(from left)  Dave, Dan & Zach Moline

In the summer of 1990, three couples, Dave & Colleen Moline (Newport, MN),  Dick & Marilyn Ward (Anoka, MN), and Kent & Carol Terrell (Oklahoma City, OK) arrived at Duck Bay Lodge for a three day fishing trip.  It was a twist of fate that these three couples ended up at Duck Bay Lodge.  A week before the trip to another resort, the couples were informed that their trip was cancelled due to the fact the resort went out of business.  The closest resort was Duck Bay Lodge and with one phone call the trip was renewed.  A wonderful friendship with Dave and Sheree had begun and continues to this day. 

Since 1990 there has been four generations of the Moline family and three generations of the Ward family staying at Duck Bay.  The Moline family that have been fishing at Duck Bay Lodge for the past 25 years, included, Bob, Dave, Colleen, Dan, Tom, Tony, Zach, Nate, and Seth.  Colleen has always caught the most and the biggest fish when she attends the trip.   

Through the years the equipment for fishing has changed.  Now the boats are larger (18-feet), faster (40 or 50 h.p. motors) and more comfortable (flat floors and padded seats).  Back then, the hotspots were Rabbit Point and Burrows Bay and it took two six gallon tanks of gas in a 16-foot boat to reach Miles Bay. 

Last year Zach Moline's graduation gift (University of North Dakota) was a trip to Duck Bay Lodge with Grandpa Dave and father Dan.  Given a choice between graduation money or a fishing trip to Duck Bay Lodge, Zach chose the trip!