5151 Maple Drive , Gilbert, MN 55741(Saint Louis County)

FISHING MADNESS!!!! Here is a property type that is extremely hard to come by!! This well kept home would be perfect for someone looking to get out in the country and have room to roam and keep your horses or to start up your own hobby farm! The unique factor comes in with the approx 2170 feet of frontage on Forge Lake.  There are only a couple other landowners with frontage on Forge Lake. Forge Lake is an excellent lake for fishing Northern Pike. The seller has done well year-round fishing for pike and has caught some dandy fish over the years. In fact I just spent about a little over an hour out there in a kayak and can say first hand the pike fishing was like catching bluegills. Fast and Furious!! I know we fisherman get a bad wrap for telling tall tales however the first five cast's I caught three, lost one and had a follow. In total I caught about 10. Lost 4 or 5 while taking photo's of them next to the kayak and had a bunch more follows and strikes I didn't connect on. Needless to say the pike fishing was unreal!! Also I caught a bass confirming there are largemouth in the lake and saw a bunch of sunfish in the shallows. The lake also doubles for great duck and goose hunting during periods of the fall. It's situated in a prime location with the fields on this property to get geese go from the water to the fields. If a person played around a bit with what's planted in the field for instance putting in a small wheat field or some peas you could get some excellent field or water hunting for waterfowl. The lake has a creek that leaves it and leads to a beaver pond area in the SW corner of the property.  This pond area and the lake would allow for excellent trapping for all kinds of water-oriented furbearers.  The lake and beaver pond area also create an excellent natural funnel for game traveling from the west and northwest to the fields on this property or passing through to get to the fields and big timber areas to the SE. All types of game will use this travel way naturally. The seller has done well on deer over the years as well as his neighbor shot a very mature buck last fall that he had also been seeing on his land as well. Right now it's just hayfields used for the horses however a person could plant some amazing food plots on this property and really draw in some deer in this area. The home is well kept and has two bedrooms with the capabilities of having two more very easily. There is also a good sized living room, kitchen and dining room. Off of the dining room and foyer there is a room that would be excellent for an office or workout room. There is also large barn, detached garage and several other outbuildings that could be used for various things. If you are looking for a place to call home this place would be the ultimate place to raise a family and enjoy the country life. If you are looking for land to hunt but can't decide if you want a cabin on a lake this also could be for you giving it has the best of all worlds.  Call today to schedule your private showing.

Property Features:

- Beautiful country home and farmyard

- Approximately 2170 feet of excellent frontage on Forge Lake with only a couple other landowners on this lake

- Excellent Northern Pike fishing on Forge Lake during all seasons of the year

- Excellent deer hunting and opportunity for ducks, geese, grouse, bear

- Trapping opportunity for water oriented fur bearers and land oriented game such as fox, coyote, bobcat

- Great barn and several other outbuildings

- Close to several other great fishing lakes

- Close to jobs in the Range Cities

- Tons of public lands nearby