The cabin is generally rented in one week intervals from Saturday to Saturday. The season runs from late May through September. Check-in and check-out are on Saturdays at 10:00a.m. Obviously you may choose to leave earlier or arrive later as you please. Shorter rental periods will be accommodated on a case by case basis.

Last season’s renters will be given priority for their same week but is not guarantied due to owner's priority. All other weeks are a first come first serve basis.

Rates: Payment in full is required 30 days prior to your reservation.

All rentals from season open in May through the 4th of July are charged at the 5 to 6 person rate below.

All other weekly rates are as follows:

Weekly rental for 2 people is $2,300 ($1,700 plus $600 portage service)                            Reservation Deposit $800
Weekly rental for 4 or fewer people is $2,900 ($2,300 plus $600 portage service)           Reservation Deposit $1,000 
Weekly rental for 5 or 6 people is $3,500 ($2,900 plus $600 portage service).                  Reservation Deposit $1,300
      These rates include the use of the cabin, the boats, motors and all fuel. 

Deposit: A reservation will not be held without a deposit. The deposit is non-refundable but may be used for a different stay in the same season or the following season.

Portage Service: $600 round trip for all people. You will drive across the Canadian border at International Falls and continue about 2 ½ hours to a logging road near the far west end of Little Eva Lake. From here a portage service will tote all your gear from the road down to the lake with an ATV and a trailer. Then they use a boat to ferry you across the lake to the cabin.

Location:

The cabin is located in Canada just over the Canadian border about 40 miles east of International Falls MN. You will need to drive north from Duluth MN on across the border at International Falls and down to the lake (as described above) to portage in.

Emergencies:

The cabin is remote and there was no cell service available in the area. It is about a 2 hour drive to a hospital for those who choose drive in access. For a home emergency, we will provide phone numbers to the portage as needed.

QUESTIONS? Call 765-620-0494

Release the Fish to Survive

• At Little Eva Lake we have wonderful fishing resource so here are some tips to help maintain it.
  • A. Handle fish to be released properly:
    In a tournament at Toledo Bend it was found that 93% of the 1,503 bass released died within a few minutes of release. 70% of the remaining fish died within the next 14 days and half of those had bad infections. That left only 2% survival! Here are some tips to improve survival:
    • 1.) Be aware of the protective mucus (slime) on the fish’s body. This mucus is a protective barrier to infection and is the number one cause of mortality among released fish. When you handle a fish ALWAYS GET YOUR HAND WET before touching the fish. Never grab a fish with a glove. If you grab a fish with a dry hand or glove it will almost surely die within one week. Handle bass by the lip whenever possible and pike by the gill cover. (See handling below)
    • 2.) Mind the time the fish is out of water. This is especially true on warmer days and when the water is warmer in July and August. If you are having trouble with the hook and it is taking a long time give the fish a breather before finishing in a bucket or overboard in the net.
    • 3.) Handle the fish carefully. If you can remove the hook without landing the fish that is best. If you hold the fish, first get your hand wet and then gently control the fish. Squeezing the fish will damage the swim bladder and lead to death.
      • a. Hold bass by the lip if at all possible,
      • b. Hold Walleyes by placing your thumb on the belly just in front of the two pectoral fins and your index and middle finger on top just in front of the dorsal fin. Avoid contact with the rest body.
      • c. For small pike. Gently squeeze he gill covers together with your thumb and index finger and avoid touching the rest of the body. For larger pike slip the tips of the index and middle fingers under the gill cover and lift the fish from here.
    • 4.) Be careful of the gills. Disturb the gills and gill rakers as little as possible. If a fish is bleeding from the gills it has almost no chance of surviving.
    • 5.) Play the fish in the water. Fishermen have gone back and forth on this over the years but recent fish survival studies have shown that it is better to mostly play the fish out while in the water. A tired fish is easier to handle and handling is what kills the fish. Stiff rod advocates say that playing the fish out can cause lactic acid build up and poison the fish. Studies have shown that this is very rare and applies mainly to species not found in our lake.
    • 6.) If a fish is really tired, you can help revive it before release. The best way to do this is create slow water flow over the gills. For a bass you can drag it around in the water for a minute or so by the lip. For a walleye or pike you might even hook it on a stringer for a moment and drag it SLOWLY thought he water. Do not grab the fish by the body and drag or push it as this can remove the protective mucus.
  • B. What to keep: In general keep the smaller fish to eat. They taste better and there are far more of them. Most people realize that large fish are rare but few understand just how rare large fish are. For bass as a rule of thumb the number of fish increases by an order of 25 for every 2” between 12 and 18 inches. For example, for every 18” bass: there are (25) 16” bass, (625) 14” bass and (15,625) 12” bass. Put another way, there may be only one 18” as for every 15,500 12” bass. Eat the small ones and release the large ones carefully.
    
    Always follow fishing regulations, they are there to protect the resource!