Recommendations:

Westgate River Ranch - The largest dude ranch east of the Mississippi with rooms in the lodge, efficiency motel rooms, suites, and cabins.  Amenities include golf cart rental, nine-hole golf course, skeet range, airstrip, restaurant, pool, petting zoo, hayrides, horseback trail rides, airboat rides, swamp buggy rides, campfires, friday night rodeos, saloon, arcade.  It is reachable by either car, boat, or plane.

Hillcrest Lodge - An historical bed and breakfast nestled on a hillside facing the lake.  Perfect for a nostalgic, romantic getaway offering lodging in the main lodge bedrooms, motel rooms, or lakeside cottages.  Amenities include an on-site ramp, sandy lakefront beach, private dock, lakeside dining, breakfast in the main lodge, pool table, piano.  Southern Outdoorsman Guide Service customers receive a 15% discount.  

Grape Hammock Fish Camp - A great place to get back to nature.  They offer lodging in either cabins or trailers of various sizes, all with air conditioning, cable TV, and dock access; RV sites both off and on the water, and tent sites.  All with campfires allowed.

Additional Locations:

Holiday Inn Express - The newest hotel located in Lake Wales, which is the closest town.  Close to shopping and dining.  Conveniently located on Hwy 27.

Hampton Inn - A fairly new hotel located in Lake Wales, which is the closest town.  It is right across the highway from the Eagle Ridge Mall for fine shopping and dining.

If you choose any one of these locations and make your reservations directly, please let them know that you were referred by The Southern Outdoorsman Guide Service.  Hopefully, they'll take real good care of you (we know that Westgate River Ranch, Hillcrest Lodge, and Grape Hammock Fish Camp will for sure) ... and maybe, if you ask nice, even give you a break on the price!

Contact us for further details at either 888-692-2208 or captdick@bassfishingguide.com.