMING TO THE GUNFLINT TRAIL
We’ve been real busy at Hungry Jack Lodge getting ready for the Minnesota snowmobile and ice fishing season. We have most of the cabins that will not be open for the winter winterized, the fishing docks and all but a couple of boats out of the lake. Firewood is being cut and stacked at the winter log cabins and cabins that will be open and available for rent during the winter. Hungry Jack Lodge will be closed beginning October 24th and will re-open for the Gunflint Trail snowmobiling and MN ice … [Read more...]
MN GROUSE HUNTING
GUNFLINT TRAIL 2010 RUFFED GROUSE SEASONIn our last Blog entry we disputed the MN DNR prediction that the ruffed grouse hunting season in the Arrowhead region of MN would be down from the 2009 grouse hunting season. Local observations of ruffed grouse indicated, and we predicted, that the 2010 grouse hunting season should be good and not down as the Minnesota DNR had predicted, based on the DNR’s spring drumming counts.Well, we were correct. The 2010 ruffed grouse hunting season has proven to be … [Read more...]
RUFFED GROUSE HUNTING
Ruffed Grouse populations tend to rise and fall on a 10-year cycle and populations are surveyed by counting the number of male ruffed grouse heard drumming on established routes throughout Minnesota’s forested regions.LOCAL OBSERVATIONS - RUFFED GROUSE2009 was an excellent ruffed grouse hunting year. Based on our observations and in our opinion, the ruffed grouse hunting season for 2010 should be at least as good, if not better than the 2009 ruffed grouse season.Our opinion is based on personal … [Read more...]
GUNFLINT TRAIL RESORT ACTIVITIES
This year there is a new attraction and activity on the Gunflint Trail which is ideal for those not so perfect weather days, when the weather happens to be a little too windy and the lake is rough or if it is raining. The 50 acre Chic-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, located near the end of the Gunflint Trail was opened on July 4th.Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center is being run by the Gunflint Trail Historical Society and offers a number of interpretive and interactive displays, videos and … [Read more...]
Hungry Jack Lake Walleye
HUNGRY JACK LAKE GIVES UP 31" WALLEYEJosh Hallberg caught the 31" walleye shown below on Hungry Jack Lake, during his 3 day stay at Hungry Jack Lodge. He caught the "wall hanger" on Saturday, July 10th by trolling with a Rapala.As I mentioned in our last posing, even though it is the middle of summer and the weather is warm fishing is still good. You might have to work a little bit to get a nice walleye like Josh caught but the walleyes, small mouthed bass and an occassional northern pike are … [Read more...]
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Almost everyone who visits the Gunflint Trail and northeastern Minnesota has heard of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Unfortunately, there are many visitors and guests staying on the Gunflint Trail that think that you have to canoe and camp overnight inside the BWCA in order to experience the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. That misconception is not true.BWCAW CANOE DAY TRIPSOne of the popular Gunflint Trail summer activities, for people staying at a resort on the Gunflint Trail … [Read more...]
WE’VE GOT A NEW LOOK
Well, what do you think? Do you like the new look of the Hungry Jack Lodge and Campground News/Blog? We hope that you like it.The layout and look of our blog previously used one of the plain looking generic templates that was available from Blogger. The new blog template uses a newer graphic logo in the Header of the blog that emulates the new main lodge building at our northern Minnesota lakefront family resort. The new logo was created by graphic … [Read more...]