The weather forecast looks much better later this week and weekend with lows staying above freezing and the highs getting into the sixties by Saturday. We received another storm last Sunday that continued to slow things down. While the ice is thawing, please take a look at the 2012 DNR Lake Vermilion Survey provided below. Walleye numbers are well above average for the East end of Lake Vermilion. Looks like [...]
Well not much ice progress has been made yet. The Pike River dam is not running forcefully enough to make much progress. Last night I heard that it was going to turn much warmer next week, going from winter to summer immediately. We can only hope! In the mean time, we're supposed to get another snow storm starting tomorrow evening, 1-3 inches. Looks like the [...]
We had 5 new inches of snow on Lake Vermilion this weekend. Actually threw snow today. It's the latest I can recall ever throwing snow in April. Certainly, we've received snow in April but none that I needed to actually throw. Need some warm sunny weather and warmer overnight temps to get the ice off of the lake by May 1st (historical average). The Pike [...]
Came upon some Everett Bay Lodge history while searching around on the web for something else. Cabin 7 circa 1935 along with the Everett Bay Lodge "Lounging Room" from the same era. You can see plenty of similarities if you look at the current lodge picture. Just traded the guns on the back wall for Lake Vermilion fish.
With the approaching snow heading this way over the next 24 hours it looks like snowmobile trails will remain in good shape for a while. Temps are expected to be in the low 30's with lows in the teens and twenties over the next five days or so. Lake Vermilion and the surrounding Taconite and Arrowhead trails will continue to be decent. Check us out [...]
St. Paul show kicks off Thursday and runs through the weekend - Booth #2. A little time in between while Eric and Val both play in Hockey Day Minnesota, then it's off to Chicago for the new Schaumburg Show January 24th - 27th - Booth #700. Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and getting things rolling for the 2013 season. Hope to see you there.
Several cabins did well last week. The Hibbard cabin took their limits home in cabin 9. The Granec cabin also did well with walleye. One cabin ran cranks and the other used bottom bouncers and jigs with crawlers and minnows. Several walleye that were in the 21-24" range. Various sized muskies have been caught the last couple of weeks. More smaller low 30's than I [...]
Walleyes continue to bite on cranks and crawlers. Summer weather has warmed the water back up to the 70's. The bite has been pretty consistent the last several weeks. Musky fisherman did well last week with one group boating six. Scott Johnson boated this 52" muskie on a topwater bait. A new PR. The group had two 47's and 3 that were in the mid 30's. [...]
Last week we had a stretch where the walleyes didn't seem to want to bite. Many fish were showing up on the radar but few were biting. The rain overnight last Wednesday though improved things quite a bit as walleyes were easier and the muskies were moving. Water temps have dropped to the mid 70's. We've had lows in the 40's the last couple of nights. [...]
Walleye fishing has been really good. Summer reefs with lindy's and crawlers have been the best approach. Many keepers being caught as well as some very large fish. Doug Miller just yesterday caught a 28.5". Trolling cranks has worked as well. 16-25 feet has been the depth. Water temps are in the high 70's. Smallmouth have been good, with many fish eating crawfish colored baits and [...]
