Lake Vermilion Pike River hatchery 2019 is off and running. Day 1, April 20th, was largely dominated by thousands of pounds of suckers. Day 2 finds the arrival of more walleyes in the nets. This video gives you a glimpse of the early stage of sorting. Many of the walleyes caught are "green" or not ready for the process to begin. They are measured and [...]
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 [...]
Good Lake Vermilion August fishing started off with a mixed week. The first part of the week was a little tough, but the Wednesday cool down and increased winds really picked things up. While we usually expect a cold front to have the opposite effect, this time after several days of flat calm water and warmth, the more than 15 degree temp drop and the [...]
Late July fishing on Lake Vermilion was a bit inconsistent, with some guests doing well while others seemed to struggle. There were numbers of walleyes caught, but several were just short of keeper size. On the flip-side there were some slot fish released. The Tinsley guys bumped their May trip back to July to catch some kinder weather, and while the conditions were definitely nicer, [...]
June fishing on Lake Vermilion stays strong, with many guests reporting one of their strongest weeks up here. The bite was pretty consistent, and there was great variety in terms of walleyes big and small, bass both large and small mouth, nice panfish, jumbo perch, plenty of northerns and some muskies including a Tiger musky. Many fish were caught and released. While the minnows have [...]
Kids catch fish on Lake Vermilion - for some it was their first fish...for others it was their biggest. For all it was fun! First fish fun! First fish! June 2018June 2018 It was an up and down week with some stormy days getting in the way of serious fishing, but overall most guests caught [...]
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 May 2018 fishing news for the second weekend of the season found most of our guests having their usual fish fry and taking limits home. As expected, minnows continue to work best with the water temp falling back below 60 degrees with the cold nights we have had. Dave tried a leech for a short time yesterday, but quickly switched back to a [...]
Lake Vermilion hatchery activities for 2018 are going to wrap up today, taking only 3 days to collect the stripped eggs and fertilizer. We are glad we didn't put off our annual visit one more day as it would have been too late. LOTS of nice big walleyes. See for yourself. This video give you a bird's eye view of the exciting work going 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 [...]
