Lake Vermilion Chamber Of Commerce
Fishing Report
September 15, 2014
The fall walleye bite is progressing slowly!
Cold fronts and unstable weather has made the walleye bite very unpredictable so far this fall.
The fish will be biting well in a spot one day and then totally gone the next day!
Many of the good fall locations still do not have many fish on them.
Minnows and crawlers on lindys or on jigs have been working well when you find the fish.
The Small Mouth Bass bite has been very good on the deeper rock reefs and steep, deep rocky shorelines.
A few pike are starting to show up in the walleye areas, so they are starting to move deeper also.
Good Fishing!
The Lake Vermilion Guides League
August 04, 2014
The walleye bite the past week has been very good on most of the lake.
Leeches and crawlers fished on a bait rig is still the most productive presentation.
Mid- lake reefs with some rock and sand mixture are the best locations. Fish the tops and slopes of these reefs in 16' to 26' depths.
There have been a lot of reports of a very good blue gill bite comming from the West end of the lake this week. 8" to10" gills have been biting very well on small leeches fished on top of the rocky reefs and point at depths up to 30 feet deep.
There were also a couple reports of good crappies being caught on the West end of the lake.
Small Mouth and Large Mouth Bass are still biting well.
There have been very few reports on the Pike and Musky action this week.
Good Fishing!
The Lake Vermilion Guides League
Lake Vermilion Guides League
PO Box 748
Tower, MN 55790
info@lakevermilionguidesleague.com
7/1/2014
Thank you to the Lake Vermilion Guides League for furnishing our fishing report. For more information on the guides, visit their website, lakevermilionguidesleague.com
More nasty weather fronts have made the fishing a real challenge for most of the fishermen this past week! It has been very windy with a mixture of rain and sunshine all week.
The walleye bite has still been fairly good when we have been able to get out on the main lake reefs and rocky shorelines.
Slip bobbers and rigs fished with a leech or 1/2 crawler is still the best presentation. Adding a small float next to the hook on your bait rig really helps to avoid snagging in the rocks and also adds a little attraction and encourages more bites.
The Small Mouth Bass bite has really been on fire this week also!
Jigs and plastics pitched into the shallow Southern shorelines on reefs and islands has been producing as many as 30 to 50 fish a day for some anglers!
The average water temperature has been around 65 degrees all week.
Good Fishing!
Lake Vermilion Guides League
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DNR TEST NETTING:
LAKE VERMILION HAS HEFTIEST POPULATION OF LARGE WALLEYE IN YEARS !!
When deciding on which lake to fish this year make sure you try Lake Vermilion if you haven't already. You will find one of the heftiest populations of large walleye in years according to the latest fish survey conducted by the DNR. The results come from test netting done last fall.
The DNR caught an average of 18.2 Walleye per test on Lake Vermilion in late 2013, well above the long-term average of 14.5 and the fish were larger, with an average length of 14.2 inches, again well above the long term trend.
The catch of 17-21 inch walleye was exceptional according to the report. The solid survey results reflected strong year classes from 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011, when walleye survival was particularly strong according to the DNR.
The abundance or larger walleye likely reflects a very strong year class in 2006 and 2007, as well as the impact of protected 17-24 inch slot limit implemented by the DNR in 2006.
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