Hillcrest Motel welcomes you to the beautiful Mississippi River Valley! Our motel is located just north of Alma, Wisconsin, along the Great River Road on Highway 35. Alma, Wisconsin is the heart of the 250-mile Wisconsin Great River Road. Whether you are coming to fish on the Mississippi River with or without our guides, hunting the famous trophy whitetails of Buffalo County (#1 county in the world for Boone and Crockett record book entries!), enjoying a hike on Buena Vista Trail from Main Street to the top of Alma Bluff and Buena vista overlook, watching the soaring eagles, exploring the quaint shops and galleries for that one of a kind treasure or just small river town quaintness and the advantages of the Mississippi River and the Wisconsin Great River Road making Alma a perfect travel getaway.
Midwest Living’s 2015 Best of the Midwest Travel featured Alma, Wisconsin, and several businesses as a perfect travel weekend destination. This is our second year being featured!
History, small river town quaintness and the advantages of the Mississippi River and the Wisconsin Great River Road make Alma a perfect travel getaway.
Hillcrest Motel has accommodations to meet the needs of any traveler, families, bike riders, hunters, fishermen and small or large groups. Our guests enjoy clean rooms, great low rates and friendly hometown service.
A beautiful view from a scenic overlook above Alma, Wisconsin and the Mississippi River
Bringing the family together is our goal.
Wireless internet and non-smoking rooms are standard at Hillcrest Motel.
Mississippi River Fishing Guide Services
Captain Jarrad Fluekiger is a veteran professional angler that knows the Mississippi River extremely well. Make memories of a lifetime by booking a guided fishing trip with Jarrad!
We are second and third Generation guides that have honed their skills by spending countless hours on the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin. Thus, we are one of the longest running guide services on the Mississippi River for Walleyes, Northern, Bass and Catfish. We guide from Red Wing, MN to Winona MN which includes Pool 4, Pool 5, Pool 5a, and Pool 6. Our main goal is to give you memories for a lifetime. Whether you are in the boat with Captain Jarrad or Captain Lee you will receive an educational experience you will never forget. The Mississippi River changes daily and sometimes hourly, so we want to teach you how we adapt with the daily fluctuations and season of the river. When you are done with your trip we hope that you will have learned enough that you will feel comfortable navigating or fishing on your own with the knowledge you have learned from us. When fishing with us you will share the beauties of nature with all the creatures, great and small, that revolve around the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin.
Captain Jarrad Fluekiger, a third generation guide, is one of the most well known guides along the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin. Along with his guiding, he is a professional walleye fisherman that has fished at many professional levels, such as the FLW, Masters Walleye Circuit, and AIM.His biggest accomplishment is finishing 1st in the AIM Saginaw Bay, Michigan walleye tournament, 4th in the FLW Championship in Moline, IL. He has been ranked as high as 7th in the Nation. Captain Jarrad specializes in wing dam fishing, three-way trolling and suspended trolling.
Buffalo County Deer Hunting Guide Services
When Captain Jarrad is not chasing those elusive whitetails (walleyes) of the Mississippi River he is chasing the whitetails (deer) of Buffalo County, Wisconsin as a well known Buffalo County outfitter. Buffalo County is famous for being the #1 county in the United States for record book whitetails.
Please visit Jarrad’s other website, Rutting Ridge Outfitters, if you’re interested in a guided whitetail deer hunt in famous Buffalo County Wisconsin!