a little help please

[jimyoumook]

My wife and i just got back from our annual ice fishing get away and have started planing our next years trip anyway we have decided that Minnesota would be nice to try looking for lakes in south western part of the state not looking for anyones honey hole just some good info of were to start.

[Beardsicles]

What species would you like to target?

[jimyoumook]

a good pan fish lake would be great but if it had a few pike in it that would be even better

[Beardsicles]

I missed that you said southwest area. Apologies as I know the Detroit Lakes area decent enough I could point you towards some bodies of water there. However I did a search and found this list published by the MN DNR. It lists the main species and then secondary species. Hope it can make your search a little easier. Sorry I couldn't help more. Here is the link:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/windom/lakes/topfishinglakes.html

[Hard_H2O]

Here is a good site regarding tourism in MN:
http://www.exploreminnesota.com/index.aspx

Fishing might be a bit better if you head a bit more north in MN.

Mille Lacs, Leach Lake, and Lake of the Woods are all great areas that cater to wintertime activities, ice angling, and winter tourism.

If I had to pick one spot to visit in MN for an ice angling getaway it would be Lake of the Woods.

For a few years the wife and I along with a couple of other couples had an annual trip that would take us up to McQuoids on Mille Lacs.

Good Luck.