A few pics from this gem of a location.  Gonna spend 5 days paddling here end of May with my daughter after som 'eyes out of Oak is.  up thgrough Tranquil Channel and back to US side of the angle.

Last week Ice fishing

Drove up to Wheeler's point N of Baudette, MN.  Loaded up snowmobiles and toboggans.  Was -30 F that morning and I told my dad that I wouldn't sled accross ice unless warmed up to -15 F.   By time we arrived from Bemidji and loaded, temp was up to -13 F.  took us only an hour to get up to the Angle at Oak isl.  The ice trail had been groomed and there wasn't narry a bump.  The toboggans pulled flat behind our machines and our gear stayed secure.  Wasn't nigh much of a wind either.  Got a few "burns" to my cheecks.  Arrived just in time to make the lunch Bombadier run out to our shack.  Only take for the afternoon was my 15" 'eye.  Tommorow would be better.  

Here's a map of the route.  Most years, an ice trail is marked on lake, similar to those in Voyager's.  Distance from wheeler's to Oak isl is 38 mi.  At one point, you are out of sight of any land horizon for about 5-10 miles and is quite erie and gave me some pucker factor given the temps we were dealing with.
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A pic of the sleds and toboggan outside of the chalet at Sportsman's lodge/Oak Island.
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The shacks are mostly 1 mi east of the isl. right smack dab on the Ontario line.  They fish a reef that rises up into Canadian waters.  no need to travel further than 1 mi for great fishing.  Makes for a short ride on your sled or in the Bombadier.  tahts Oak isl in the background.
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A view South back towards Garden isl 14 mi away...small rocky isl highlighted by the sunset.  The land at the far end of the horizon is the point of land owned by the US, but only contiguous to Canadian land, the NW Angle of Minnesota.  Beyond that is 30 mi of open lake passing down to Baudette and Warroad, MN.  Only -15 F at quitting time this evening.  It hit -31 F that night though!  We had to pull the spark plugs and use some ether to get our sleds fired up the next day.
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Next day we limited out on our 'eyes and saugers.  Brought in a few jumbo Perch as well.  But the highlight of the trip was my dads near 6lb'er Walleye.  This one came in at 5.7 lbs.  It ran so much that we all three had our 2 hooks in it.  We each fished two holes.  Ultimatly the fish came up my fathers hole with 6 hooks in it, but only his hook in it's mouth.  We all claimed as percentage of the catch, as we all had a hook in it.  She took off down the hole, no worse for the wear, right after the picture.
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On the trip home the trail had drifted in and speeds were reduced from 60-70 mph to just 20 mph to keep from smashing our gear in the toboggans (Vexilars and such).  We had just crossed a dangerous ice ridge and open water and we stoped to take theis pic looking back at Little Oak Isl, just N of Garden isl.  The whole 2 hr ride back accross the ice, we saw no one, except, I heard a loud noise outside my helmet, looked up and just 30 yds from my left was a Border Patrol helicopter, matching my speed about 30 mph, just over my head, presumably taking my pic.  Suppose we could have had anything in those toboggans.  I like to think they were "Geigering" us for Nuclear material.  I waived but they didn't.  they hovered up to my father-in-law, took his pic, then my dad, the same.  Then they were out of there.
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If you get a chance to go up to the Angle in summer or winter....don't miss it.  A great piece of histiory lies up there with LaVere'ndrye and son and Massacre Island.  The fishing is often great any time of the year.