lake vermilion West End Fishing Reports

[Wakemup52]

Any west end musky reports all since opener? Heading up for the weekend and will fish mostly for muskies, smallies, and may try for some walleyes in the evenings. Can't wait to be back up at the lake!

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Wakemup,

Only report I have heard is that they were following but no hook ups yesterday.

Cliff

[BigVwalters]

Anybody been using and crawlers yet?

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Pretty much a crawler and leech bite now on both ends of the lake.

Cliff

[Wakemup52]

Rough weekend at the lake... but still better than any day at work!

I managed to get out for a few hours Saturday morning and then got off the lake when the storms rolled in and stayed off. I threw for muskies for a few hours but didn't move any and then switched to smallies and boated a few on rock piles. 

We were stuck for a while on Saturday with the road near Camp Vermilion washed out. Looks like the whole area got quite a bit of water. How'd everyone else fare?

[BigVwalters]

The fishing was pretty decent over the weekend.  Walleyes were biting on rigs with leeches or crawlers. Caught 12 between Friday and Saturday with with 4 nice slotters.   Biggest being a 24".   

[BigVwalters]

Buckle Up.  Already seeing mayflies in some of the walleyes stomachs.   My shoreline was covered in them on Sunday morning.  

[delcecchi]

Brace yourself.  the fishing and weather is about to turn bad.  I just got here.   

Gotta get the lift in, then the boat.   See you around the far west... 

[bassbouncer]

Couple 16’s and a 28 last night

[bassbouncer]

Buddy got a 28 in my boat last night 

[delcecchi]

Sure not many boats out last few days.   I gotta get some bait and get out there.  

[Wakemup52]

Anything happening on the west end?? Headed up on Thursday for a few days of solid fishing!

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Wakemup,

I have heard that there is a good bobber bite on the reefs in Frazer Bay from my fellow guides that fish that end of the lake.

Cliff

[Wakemup52]

Thanks Cliff! I think I am going to make a run Friday morning for Frazer if the weather cooperates. 

Any idea on a rough depth range I should be looking at? I've never fished Frazer but will park over the top of a few reefs and give it a go.'

Tight lines!

[Cliff Wagenbach]

No Idea what depth they are fishing but the bite on Big Bay still mostly in the 16' to 26' depths for me.

Cliff

[Wakemup52]

Thanks Cliff! I’m planning on picking up some leeches on my way it. Has the bite gravitated toward crawlers at all too? 

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Crawlers and leeches mostly. I had a few days yet that chubs were also working on Lindys.

Cliff

[delcecchi]

As I went by the mouth of  partridge river/black bay by metsa point... stone wall last evening there were like four boat fishing what is normally a spring spot. 

Do  they know something I don't know?  Or do I know something  they don't know? 

[CigarGuy]

I'll let you know tomorrow night if the weather holds out  We had a decent spring bite there.  One evening I just caught a nice walleye and out of no where, 4 young adults appear from the other side of the cabin and start casting bobbers all around us. I was on spotlock and ended up moving. We caught 3 in the hour or so we were there and didn't catch another after the move.

[delcecchi]

so what was with the four boats fishing the mouth of the partridge river by metsa point, stone wall, like tuesday or wed?   That is totally a spring spot but now?  Cigar guy, you see that?

Also saw two boats fishing the weeds where it narrow down to go to black bay...   Once(lo many moons ago) I got into t he crappies in that spot in the summer not spring.  anyone know?

It is always interesting to see what folks are doing and wonder why

[CigarGuy]

I'm heading out that way now. Didn't make it out last night. Neighbor's stopped by and we ended up grilling out.

[CigarGuy]

Only caught one 19" and it was trolling thru that area. Two boats were bobber fishing, saw them net one, but couldn't tell what it was. We worked a few spots, marked a fair amount, but they were tight lipped. Also caught several nice sunnies.

[Wakemup52]

I made a run to Frazer yesterday at 5am, by the time I got there from Wakemup Narrows the wind picked up. I fished for an hour and then decided to head back before the wind started to blow even worse. It was a harrowing ride from Oak Narrows back to Muskego Point in the 14 foot fishing boat I've got and puttered into 2+ ft waves. I think I am going to hold off making that trip until I've got a bigger boat

This morning I sat on a hump in Norwegian, another boat that was in the area but across the bay about 300 yards trolled over and fished around me so I pulled up and went to windsock instead. They had a marker out on the spot that I didn't even see until they came over and looked annoyed... 

I fished around some other Islands in Norwegian but no walleyes to report, plenty of perch, smallies, and largies as well.

Anyone having luck with walleyes? I have been trying lindys and jigs with leeches but may need to switch it up.

[delcecchi]

DNR guyus showed up to seine our beach today.   They do if for four weeks of july every year since 1984.   

Today they got several hundred perch of assorted sizes and a couple little misc. things.   

Said there were several good to great year classes coming up on West end.   Niles point and Norwegian bay were mentioned....

[CigarGuy]

Got off the lake about 10pm, what a beautiful night on the lake. Fished several spots out in Wakemup, no luck. Finished th last  hour or so of daylight by Metsa's Point, wife caught a 13" crappie and right at dark I boated this 21-3/4 walleye. Hurts not to be able to keep dinner. 

[Wakemup52]

Nice fish Cigarguy, I didn't have the same luck. I found it to be a real tough bite the past few days. Even the pike were giving lazy follows on a few spots. I switched to slower moving presentations like jerk baits with long pauses and they still wouldn't eat all that much.

Managed to catch quite a few largies in slop bays on senkos and spinner baits.

Not sure when I'll get back out again, I seem to have a problem with my engine. It was bogging down on my yesterday and I limped back to the dock from across the bay. Time for a carb clean and new plugs I think

[delcecchi]

Carb?  What is that? 

[delcecchi]

Holy Cow, we just had a whole bunch of rain in not very long.   One weather station from just down the road says 2.5 inches in under two hours.   Two dumps of an inch plus in like 20 minutes each.  Water standing all over the yard.

[Wakemup52]

Not good!! I already re-graveled my driveway once, hopefully I won't have to do it again.

[delcecchi]

supposedly more coming.

Lake up several inches in last few days. 

Edited July 11, 2018 by delcecchi