2019 Minnesota Sportsmen's show is in full swing. We are set up in booth 179 and look forward to seeing familiar faces over the next several days. Folow this link to get all the show information you need to plan your visit to the show. https://www.stpaulsportshow.com/ We have had a couple good snows with plenty of ice on the lake now. Our Sunday ride on [...]
Take a kid fishing at Everett Bay Lodge - Lake Vermilion In a traffic jam got stopped next to this car. "Parents don't frame pictures of their kids playing video games.... TAKE THEM FISHING." Reminded us of the many great families we get to share Lake Vermilion with each summer. How about a few of these pictures from 2018? While everyone likes to catch a [...]
Lake Vermilion mid December ice didn't change much last week, and the warm sunny weekend made a dent in the snow on the ice. Ice thickness hadn't made much progress and was still in the 10 - 11" range. The weekend weather was so comfortable it was fine to skip the portable part of the time. That made it easy to move around, which was [...]
Lake Vermilion hard water season is here, with ice ranging anywhere between 5 to almost 8 inches, but there is still some variability based on location so use caution. Eric got out Sunday thinking he could forgo the shack as the temp was reasonable, only to find the wind less than cooperative. At any rate, nice walleyes have been caught on good size minnows with [...]
Chicagoland Fishing, Travel & Outdoor Expo, Schaumburg, IL: January 24-27, 2019 We are looking forward to another great show in Chicago the last weekend in January. As usual we will be holding down the corner booth 700. We are looking forward to seeing many of our returning guests who make that area their home. As always, we also look forward to meeting new guests and [...]
October 2018 Lake Vermilion is still offering up walleyes for those that have kept their boats in the water as the deer opener approaches, but the end is in sight. The usual fall tactics of trolling crank baits around 2 m.p.h. and lindy rigging deep spots with nice size minnows have continued to produce nice fish. The water temp was barely above 40 [...]
2018 season is in the books..all except for the final blasts of color on the trees. Fall 2018 The final weekend of fishing for our guests was pretty decent, with several cabins catching limits and more slot fish released. Eric and a buddy headed out on Sunday, and while the temperatures were low, they managed to catch several walleyes, a couple limits of [...]
September 2018 Late September fishing on Lake Vermilion was interrupted by rain much of the week, and those who made the best of it had mixed results. Colder than normal temperatures would have normally moved fish into their deeper fall spots, but we had reports of fish being caught in the early September depths, 16 - 28 feet, on the edges of structure. [...]
Cold and windy weather made the conditions less than ideal this past week, but it is hard to complain about the weather when you see what the folks on the coast were dealt. While the Pike River dam had stopped running during a drier than normal August, a good rain early this past week got it running again. It was a week of mixed reports, [...]
Lake Vermilion walleyes and muskies and bass..... In typical fashion, the up and down weather of September produced the same up and down fishing action. The walleye and bass proved to be the most consistent bite last week although they didn't get too much pressure. Many were scouting the muskies in preparation for the weekend's PMTT Mega tourney. Here is one caught by Kevin Rabska, [...]
