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 Anchor Inn Resort
55960 County Road 4
Spring Lake, MN 56680
Phone: 218-659-2718
Toll Free: 1-888-798-2718
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Bowstring Chain of Lakes
Bowstring, Sand, Little Sand & the
Bowstring River
From
the docks at Anchor Inn Resort anglers can explore the hundreds
of miles of open water that make up The Bowstring Chain of
Lakes. Anglers targeting any of these great Minnesota fishing
lakes can expect to find excellent fishing for walleye, northern
pike, jumbo perch, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, crappie and
bluegill.
The Bowstring River flows northwest first through Little
Bowstring Lake then through Bowstring Lake, Sand Lake, Little
Sand Lake, and Rice Lake. It joins the Popple River at the head
of Dora Lake to form the Bigfork River. It is widely thought of
as providing great fishing for walleye, northern pike, crappie,
bluegill and bullhead. The clean and unspoiled waters of the
Bowstring River flow past the docks of Anchor Inn providing
guests with outstanding fishing from shore, from the "Anchor Inn
Bridge" and from their boats!
Little Sand Lake is 361 acres and is located in northern Itasca
County. Little Sand Lake is connected to Sand Lake to the south
and to Rice Lake and the Bowstring River to the north. The lake
has abundant aquatic vegetation and is generally shallow with a
maximum depth of 19 ft. Because of its small size and shallow
basin, Little Sand Lake would not be expected to provide a
walleye fishery. However, Little Sand Lake has a good walleye
fishery which likely results from walleye movement throughout
the Bowstring River system.
Sand Lake is known as a tremendous walleye lake due to an
aggressive stocking program
 through
the DNR and the Sand Lake Property Owners Association as well as
its plentiful natural reproduction. It also boasts an abundant
supply of crappie, jumbo perch, northern pike, largemouth and
smallmouth bass and panfish. Sand Lake is a 4,328 acre naturally
fed lake with a maximum depth of 70 feet, a median depth of 17
feet, and 19.9 miles of beautiful shoreline, all nestled in the
Chippewa National Forest. It offers anglers many types of bottom
structure variations, bays, islands, rock piles and has direct
access to Bowstring Lake, Little Sand Lake, the Bowstring River,
Rice Lake, Birds’ Eye Lake, Portage Lake, Dora Lake and the
Bigfork River.
 Bowstring
Lake is approximately 9,200 acres of Minnesota's top walleye,
northern pike, crappie, bass, panfish and perch fishing. Most
anglers find Bowstring a fairly easy lake to fish because its
underwater structure tends to hold the walleye and crappie. The
Minnesota DNR lists Bowstring Lake as one of the state's top
walleye fishing lakes. According to data from the DNR's latest
lake survey, Bowstring is managed primarily for walleye and
secondarily for black crappie, northern pike and jumbo perch.
Rice Lake
Rice Lake is an 817 acre lake with a maximum depth of 5 feet.
This shallow, sun-warmed lake provides the Bowstring River
system with an outstanding fish habitat great for natural
reproduction of many species of Minnesota gamefish. Its thick
cover of wild rice also make Rice Lake great
hunting
grounds for Minnesota waterfowl. Located just north of Anchor
Inn Resort, anglers on the Bowstring River benefit greatly from
the resort's proximity to this natural fishery.
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