Fish House Sites
on the North Shore
of Mille Lacs Lake
ENJOY LEASING A SEASONAL FISH HOUSE SITE
on Lake Mille Lacs
The Red Door Resort proudly offers seasonal fish house lots on the north side of Lake Mille Lacs — one of the premier winter walleye and perch fisheries in the Midwest. Lots are in high demand and typically rent quickly. When you lease a seasonal fish house site, you become a Member of that community and join an incredible group of people who love life on the ice at Mille Lacs.
Leasing a fish house lot at The Red Door Resort provides direct access to Red Door’s on-lake amenities, including plowed lot and road access, a convenient staging area for getting your house on and off the ice, and members-only events, plus priority access to prime seasonal fish house placement year after year.
BECOME A MEMBER
Interested in an RV or fish house spot at The Red Door Resort? The resort has a three step process to join as a member:
- Select your desired lot and complete the New Member Information Form.
- Complete and pass a background check
- Sign a new lease and make the initial lot payment
Questions? Please feel free to contact the resort at :
details@thereddoorresort.com or (218) 678-3686.
Fish House Parks
A Year-Round Fishing Community
The Red Door currently has three parks that offer over 200 electric-only fish house lots for your wheelhouse or skid house. Lots are located on the north side of State Highway 18. Annual lot leases run from April 1st to the following March 31st and start at $1,895 per year. Skid house can contract directly with North Mille Lacs Ice Fishing and pay an additional $250 pull premium to have their house pulled out onto Mille Lacs during the winter.
- 20- or 30-amp electrical
- Resort-wide WiFi
- Access to shower houses that are open all year
- Access to The Red Door Resort’s amenities including heated outdoor pool, lakeside sauna, beach, boat ramp, basketball hoop, playground, and gaga ball pit
Please see the maps below for a visual of the sites.
Fish House Sites F.A.Q.
Mille Lacs Ice anglers target walleye, jumbo perch, tullibee, and northern pike. Always check the current Minnesota DNR Mille Lacs Lake regulations before your trip — winter rules are updated annually.
Leases cover April 1 through March 31 and renew automatically for 12 months, so your site is yours year after year. Sites are generally not available for summer-only or winter-only rental, but we do offer winter-only fish house storage if you just need a place to keep your house off-season.
The parks are family-friendly and quiet: quiet hours run 10:00 pm to 7:00 am, one fish house per lot, and one storage shed up to 120 square feet is allowed. Detachable decks up to 300 square feet are permitted (larger or elevated decks need approval and an Aitkin County permit). Electric heaters are prohibited, and leashed pets are welcome. The full park rules are provided with your lease.
Yes. Fish house members receive a season pass for the harbor launch and have first right to lease seasonal slips in the Red Door’s protected harbor ($650 for the 2026 open-water season) — so the same site that serves your winter fishing also anchors your summer fishing trips on Mille Lacs.
Availability changes throughout the year as lots turn over, and current members are prioritized for site selection. A limited number of lots are typically open across East Park, West Park, and the West Park Expansion each season. Contact the office for today’s availability, or ask to join the interest list for your preferred park.
Three simple steps: (1) complete the New Member Information Form[NF1] [BL2] , (2) complete a background check initiated by the resort, and (3) eSign your lease and make your initial payment. New members are set up in our member portal and invited to the Red Door Member Facebook page. Email Details@TheRedDoorResort.com or call (218) 678-3686 to get started.
Yes — your lease covers the site year-round. Many members treat their fish house park lot like a seasonal campsite: it is a short walk or golf cart ride to the resort’s beach, heated pool, sauna, harbor, and playground, and member events run all summer. RVs and tent camping are not allowed in the fish house parks.
Wheelhouse owners tow their own houses onto the lake using the North Mille Lacs Ice Fishing road system — road passes can be purchased directly from NMLIF. Skid house owners contract with NMLIF, whose team pulls your house from your lot or storage out to coordinates on the lake and back to shore at season’s end (included in the $250 pull fee).
Ice operations at The Red Door Resort access are independently owned and operated by North Mille Lacs Ice Fishing (NMLIF) — the only ice operation on the north end of Mille Lacs Lake. NMLIF plows and maintains miles of ice roads along the sand breaks, offers day and season passes, custom wheelhouse plowing, skid house pulls, and rental houses. Ice road access can be purchased directly from NMLIF with day and season pass options. For ice conditions, road access, and on-lake services, contact NMLIF directly at (218) 670-5012 or tightlines@nmlif.com.
The Red Door Resort has three fish house parks with more than 200 lots total: East Park (93 lots), West Park (86 lots), and the newest park, the West Park Expansion (49 lots), just west of the original West Park. All three welcome both wheelhouses and skid houses. Each is a quiet, wooded park with electric service — East Park has its own heated shower house, while West Park and the West Park Expansion share a shower house and playground.
Every lot includes an electric hookup, access to heated shower houses open all year, and resort-wide Wi-Fi. Dues also include a season pass for the Red Door harbor launch. Access to North Mille Lacs Ice Fishing’s ice roads can be purchased directly from NMLIF. Members enjoy all resort amenities — the only heated outdoor pool on Mille Lacs, sandy swimming beach, lakeside sauna, and playground — plus first right to lease seasonal harbor slips.
For the 2026–2027 season, fish house lots are $1,950 per year paid in full by April 1, two payments of $1,050 (April 1 and October 1), or $195 per month by automatic ACH. Skid house sites add a $250 North Mille Lacs Ice Fishing pull fee. Winter-only fish house storage is $900 per year. Email us at details@thereddoorresort.com or Fill out the New Member Information Form on our website to be contacted about lot availability.
The parks are at The Red Door Resort, 38421 State Highway 18, Aitkin, MN 56431 — in Wealthwood Township on the north shore of Mille Lacs Lake, about two hours north of the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro and minutes from Malmo and Garrison. All three parks sit just across Highway 18 from the main resort, harbor, and lake access.
A seasonal fish house site is a private, annually leased lot in one of our three wooded fish house parks on the north shore of Mille Lacs Lake in Aitkin, Minnesota. Your wheelhouse or skid house stays on your own site year-round — fish out of it all winter, then enjoy it as your up-north home base all summer. Leases run April 1 through March 31 and renew automatically.
