Goose caught this rare Lake Vermilion Tiger Musky Conrad Jasinski IV, or "Goose", had a rare catch of a Tiger Musky - a beautifully marked fish. As first-timers on Lake Vermilion, he and his dad, Connie, did a great job of exploring some new spots and catching fish to eat here as well as take back home. As has been the case all [...]
"Is it gonna rain?" That was the question of the week. As June 21st found us already 50% over our usual June rainfall total, with 2 of those 6 inches falling last week, the Local Weather Radar was the most popular webpage. Hard to make one blanket statement about the fishing because those who did the best were the ones that raced out each time [...]
Lots of fish being cleaned. That's the short end of the update. In addition, this past week found Bob Kmoch, one of our favorite Smallmouth Bass guys, catching and releasing his usual numbers. He estimated at least 18 that were 18 inches or bigger for the week, and started out boating 25 smallies the evening he arrived. His largest was 4.5 pounds, and he added [...]
That's a nice Lake Vermilion early June walleye As another week winds down, time to summarize this past week's catch. In general, there were many cabins that enjoyed several fish fry's along with the chance to catch, photo and release a lot of nice fish, as evidenced by the following list. It started as early as Saturday night for Dale & Rod, who [...]
Dave caught this nice 27.5" walleye. Steve with an early spring Lake Vermilion walleye John shared this picture of another nice Lake Vermilion early spring walleye. Dave with a nice fish caught on opener 2014 The consensus is in: Once the ice finally left the lake, the fish were ready to eat. We appreciate the business of those who [...]
Big Bay is ice free The update is easy - IT IS GONE! What a difference from yesterday to today. There may be a floater left where we can't see it, but as far as we are concerned, it is time to focus on some Lake Vermilion fishing! While the ice changed plans of many opener regulars, those that came found open water to [...]
Everett Bay is down to just the stubborn remnants that the wind decided to deliver right to the resort shoreline. The first two pictures are from the east end of the bay near the narrows, with open water as far as the eye can see! The 3rd picture is the same location on Big Bay, that yesterday had all this dark ice off in the [...]
Lake Vermilion Ice Out 2014 - Big Bay With winds from the southeast prevailing, the current from the ice free Everett Bay narrows had begun to work on the Big Bay ice, which has become increasingly black over the past few days. Thunderstorms on the way, so we'll see what happens to that already fragile ice. This is the view from the end [...]
Everett Bay ice proved stubborn over the weekend, but it has made great progress in the last day. While the area in front of the resort was about clear, a wind shift this afternoon brought the south shore ice our direction, and boy is it thin. Just like crushed ice as it comes toward shore. We scoped out some other areas, and the Everett Bay [...]
A summary of the positive findings shared by the MN DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife - Fisheries Section follows: -Walleye gillnet catch was well above average at 18.2 fish/net: East Vermilion at 22.1 fish/net, West Vermilion at 12.4 fish/net. -Mean length of walleye sampled was 14.2 inches well above the historic average. -"Angling prospects for walleye look favorable in 2014. There are good numbers [...]
