Name: Black Bear Lodge
Address: 1330 Halberstadt Rd, St Germain, WI 54558, USA, Woodruff, Woodruff, Woodruff, WI 54558, United States of America
Rating: 9

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Oneida County Airport

Black Bear Lodge

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They are closed .
Black Bear cancelled reservations and returned check for deposit. Website does not show anything available to rebook for the next few months at least. There is not news or announcements so have no idea what’s happened. Always had been a nice place to stay.

Closed for now

stayed one week.  First day 2nd bathroom toilet was broken.  said they would take care of it BUT never did during our stay.  For entire wee maintenance were washing buildings all around us and one day could not use our patio.  Noise from washing continued throughout our entire stay.  One day had no electricity for several hours and had to find someone to turn it on after they turned it off to fix something.  The whole week seemed like we were in a construction zone.  Not peaceful.

These were the lodge condos we were in.  We paid a huge premium price for room just to put up with this construction.   PLEASE do not stay there.  The owners do not care about there rental people ONLY the money.  Their attitude was....so sad, to bad.

noisy and inconvenient stay

We rented the Eagle's Nest for a week. This is a two bedroom, one bath cabin.  One bedroom has a queen bed, the other has two twin beds. This was perfect for our young family as the kids each got their own bed. The living room is roomy and has a gas fireplace, a kitchen table with six chairs, two recliners, and a pull out couch. It has a 40" LCD TV with basic cable, and a DVD player. WiFi was pretty weak in the cabin (I found the antenna and it seemed like they had it aimed more toward other cabins.)
The kitchen had almost everything we needed. There was a can opener, but it was almost unusable, but everything else from pots and pans, knives, plates, glasses, and silverware were good.  The cabin does have ceiling fans in the bedrooms and plenty of box fans, unfortunately there is no AC so on hot or rainy days it can get a little stuffy.
The only real challenge we had was the size of the bathroom. It has a bath/shower, a toilet, and a sink. The bathroom is very tight with barely enough room to turn around, there is very little counter space so we kept our toiletries in our room and brought them into the bathroom when needed, and my 5 year old daughter had a little difficulty with the sink since it's on the high side.
We rented a pontoon boat on two different days, which was excellent.  The boats are brand new and work well.  We rented a Montego Bay one day and a Bennington the other.  We felt the Montego Bay had a better layout but the Bennington had better handling. Both were excellent boats and you can't go wrong either way.
Lake Little St. Germain is very weedy, especially late in the summer, so watch out for the shallow spots. We tried our hand at fishing and while the lake is known for northern pike, musky, and walleye, we managed to find a spot on west bay that was loaded with voracious bluegill. The second we dropped a hook with a worm on it into the water it was immediately swarmed with a school of bluegills. Between my two kids they must have caught almost a dozen within a hour as well as lost quite a few worms to sneaky little fish who are very skilled at removing worms from the hook without getting hooked.  Little St. Germain is not a huge lake and we were easily able to cover the entire lake twice in one day. While out on the lake, there were lots of boats fishing and quite a few other boats tubing and water skiing.
Black Bear Lodge has multiple docks including ones right in front of the cabins, so we were able to come back to the cabin a few times throughout the day and dock just steps from our cabin. They have the boats set up for novice boaters. The docks have rings and the boats have clips on snuffers so there's no need to know how to tie a cleat knot, you just clip on to the ring. Fenders are just hung on the rails so they pop on and off easily. Just remember to remove them before going high speed. We forgot and lost one and despite retracing out path were unable to find it, so we ended up having to pay for a fender. If you have your own boat they have a launch ramp, trailer parking,  and room on the docks to keep your boat during your visit.  Staff was friendly and helpful and my kids had so much fun that my daughter started crying on our last day that she didn't want to leave.

Great way to experience the north woods

Stayed in a Bear Trap Suites the first week of August and the "suites" turned out to be 3 small connected units with very thin walls.  We had the middle unit and since the decks were connected like adjoining fenced stalls in front of each unit, we couldn't enjoy any privacy whatsoever when sitting out on our own unit's deck without being right next to a neighbor who frequently hosted a large group on his.  Didn't realize from the resort website's picture that all three units were connected in this way so there was no privacy to just sit peacefully out on your deck undisturbed.  Very dirty Weber-like grills were provided outside, but the underside of the lids turned out to be deteriorating so the first time we put the cover on, our burgers got small flecks of the material coating the inside of the top which came off onto our food.   We had planned to do a lot of fishing and we sincerely recommend going elsewhere if you have a boat and like to fish.  First thing we learned was how horribly long and steep the onsite boat launch is.  It runs down a long narrow embankment on the end of one of the lodge buildings and is very steep.  Dock space was first come first serve and none of the docks have boat bumpers or poles. Small metal rings at each end are the only securement.   The docks closest to the Bear Trap suites were all occupied by unused resort rental pontoons, so we ended up at a dock further down from us with only a long, steep wooden staircase down to our boat. You also have no guarantee the same space will be available for you when you get back from a day of fishing.    It didn't really even matter because we could never stay out longer than a few hours in the morning or evening due to the inconsiderate jet ski traffic which  is horrendous.  Most of the jet skiers we encountered had no sense of courtesy for people fishing.   Unfortunately, we did not realize ahead of time that the resort and a neighboring one right nearby (Sunset Bay) rent  Jet Skis or we would not have booked the property.  The suite itself was nice inside and up to date.  Nice shower and kitchen area.  No dishwasher.  Bed was ok.  Reliable heat and AC.  Few available outlets - bring power strips for your phone chargers or if you have a CPap machine you will need an extension cord.  Very small TV and inconsistent WiFi which repeatedly disconnected us spontaneously.   Nowhere to have a campfire outdoors anywhere near our suite.  The property outside was very pretty and we enjoyed the resident deer and fawns that showed up at times alongside the road into and out of the property.  There were many eagles.  Only saw a loon once - probably due to the jet ski traffic.  
Bottom line is if you are looking for a quiet time sitting outside, enjoying nature, or fishing in peace -  go elsewhere.  If you want to party, and race your jetski around the lake without regard for anyone else, this is the place for you!

