What others have to say about us



"Nielsen's Fly-In Lodge Lodge is absolutely great and totally remarkable. The meals are great and the friendly service by the entie staff is incredible. I am truely amazed at the numbers and quality of fish in Rowan Lake!"
STEVE SUICK
Suick Lure Manufactures

"I've caught huge lake trout while casting muskie lures! Anything can happen on Rowan Lake!"
LARRY DAHLBERG
Hunt for Big Fish TV

"I have seen and caught more large muskies on Rowan than on any other body of water I've fished. Something BIG always happens at Nielsen's Lodge!"
JIM LINDNER
Executive Director and
Co-Host Lindner’s Angling Edge TV

"I've been a guest at Nielsen's for several years now and I'm never disappointed with the fishing or accommodations. When I'm not at Nielsen's Lodge, I'm day dreaming about going back!"
BOB TRUMPY
NBC Sports

For More Information About Our Lodge, Here Are Some Folks To Call:

ILLINOIS
Don & Esther Cunningham (217) 446-6315

INDIANA
Steve McAninch (765) 497-0576

CHICAGO
John & Bev Sands (773) 477-1341

WISCONSIN
Tom Hicks wk (262) 784-7200

MILWAUKEE
Kevin Sandstrom wk (414) 321-6600

MINNEAPOLIS
Mitch Albers wk (763) 659-6002
George Wahl (612) 588-9107

NORTHERN MINNESOTA
Scott Sleight (218) 682-2835
Jeff Woodruff (218) 547-1405

MISSOURI
Bob Britton (816) 356-8427
Eric Eickmeyer (314) 909-8553

NEBRASKA
Doug Dakan (402) 423-1372

NORTH DAKOTA
Mike Hardy (701) 886-7574 home summer
......................(701) 520-0155 school

CALIFORNIA
Chris Cotter (949) 493-4324

OREGON
Dr. Ross Ungerleider wk (503) 418-5443

"Rowan Lake has excellent cabbage beds, and hundreds of blow-downs and reed beds where big old largemouth are found. “Three- and four-pound bass were a common ‘mistake,’ when I went muskie fishing there with our oversized muskie baits.” Rowan Lake is a large, unique, fly-in fishery with very little fishing pressure. And most of that is for the incredible muskie that reside there. Imagine fishing a lake where the majority of largemouth bass have probably never seen a lure before."
Gord Pyzer
Outdoor Canada’s, Fishing Editor