2017 season winds down for us on Lake Vermilion as we are wrapping up the winterizing of cabins, pulling docks and storing boats. The last part of September was good for several guests, like the Schulmeisters, who ate lots of fish as they caught their walleye limits all but one of their days here, primarily trolling crankbaits. Lon caught his PR smallie, a 21.25"; Some [...]
Lake Vermilion Fall Fishing Jeff Lovell - 53" Sept. 2017 Perseverance paid off for Jeff Lovell. While everyone catches their PR when they catch their first Muskie, Jeff notched a pretty high mark with this 53" Lake Vermilion musky as his first one. Matched the size of the largest of his dad Jerry too, so they [...]
Lake Vermilion September fishing has been up and down, with a handful of windy and cooler than average rainy days making things tough. The cold front conditions of the past week definitely slowed things down, but this week's forecast of higher than average temps, high 70's and even over 80, will likely turn up the muskie action. Ron & Teri Vigue caught their limits on [...]
Lake Vermilion later summer pattern has begun to settle in, with this past week producing plenty of fish for the skillet. We had many, many young anglers at the resort this week, and much credit goes out to the dedicated dads that spent the week getting them on fish. Add the group of tournament anglers who spent the week preparing for and participating in the [...]
Lake Vermilion fishing finds the latter part of August settling into a normal pattern. The musky action was pretty steady last week, with several caught and many seen and missed. Those that targeted northern reported catching decent numbers but not trophy size fish. The smallmouth bass action continued to provide fun as well. Leeches have been difficult to get, but fortunately the walleye bite on [...]
August fishing on Lake Vermilion has been about what you would expect for this time of year. A cold rain mid-week led to a water temp drop of 4 degrees, but we are back up to 72 degrees. There are definitely prime windows when fish have been active, but guests reported marking many fish that they couldn't get to bite. The same applied to the [...]
Summer has arrived on Lake Vermilion, although it took a long time to get here! Water temps took a nice jump up this past week, climbing over 5 degrees to pass the 80 degree mark. So what's that done to the fishing? Depends who you ask. It definitely made the pool a popular place as many families with children spent the week with us on [...]
Late July fishing on Vermilion had its ups and down, with the smallmouth bass providing the most consistent action. Guests reported a variety of fish, with panfish, northern and some muskies being caught, but walleyes were a bit slower than we would have expected this late in the month. Things seem to be improving though as the Ellingson family arrived Saturday for just a [...]
Plenty of Lake Vermilion bass action helped pick up the slack for the less consistent walleye bite last week. We were able to sneak out Monday after dinner and kept 7 for Tuesday's dinner, and while a handful of guests did just fine catching their limits of walleyes, others seemed to struggle. Our outing found leeches and crawlers to be equally effective, in 14 - [...]
Parade, fireworks.....and mayflies took center stage this past holiday week, with several mornings in a row creating surprise that the hatch still wasn't over. The city of Tower put on its usual full list of festivities and the fireworks were well received, but the mayflies were the talk of most of our guests, at least for the early part of the week. They arrived [...]
