Mississippi River at Alma

Aptly named too!  it is a super long walk!  I ice fished there about 30 years ago.  My brother and I would walk for 45 minutes to get where we wanted to be.  Everyone had atv or snowmobile but we did not.  We just followed their trail in the snow and walked.  I recall getting so hot walking and pulling the portable with gear that I was about stripped down to my skivvies.  Worth it as the big northerns were fantastic on smelt.  And I mean big. Bring a gaff hook.   Not sure how much it changed in 30 years but long walk had the best ice fishing for big northerns I ever encountered.  

Be safe!  I would hire a guide with air boat if I still lived near that area.  Too far away for me anymore.  Please post back on how you do there.

That area is called the long walk.  I’ve gone out on wheeler from just south of Cedar Ridge several times and most the time it was fine.  Last year my back tires broke through going across a channel a few hundred yards from shore.  Ice went from 10 inches to 2 and the water in that channel is roughly 20ft deep.  Never again.  Have gone out from the power plant on the south side of Nelson and have had mixed results as well.  Guys that seem to know where they’re going skirt a few hundred yards off the shoreline and cut out to the fishing area where the Cedar Ridge access is.  Ice there is also really unpredictable.  Muskrats and some moving water cause problems everywhere out there. Follow the advise of the previous guys and A. Walk the 3+ miles.  B. Get ahold of Fluekiger and pay through the teeth to go out there and fish with 20 other people.  C. Stay at Cedar Ridge and either hike or drive wheeler or sled from their access.  

chiaxi2002,

My best advice is to follow the post prior mine. I duck hunt this and getting out there without knowledge can be deadly. There are little to no walk on options. They all have current and are dangerous. 

chiaxi2002- 1. Have an airboat 2. Get a guide with an airboat 3. Book with cedar ridge to use their landing 4. Walk down a long ways. IMO the locals nicely patrol that landing so you don’t get a ticket from the RR crossing over and make sure you stay at cedar if u use it. Locals are nice and I stay there and am not local but close but like to give my money to these places. Airboat guides, I get it, it’s their career. But they also have marked my holes and covered with their boats the next day and put 20 clients on it. Not my way to fish but again not gonna gripe it’s their way to fish and make money.

Use caution even cold years there’s current that runs by shore and especially this year, too many guys chasing a tater chip and breaking through. Good luck and be respectful out there plenty of spots that will catch fish. 

chiaxi2002- ​I sent you a message 

​How does one get to this area to do some ice fishing. I attached a photo below. I kind of have an idea, but just wanted to confirm. I've seen people fishing out here and just wanted to go out and try to see what I can ​catch.