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Location: Milwaukee, WI | Looking at going to Lake Vermillion last week in June. Interested in concentrating on a smaller part of the lake. Looking at Wolf Bay Area or the head of lake bay/Armstrong bay area. Any recommendations by PM would be great. Thank you |
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| I wouldn’t limit myself to one small area out there. I haven’t done it on Vermillion, but have open water trolled over deep water adjacent to spawning areas on several other lakes that time of year and had some decent success. There’s an episode of Linder’s Angling Edge on Vermillion that keys on open water casting with Luke Ronnestrand and James Linder. You might find it useful and interesting at the least. Good luck! |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Tough bite to say the least, they make it look easy! |
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Location: Minnesota. | muskyhunter07 - 3/22/2020 12:49 PM
Tough bite to say the least, they make it look easy!
^^^^ Read this.....a few times!!!
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| Thoughts on Vermillion based on my experience
1. Musky fishing is tough these days. You need to be flexible ... open water, typical structure and everything in between. You and can't limit yourself to one small area. They are there and average size is big.
2. Vermillion is underated for walleye, smallies and crappies so if your fishing isnt limited to only muskies it is very good.
3. If you do intend to focus only on Musky hire a local guide for a day . Vermillion is huge and can be very difficult for a first timerbto knowvwherebto start.
4.It is a beautiful place to fish ... if you go take time to enjoy the setting.
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Location: Duluth | Tough thing about the V is you know the structure is holding fish, you'll often see them but getting them to go can be tough.
I've always had success fishing my "milk run" last fall was up there a few times, had some good days and some real tough days but always saw fish. Don't be afraid to night fish if you're going to be there in June/July
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Location: Northern Illinois | I fish the big V every year for a couple weeks, out of those days I fish 3-4 days with Luke Ronnestrand one of the best guides on the lake, Let me tell you it's a grind musky fishing out there. When it's a grind with Luke you know it's tough. Yes we do manage to put a few in the bag but like I said its TOUGH. If it's your first rodeo on the big V take the advice and hire a guide its a big lake and a lot of water to cover and a low density musky fishery now. |
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| I won't be going there but if I was, I think I would ask Mr. Worral to mark a map for me of a couple places I could fish for crappie when I go too frustrated musky fishing. Judging by the photos from the MuskieFirst outings there, the man has the crappies dialed in. Catching something good to eat might help counter balance long hours without fish in the net. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | But if you want to catch a muskie, fish every second you can. You’ll need to! |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Me and the lady pound the Crappies every year on the big V, some really nice one's too. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Great panfish in that water. Low density good quality muskies, with a few new stocked fish showing up. |
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