Cottage was in awesome shape, updated, clean, comfortable. We brought an air mattress to get 5 people in there. More than that would have been tight. Washer and dryer, all basic amneneties we're included. Only thing advertised that might be worrisome for some was WiFi. It was a bit spotty. As someone who had 3 teens (14, 17, 17) with us, they were a bit annoyed, but they got by.
The property is nice. There is a huge, flat yard (100+ft!!) From the cottage to the lake. For some this might make you feel disconnected from the lake, as you cant really walk our the front door and be right on the water. With a bunch of teens , many times they ended up way up by the cabin, and coaxing them out the door to come down to the water was at times difficult. So this could be looked at as a negative by some. But that said if you like throwing frisbees or playing yard games it's perfect.
Since I had never been on this lake before and would have liked to see a review like this before we booked, here are a few things that didn't affect my rating of the cottage:
This side of the lake is very mucky/weedy. To get to sandy bottom swimming areas you really will have to travel east up the channel to big wolf lake, where there is a solid 1/2 mile of sandbar 50 yards from the north shore. Awesome swimming, waist high water, tons of partying out there too.
We rented the pontoon from the owners and it is adequate. It's a bit dated but the price was reasonable. Had a 25hp outboard on it that started every time without any issues. Supplied all life vests and even took us out for 5 mins just to make sure we felt comfortable with the controls.
Fishing on the lakes wasn't what I would consider good. We fished for 4 hours or so and caught about 10 <5" bluegill around shallows and one 13.5" largemouth bass in big wolf lake about 200 yards west of the east coast inlet. Don't expect to catch your dinner on this lake.
Kayaks and paddle boat were included. Me and my son took a 3 hour kayak ride west, it was awesome. The string of small lakes west can't be accessed by large boats so it's quiet and relaxing. Long Lily pad channels connect all the way up to center lake. After 1.5+ hours one way we gave up trying to get all the way there and turned back. It was some of the nicest lakes we have kayaked on.
Summary of this lake:
Awesome kayaking, will need a boat to get to swim spots, tough fishing.
Thanks for a great few nights!