Where did August go? Seems like the 4th of July was just a few weeks ago, and yet we'll flip the calendar to September tomorrow. And the walleye bite has picked up just in time. We had a Lake Vermilion water temp of 63 degrees on the shaded side of Big Bay shoreline yesterday morning. A check of the ten day forecast shows every day's [...]
Lake Vermilion fishing news finds us at the end of July, with some guests working to catch their walleyes while others have capitalized on more cooperative bass. Unfortunately last week was frustrating for several guests who found huge pods of fish on the screen that were less than eager to bite. There were some who did well with limits of walleyes on crawlers, but more [...]
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 smallmouth bass fishing stays strong as the end of August approaches. Good numbers of smallies continue to be caught, with crankbaits and leeches producing the most fish. There were a handful of good sized bass caught, but it was a more a week of good numbers. Levi caught this nice one, and Jim Ryberg reported catching 2 five pounders and Jim Swanson caught [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lake Vermilion June bite continues to produce both large and skillet perfect fish. Many returning guests found this past week to be very good, with a variety of species caught. The Graczyk crew caught over 100 northerns and at least twice that many bass, and added walleyes for the skillet to the mix as well. Tim Magee caught and released the northern shown below, and [...]
Lake Vermilion is offering up a mixed bag of fish this week as our guests have caught just about every species the lake holds. From the 22" Largemouth Bass Jake Short caught & released to the limits of beautiful blue gills cleaned for a fish fry, it has been a week of variety. While many different methods produced limits of walleyes, "shallow" would be the [...]