Too many jet-skis

Spent 4 nights with my son on a fishing expedition. We rented a cabin, the bear cub. It is a small, 2 bedroom cabin, but just what we needed.

One note, there is no A/C. Not an issue at all for us, as it was high of 75 and low of 40, but could be an issue on hotter days. There were ceiling fans as well as box fans in the rooms.

Use of kaaks, paddleboard and a row boat were included. Since we were going to be fishing all week, we rented a motor for the boat at $40 a day. You can also rent a pontoon boat for more $$. Lots of great places to fish and bike ride.

The lodge has several things in place to be careful with Covid, so we felt safe.

There is a grocery store in town and several restaurants. Eagle River is about 11 miles away with more options.

Definitely a quiet, relaxed place to recharge your batteries.

Great relaxing time in the north woods.

We stayed in a 2 story building that was set right on the lake shore with an entrance to the lake. It had two bed rooms and a pull out couch which accommodated the 6 people in our group. It had 2 bathrooms, living room with fireplace, a dining area and kitchen area. We came to snowmobile and were able to rent them right there in St. Germain. We have stayed there 10 times and have never been disappointed. We will be there again in January-February time frame. This is a comfortable, rustic, place to stay and look at the beautiful winterscape that surrounds it. Give it a try.

Black Bear, a good place for staying and relaxing.

We were excited to try out this restaurant.  As we approached the restaurant the surrounding cabins and amenities looked great.  As we were about to enter the restaurant, I noticed a "now hiring" sign, which is pretty common in Northern Wisconsin-but always concerns me.  Once in the restaurant/bar (which is very large), there was only one other group there.  It is an off season, so still thought I would keep an open mind.  I used the bathroom before ordering and that is when I should have left.  We arrived around noon, so we had to be one of the first people there.  The bathroom garbage can was almost completely full of garbage, there was an old rubber mat on the floor and hair on the sink.  It was obvious the bathroom had not been cleaned for the start of the day.  The bartender/waitress was friendly.  Asked us what we would like to drink and then sat our sodas on the bar along with the menus which was a visual clue that we had to go pick our items up.  Soda wasn't filled to the top and drinks were served in plastic disposable cups.  I ordered the clam chowder and boneless wings.  The clam chowder tasted o.k..  I'm not sure if this was the last of the soup from the night before, but the cup was only 3/4 full.  The wings were o.k.-a lot of breading.  The blue cheese dipping sauce did not have any chunks of blue cheese-cheap salad dressing.  The television was on a homicide channel and all the advertisements for other shows were all about murder investigations.  As I looked around, I noticed that there were several areas that needed vacuuming and the carpet is quite old.  Although the food wasn't bad, it wasn't good either.  This, along with the condition of the place will prohibit me from visiting this establishment again.

Disappointing-Review of the Restaurant

LOVE this little place!! Staff is wonderful, cabins amazing, and the scenery beautiful! Can't say enough about what a great time we had here, so much hospitality and friendliness. The cabins (we rented all but 1 of the cabins they had) were amazing. Each its own unique qualities and setting. The bar and food was wonderful and so much fun!! Absolutely gorgeous wedding venue, with all the natural beauty one could ask for. Our daughter couldn't have been more pleased, and we couldn't have been more pleased with how accommodating all the staff was to help out with all the planning and preparation!! There are townhouses also available if anyone is interested in that. We had some family in them but as a whole everyone wished they had stayed in the cabins!

Wedding and Relaxation

We went here after the flea market on Labor Day and were pleased to see one of my favorite burgers on special, Mushroom/Swiss. Too bad no one ever showed them how to make them. The meat was about 2 minutes shy of shoe leather, very overcooked and dry. The mushrooms were just simply heated up without any real seasoning.
Good thing we had Blue Moon on tap to drown out the food. 
Our waiter, who was also the bartender, was very good.
WE WERE NOT STAYING AT THE RESORT ITSELF


service and drinks were good, too bad burgers aren't

This review may be a little harsh as we were maybe expecting something that the management doesn't consider necessary. My wife and I stayed in one of the cabins with 2 bedrooms and a fireplace. We were not able to sleep in the bedroom with the king bed because the light/ceiling fan had an electrical short in it and the light was flickering on and off as well as the fan. The fan was needed because the place doesn't have air conditioning, which we didn't know until we checked in (maybe our fault that we didn't do the research). We slept in the room with twin beds that we barely fit in. The also don't supply bathroom amenities such as shampoo, soap or shower gel and the bathroom is extremely small. They did supply towels but no wash cloths. The place also does not have a dishwasher. I will say that the property is beautiful and the view from our deck was great, but we weren't prepared for a bare bones living situation where we had to supply our own wash cloths, soap, shampoo and do our dishes by hand. We paid for 2 nights but we left after the first night because it was so hot that we couldn't stand being sleeping in the heat and humidity. We won't go back.

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