Lake Vermilion December ice 2019 was getting a nice assist from some really cold temperatures the week before Christmas, but there remains a fair amount of slush in many areas, so please be cautious. We had a good number of cold nights and single degree highs, but warmer than normal temps over the weekend made for some heavy wet snow. Today's couple inches was more [...]
Mayflies made their mark on Lake Vermilion --- Some years it matters - some years it doesn't. Consensus is that this year the mayfly HATCHES mattered. Just when we thought the end was in sight, another round of mayflies greeted us again. It seemed as if the week was going to be a good one when a late trip to the bait house to turn [...]
2019 Lake Vermilion ice out begins right on schedule. Add rain to the more than generous snow fall of the season and the Pike River dam is armed and ready for some serious flow. Check out our annual video and note the progress as the open water makes its way toward the first bend. Always an exciting sight as we all know as soon as [...]
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 [...]
Lake Vermilion opener 2017 is in the books, and there were plenty of fish caught. The cool morning temps made for a chilly start to the morning, but the bite was steady, especially during the first half of the day. By 11 a.m. we had guests cleaning their limits, the average size right around 16.5". About every cabin ate fish, and many were able [...]
Lake Vermilion ice out 2016 will be recorded as April 25th this year, although it could likely have been April 24th. Uncooperative weather got in the way of the typical ice checks done by airplane and heavy cloud cover made satellite images difficult to discern as well. Every day earlier than the long term April 29th average makes one more day to prep for the [...]
Lake Vermilion Walleye Hatchery 2016 starts to gear up. All they need now is the walleyes! We stopped by the hatchery this afternoon and were welcomed as the first visitors to make their way across the planking. Found the DNR staff all set up and just waiting for the Lake Vermilion walleyes to arrive for the 2016 Hatchery work. They reported the [...]
Lake Vermilion Ice Out 2014 - As the calls have begun, curiosity got the best of us and we did a little research to see what the long term spring weather forecast for Lake Vermilion and the rest of the area looks like. As you might guess, March continues to show colder than average temps, making it a fitting end to a cold and snowy [...]
