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 [...]
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 [...]
Can the Lake Vermilion weather be too nice? Depends on who you ask. We had some families focused on using the pool, tubing, cruising the lake and taking in the tourist attractions, and for them the past week's weather was just perfect. For those who were fishing muskies, the mid 70 to mid 80 blue sky calm wind days were not what they were hoping [...]
When are the fireworks in Tower? the Pancake Feed? the parade? the Flotilla? Plenty of activity on the 4th of July and the days before and after. With the closing of Bayview Lodge, the usual Bayview Flotilla is cancelled, but there is a Lake Vermilion Flotilla scheduled for July 7th. Here is the info: TOWER HARBOR FLOTILLA SATURDAY, JULY 7 ~ 12PM ALL NEW EVENT [...]
Lake Vermilion Memorial Day weekend fishing news found mixed results, with the water temp spiking in the shallow bays to push 80 degrees, moving shallow fish in search of deeper, cooler water. While some guests limited out there were spans of time when the high sun and unusually warm heat made the mid day bite a little tough. Earlier in the week, Brad & Jane [...]
Lake Vermilion 2018 opener will be ice free, with time to spare. What do you get when you mix a nice steady chop and an all day soaker? Open water as far as the eye can see. While Everett Bay opened up several days ago, yesterday's weather took its toll on the ice, and a walk across the road to see what Big Bay had [...]
Here is our annual clip of the action at the Pike River Dam on Lake Vermilion - click on the links below. Lake Vermilion ice out 2018 Lake Vermilion Ice out 2018 -2 Last year we posted the start of the dam flowing on March 30th and the official Lake Vermilion ice out date for 2017 was April 15th. Everett Bay went out [...]
Indianapolis Boat Sport & Travel show time is approaching - follow this link for hours, etc. https://indianapolisboatsportandtravelshow.com/. We are planning to do the second half of the show, from Wednesday, Feb. 21 - Sunday, Feb. 25. Same booth as last year - Champion's Pavilion #226. Enjoyed seeing familiar faces in Milwaukee at the Muskie / Fish Expo in West Bend, and we are on the [...]
Chicagoland Fishing, Travel & Outdoor Show in Schaumburg is in the books, and we can't even begin to count the number of familiar faces we saw there. It was terrific to catch up midyear with the many guests who were here in 2017 and are heading back up in 2018. Seeing all that gear makes everyone pretty anxious to get up north. We also crossed [...]
