Everett Bay Lodge, Lake Vermilion Blog

2011-08-08 Walleye fishing was good this past week. We caught them trolling cranks and lindy rigging. Plenty of fish for fish fries with some nice twenty + inch fish caught. Tyler Jerkovich caught a 21.5 and enough for a meal Sunday evening. The lake seems to be very healthy with various walleye sizes being caught consistently. Depths have ranged from 23-28 feet to 16-18 feet. Water temps have dropped some into the mid to low [...]

2011-07-31 The muskie action improved this week. Justin Jaminski ended up boating 5 fish a 47.5, 44, 43, 42.5 and 38. Eric Larson boated six fish a PR 52.5, 48, 47, 46, 43, and 42. Most fish were caught on top waters, soft plastics and bucktails. On a reef last Sunday I boated a 47 with a topwater.Most of the walleye action came on crawlers in 20-26 feet. Doug Miller found fish and [...]

2011-07-24 Muskie action finally heats up!!! After some stifling heat last week, the cold front and rain on Saturday seems to have opened the gates and the bite has improved. Bill Filer kicked things off with a 35 incher, and Mark Bergeron ended his week with a nice 42 who fell for the figure 8. Dave caught a 47 Sunday, and Justin Jaminski caught a 47.5 Sunday evening as well. Bass started to [...]

2011-07-14 What a difference in weather. We've had nice pleasant weather for the last two weeks. Some heat, but not to bad. The last couple of days have been in the low seventies and low humidity. Fishing has been up and down. The Saltarski's did really well off the pontoon last week on walleye. They fished a main lake hump jigging mostly while anchored. Water temps are definitely in the 70's now. Muskie have been [...]

2011-06-27 In lousy weather, Jim and Chris Kotek spent a week catching plenty of "eater" walleyes and released bigger fish. They had several fish frys, and caught and released some nice bass as well. We look forward to their return in 2012 - year in and year out, they find a way to catch fish. The return of normal temperatures will bring more consistency to the bass fishing, and some of the best muskie fishing [...]

2011-06-19 The mayflies started to hatch this past week in Pike Bay and in our Bay. Walleye have been caught shallow in these areas on shallow running baits. Fish have also related to summer humps in 23-26 feet. Diane and I did quite well on leeches and crawlers.  Patience has been the name of the game, as nearly everyone is marking plenty of fish, but  the key has been being there at the right time!Smallmouth [...]