Bigquad Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Brett, Ben and I are going out on Vermilion Monday. You off and if so want to meet up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerkinLips Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hello ohfisher - it was nice meeting you also. Sorry I didn't have more time to visit but I was anxious to start fishing after a late start due to looking for my missing wallet (thought I had left it at Walmart the night before, but found it had fallen in one of my bags). Had good luck fishing Thursday, catching 10 walleyes in 6 hours fishing before quitting after getting my limit of eaters. Also caught the 25" slotter shown in the picture. Friday-Saturday was another story as I caught only 5 walleyes, including a 23". I think that the reason the action dropped so suddenly was the increased vehicle and wheel house traffic in the area. Many trucks were plowing roads and around their houses, and other were pulling houses out. The good fishing lasted longer that I expected, but when I come up again in 3 weeks, I may have to venture away from traffic in my portable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salo Island Family Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Happy New Year Everyone! Thinking of going out today out of Stuntz. Anyone know of any known issues or think I should be giving it more time before driving out with the F150? Thank You. Marc Plaisted Edited January 1, 2018 by Salo Island Family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM GETTING TO YOUR ISLAND NOW WITH YOUR f-150. CLIFF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 5, 2018 Lots of very hard drifts showing up on the lake now but easy to maneuver around them in most areas. Still a decent bite on most days! Jigging or set lines are both working. Rainbows or pike suckers seem to be the preferred bait with shiners also getting a few hits. Here is a 29-1/2 incher that a friend caught yesterday, released! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerkinLips Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Nice looking fish. Makes me wish I was going up again before two more weeks off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVike Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Has anyone traveled through the Oak Narrows yet? The west end entrance didn't look very safe right after Christmas but I didn't have time to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim curlee Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Headin up tomorrow, looks like the weather will finally give us a break. I need to do some fishin! LOL Any tips, for walleye fishin, depth, bottom composition, bait, techniques, flats, drop-off's, etc.? Thanks Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Walleyes are being caught in depths from 14' to 35'. Shallow fish are biting best in the early am and late pm. 22' to 36' depths can bite at any time, you just have to be there when they turn on! I have had my best luck from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Dead sticks with pike suckers or rainbows have been my best bait. Small jigs with crappie minnows or a minnow head. I have been getting more fish to come in if I jig 2.5' to 3' off of the bottom. Cliff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim curlee Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Cliff: As always a very informative post. Thanks Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Well, after getting 9" or 10" of new snow last night the easy traveling conditions on Vermilion are now over. Combine this deep snow with the very hard drifts under it from earlier and there will certainly be a lot of stuck vehicles out there! We will probably also start to see a lot of slush show up! Cliff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVike Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Too bad! Time to unhitch my Otter and ride the trails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerkinLips Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 On 1/11/2018 at 10:55 AM, Cliff Wagenbach said: Well, after getting 9" or 10" of new snow last night the easy traveling conditions on Vermilion are now over. Combine this deep snow with the very hard drifts under it from earlier and there will certainly be a lot of stuck vehicles out there! We will probably also start to see a lot of slush show up! Cliff Hope my fish house isn't stuck in the slush when I come backup January 18. Only blocked it up 5". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 JL, If your heat is off and no one drills holes close to your house you should be ok. I had to move my house and a friends house just before the snow because they were starting to flood! Sure glad we did that before the storm!! Good road plowed out as far as Birch as of yesterday! If you see the guys plowing be sure to stop them and thank them with a $20 (thank you) donation!!! Cliff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerkinLips Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Never leave my heat on and all of the houses surrounding me leave their holes open, so I will see on Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohlerpeet Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Hello! I am wondering if anybody would be so kind to offer some advice/insight on ice fishing Lake Vermilion. We have summer fished there for the last 3 summers but are interested in pulling up our ice castle fish house and staying a long weekend. We have bet ice fished there. Any help would be appreciated. Ice Conditions? Where to go out of? I see a lot of people fish Lake of the woods or Red Lake but we love Vermilion and would like to try it. Thanks for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Kohlerpeet, Welcome to FM! Best landing is at McKinley Park by Soudan. Plowed road there now. Fish 21' to 36' depths . Small jigs and dead sticks are both working. Rainbows or chubs as bait. Fish have been biting all day off and on. Cliff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohlerpeet Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Thank you for your time Cliff. Hope to make it up there this winter! Happy Fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerkinLips Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 My advice for ice fishing on Vermilion would be to avoid high traffic areas. I always believed this before, but this weekend seemed to validate that theory. On Thursday my neighbors in our ice fishing village decided to plow roads, driveways, and parking lots all around, and I only caught 4 little walleyes. Friday I planned to take my portable out to an isolated spot, but none of my village neighbors were out that day, and the fishing was very good. I caught 14 walleyes that day, including 21" and the pictured 26" and 24" slotters. Saturday I thought that maybe the fishing was just picking up so I fished in my permanent again. Caught only 2 walleyes while my neighbors proceeded to have a big family gathering with many vehicles going back and forth. Love fishing in my permanent house, but the next time it starts to get busy in the neighborhood, I am moving out with my portable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Same here. Thursday was a good bite and the weekend bite was mostly a bust! Cliff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerkinLips Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Cliff, did you have a lot of vehicle traffic around you on Saturday? Maybe the bad fishing on Saturday was just the weather conditions, although Saturday was beautiful weather-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Beautiful weather on Sat and Sun. but plenty of traffic! No traffic today but still a very slow bite this morning. Could just be the weather change!??? Cliff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Larson Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Clifford, how is the slush out there? I have slush in front of my home and looking at sled tracks they are turning color also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Darrell, Nothing in the area that I have been traveling. Cliff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishinCT Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Jerkin, you are absolutely onto something. Back when I used to put a permanent out in the south metro, I made sure to fish as many weekdays as possible. Weekends were always worthless, no matter the conditions. Luckily vermilion is big enough to get away from it all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CigarGuy Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 The slush on the west end is terrible. Same goes for fishing. Fished about 20 different spots, from shallow to deep, different bottom structure and could only catch perch-a few were nice size. Beautiful wknd to sit on the ice and fish! Did stop in and introduced myself to Raven77. Nice to meet him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVike Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 CG, Where did you run into the slush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Wagenbach Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I did see some slush out side of the Stuntz Bay Landing today. Probably will soon show up out of McKinley Park too. Cliff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CigarGuy Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, OhioVike said: CG, Where did you run into the slush? Wakemup, Partridge River, Head-O-Lakes, Richie Bay and down into Norwegian Bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRULEDRIFTER Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 11 hours ago, CigarGuy said: The slush on the west end is terrible. Same goes for fishing. The west end is just awful for fishing. It's really too bad. My in-laws live on that end and I've been trying to learn that lake for years and I come up empty handed more often than not. The few times I've found some fish, they're usually too big to keep. Best bite I've found is a guy can get on some nice bluegills, which is fun, but..... The dynamic differences between the East and West end of Vermilion is a perpetual head scratcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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