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First City Guide Service offers open water guide trips(Bemidji,Cass,Leech) and Winter on Upper Red

Open water guide trips:
April - November

Winter Rentals:
December - March
16 sleeper fish houses

05/09/2026

Happy MN Walleye Opener! Go Time!!

Where are you fishing Today?

04/28/2026

FCGS Cass Lake Chain

Heading to the Cass Lake Chain this Open Water Season? We would love to get you on some great Fishing!!

With 8 Lakes reachable by Boat and over 25,000 acres it can be overwhelming looking at the map on where to start. Let First City Guide Service help with that!

From the beautiful clear waters of Cass and Pike Bay to the fertile fisheries of wolf, andrusia and kitchi we know them all very well. Sometimes we even sneak up the turtle river to fish the rice lakes!

We work with multiple Resorts on the System and would love to refer you to one of them if they have availability. If you're already staying at a resort we can pick you up right off the Docks!

2026 Rates:
2 people
4hr $430
6hr $520
8hr $600
3rd person $80
Follow boat $100

We take you in One of our New Yar-Craft boats loaded with All the latest equipment!!

Bait, equipment and Fishing cleaning included!!

Reach out to book or with questions on where to stay or when to come!!

Joe's Lodge
Finn'n Feather Resort
Cass Lake Lodge
Sunset Cove Resort
Sah-Kah-Tay Beach Resort
Oak Haven Resort & Campground
Stony Point Resort & Canal House Restaurant
Norway Beach Resort
Wishbone Resort
Horseshoe Resort

Capt Chaz Dobias
(218)689-5550

04/18/2026

We Love to Chase Trophies at FCGS!

We have touched 50+ walleyes over 30" for guests in the Open Water Season!

Some trips we just go fish but on a lake that has that potential. Other trips we truly just chase Trophies! It's not for everyone though as we are not fishing typically numbers lakes and now with Forward Facing Sonar we can target specific size fish!

Multiple Days are the best to chase down that elusive 30"er! We can work out a package with lodging Also!

Let's get you on a Fish of a Lifetime!!

2026 Rates
1-2 people

4hr $430
6hr $520
8hr $600

3rd person $80
Follow boat $150

We supply bait, equipment and clean fish after the Trip! (Most Walleyes of over 20" we typically toss back)

Bemidji Area Lakes
Cass Lake Chain
Leech Lake Area
Park Rapids Area
Lake Winnibigoshish

We also occasionally head to Lake of the Woods and Lake Vermilion

***Reminder***
2026/27 Ice Season Books are Open!!

Also book some extra Lodging for your summer Cabin with a delivered Ice Castle!!

Capt Chaz Dobias
(218)689-5550

04/07/2026

2026/27 ICE SEASON

Book Your Upper Red Lake Ice Castle Sleeper Now!!

The Books are Open for Getting on some Great Upper Red Lake action in a New Ice Castle!

We will be running out of Jr's Corner Access again. We will be running 26 Rentals this Winter!! And adding 2 New Layouts(2man and 8manXL)

Black Friday(Nov 27th) Start for Shore Rentals(Early Ice)

On Ice
December 7th(2MANS)
December 10th(4MANS)
December 14th/17th(6 and 8MANS)
December 26th(10MAN)

All Houses include Dish Network(Satellite TV), Generator, Gas!!

Currently Rates are Staying the Same for Next Winter!

SHORE Lodging
Mid-week/Weekend PER HOUSE, PER NIGHT
2man $120/$150
4man $140/$170
6man $170/$210
8man $200/$250
10man $240/$290

2026/2027 RATES (ON ICE) URL

2man $195/$260
4man $250/$330
6man $330/$440
8man $420/$550
8manXL $440/$580
10man $495/$690
Midweek/Weekend
PER HOUSE PER NIGHT

December 26th-Jan 3st (Holiday Week) is WEEKEND RATE

Three 2MANS Ice Castles 6.5x14v(17ft)
Eleven 4MAN Ice Castles 21-22ft
Six 6MAN Ice Castles 29ft
Five 8MAN Ice Castles 35-36ft
One 10man Ice Castle 44ft (with back slide out)

Best to call or text over FB business messenger!

Chaz Dobias
(218)689-5550

03/31/2026

Get your 2026/27 UPPER RED LAKE FCGS Ice Castle BOOKED!

Books will be Open in the morning for 2026/27 Ice Season!

We will have a Few New Changes for next Season. Rates will be staying the Same except for the new additions.

We will be running 26-28 Ice Castles

We are adding a few 2Man houses. So a Great smaller cheaper option for 1-2 people.

We also will be adding a 8man XL!! It will be like the other 35ft 8mans except these will be 36ft and 1 slide out!!

10man will be a 3 night minimum and 9am will be our new check out time. Most left between 730-9am anyways. This will help tremendously on our heavy flip days. Remember we always put our houses on fresh ice every set!!

More info to come the next few days and before we share publicly we are going get our past guests and followers opportunity to get booked First !

I feel like it was thousands we couldn't accommodate last year because we were full so here is your chance to get a New Ice Castle on URL with FCGS!!

Chaz Dobias
(218)689-5550

03/28/2026

SUMMER ICE CASTLE RENTALS

Need some Extra Lodging for Family/Friends at your Lake Home, Campground, Hunting Land, Etc this Summer/Fall?

Most of you Know we Have a 24 Ice Castle Fleet we run on Upper Red Lake all Winter! Well over the last Few years we have been steadily renting them out throughout the Summer and Fall also!

4, 6, 8 Person Sleepers with A/C, fridge, microwave, stove, oven, TV

We deliver and set up within 45 miles of Nevis MN and each Job will have its own rates just depending on Days, Size, location, etc.

Give a call or Text to get some overflow lodging for your Vacation or family gathering!!

Chaz Dobias
(218)689-5550

03/18/2026

Leech Lake Walleyes are some of our Favorites!

This popular Lake has been Great the last couple years and we will be spending a little more time on it than years past for guide trips and tournaments!

If you're looking to Fish Leech Lake this Summer let FCGS take you out to learn the system and techniques!

We have a few lodging partners also we can refer you too!

Remember we have multiple Guides and cover a Big area so don't hesitate to Message or call!

Bemidji area Lakes
Cass Lake Chain
Leech Lake area
Park Rapids area Lakes
Lake Winnie

Here are some Dates we still have open for Leech.

May 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th
July 5th-9th, 13th-16th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd

Don't hesitate to ask if you're looking at other dates!

Capt Chaz Dobias
(218)689-5550

03/07/2026

🎣 Open Water will soon be here! We can't wait at FCGS! 🎣

Looking to Plan a Stay and Fish package for 2026? Looking to Learn electronics or Chase that fish of a lifetime?

We can help! FCGS is offering 20% off guide trips for any Breezy Pines Resort & Campground Guests that book before April 1st a Cabin for 3 nights+. Staying From May 9th-October 12th!

Don't worry if you can't figure it out before then we still offer resort guests 10% off fishing regardless!

Here are a Few pictures from Guests and Guides from Last Year

Breezypinescabins.com

Capt Chaz Dobias
(218)689-5550

02/23/2026

FCGS UPPER RED LAKE 2/22

As the Sun Sets on the 2025/26 Season we would like to THANK all of our Ice guests this Year!

This last Weekend wasn't what we hoped to end our year on for Fishing but some houses managed to do pretty good! Some not so much. Regardless we appreciate all of you for fishing with us!

We had One of our Best years while running 24 houses for a 2nd straight year and plan on running a couple more with more options and possibly more Cool Layouts!! 2mans? 8manXL?

We start booking April 1st for next Year and will have our ducks in a row by then for the 2026/27 Season! We plan on running out of Jr's Corner again.

Special Thanks to our Ice Crew!! I feel they are Best in the Game!
Corbin Hime
Brett Hill
Jeremy Wickham
Noah Hime
Jack Kangas

Chaz Dobias
(218)689-5550

Address

Bemidji, MN
56601

Telephone

+12186895550

Website

http://firstcityguide.com/

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