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Location: MN | Any one know what the water temps are up to on Vermilion?
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Location: Chaska MN. | Came back yesterday and it was 64-65 on the east end |
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| 63 today on the west end |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Steve,
How's the action up that way? Any Muskies in Camp yet? |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | How's the weed growth looking? I'm thinking about going up this weekend and haven't been up since opener when there was almost none. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Last week S.B. had 16-18 muskies in camp.
Yesterday the surface temps were 63-64*, Weeds are starting to come around pretty good.....Dropped my phone in the lake about 8:00 pm yesterday and had to drive 60 miles to Hibbing to buy a new one...right after having a smallish fish go around in the 8 twice..... Can't live without the Phone.....to many calls from those Evil Coal fired power plants. sometimes work and fishing happens.
anyway,..... It's going to be wet and rainy for the next few days up here with high temps in the 57* range and lows in the upper 40's, which means the water temps will drop again....... by Fri the water temps will be around 58-60*
The weekend will be nicer,.........Pray for HOT weather !
Your Evil Capitalistic Pig business owner, G-Rome
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| Jerome, I don't have the luxury to drop my phone in the drink at Vermilion so I just have my wife throw it in the washing machine 2 time a year to make it feel like I am there.
Good Fishing
Louie
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | As an alternate resource, there is a great website that posts "big fish" as reported by nearly all the Lake Vermilion resorts weekly. You can find walleyes, northerns, bass (both largies and smallies) and even our favorite the muskies listed on there. Search lake vermilion fishing and its easy to find. The report is sortable by any of the columns for species, date, size, resort etc. It is operated by the Lake Vermilion Resort Association and can also provide a ton of other info for anyone coming to the area for any species of fish or any other reason for that matter. |
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| Just wondering how anybody is doing up there this week w/ the full moon past along with the heat wave? Seeing much and is the night bite still the most productive?....get inline and sling those blades.
Heading up to the Big V for all of next week; will be on the east side.
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Location: Delavan, WI | Esox Madness - Pm'd you. |
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| Been up here since 16th haven't seen one fish! Totally lost at this point! Trying everything! Really just want to get my lil bro a fish he hasn't gotten one since 09'. What am I doing wrong! Hitting every thing! Leaving sat don't know what to do! Can anyone help |
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| 73 degrees give or take a few last week |
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| Current temps 76-80 during day 75ish in evening |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | With a cool front that moved in yesterday the water temps at 6:00pm. were 72.5-74* on the West end.
Didn't see a thing in 5hrs of hard casting,...... I guess I will never live up to BNelson's avg. of boating a Muskie every 4.786621 hours spent on the water !
Dam, He's good....... Finishing up a job up here on Wednesday, so I'll be able to fish a bit more.
Jerome
Edited by Top H2O 7/24/2011 11:00 PM
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Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | Will be up there a month from now for the first time. those fish gotta eat. hopefully i can get a few to open there mouth. |
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| They are eating, trust me.
Edited by asteffes 7/25/2011 10:26 PM
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Location: Nielsen's Fly-In Lodge, on Rowan Lake | Never been on V but whats happening here on Rowan is they are parked out off the edge of the spot ( rocks or weeds) and just sit there for a while and all of a sudden here they are DO NOT BE IN A HURRY. this is whats happening here only a suggestion |
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Location: Tomahawk,Wis | Just got back from the V. 10 guys and only boated 3 fish....Had lots of follows and some close encounters . All were caught on small baits....
Wally |
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| Please tell me there's gotta be a good word for the big v heading up in 2there weeks |
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | Plenty of nice fish being caught as long as you adapt to conditions and think out of the box. I can tell you if you are not moving fish, whether in the weeds or on the rocks, move in very shallow. If you don't visually see them, they are not there. Go elsewhere. Or...fish near those areas but deeper than you'd expect, lots of available baitfish seems to be keeping them off structures/weeds and deeper. Shallow bite, even after dark, has been inconsistent at best. |
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| Anybody know what the water temps are as of late? Marking any baitfish moving up shallow yet? Heading up this week.
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | 46-47* |
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| Have water temps dropped at all on the bigV?????
KJS |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | What do you think,?? It's northern Mn. |
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| Why do so many refer to Vermilion as the Big V as if there is some other well known small Vermilion lake? |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
It might be because people realize there is a little vermilion lake as well. Also, Lake Vermilion is broken down into 3 parts...West, Middle, and East...
Kinda follows the same premise of why do people call Lake of the Woods LOTW...
or...why is Mille Lacs Lake called the big pond...
or Lake Minnetonka called just Tonka?
I know I don't refer to Lake Vermilion as the Big V, but I have friends that do.. All is good so long as people know what Big V is being referred to..
Steve
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | It happens way to often,... but it will reward you .....Big Time,...... Somtimes
Water temps are at 42-44*
I'll be boating a 55+ Pounder this week ! .....Sweet!!
G-Rome |
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Location: Mallard Island Lake Vermilion MN | Very short fun story behind slang the Big V.
Nothing do do with lil Vermilion or the lake itself really.
: )
Those in the know don't use it...those that do...well lets just say its BAR FUNNY an your IT. Smiles for sure.
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Silly but fun.
NOT politcaly correct by far but fun when you read it or hear it.....harmless really......but a THING for sure...like my spelling / typing.
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Edited by KidDerringer 11/8/2011 2:06 PM
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| Ya sure you betcha. Lots of diff names for Vermillllllly. All depends where your from. Locals used to call it the dead sea. Some call it best muskie lake in the world. Most folks I know just call it home.... 
Several Little Vermilion, Big Vermilion and Vermillion with two L's muskie lakes north of the border so don't get confused... |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | West end water temps in the deep water basins are 39-40*
Had to break ice to get out this morning, Ciscos are about done, but there are still a few coming up shallow to spawn........Didn't see 1 boat out there today, kinda weird.
Cast Big rubber for 6 hrs and trolled for 2.5 with nothing in the net.. Last week was awsome.
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | I'll remember to put the cattle pusher on front of my boat for next week then Jerome!!
Super ultra fatties, I'm comin to get ya soon! |
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| awesome? fishin or the weather...I was up there for the week... |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Fishing/catching. |
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| me too..but was thinking of swapping east to west next year... |
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Location: Watertown, MN | Rick you going westside, I think this was the most pressure I have seen there, it was like summer up there with the number of boats, at one point counted 6 working one spot and another on deck waiting to get into the conga line. The pressure seemed to impact fishing catching and sighting. Next year might be looking for alternative to, just not sure what that is.
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| westside, I think this was the most pressure I have seen there, it was like summer up there with the number of boats
This late in fall it's unusual for that many people to fish anywhere.
I wonder what it could be that lead them to it?
http://www.keyesoutdoors.com/episodes.htm
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| Funny whenever they fish MN they say body of water they are on and sometimes show the map of the lake and actually show certain spots. But they seem a little more hush-hush when it comes to WI. However I still enjoy watching the show, that 8-9 am time slot on Sat gets me my Muskie fix during the off season!! |
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| East side looked like August too. Mulitple boats per spot. Sure was strange. |
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| Was just a little disappointed in the size of the fish we caught this year ....every 2 years out there we boat a giant....this year cookie cutters...using 16 inch custom x lures....highlight of the trip.. my son boats 2... 51 inch in 5 minutes......maybe spoiled but im sure i could do better on Bemidji.....maybe next year.... Heineken was great... |
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| Two 51's and your complaining. You are spoiled. |
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Location: Watertown, MN | Silver you know we are all up looking for that special fish, seem like 53-54 was top end of what we had heard caugh. Seemed like lot of mid 40 being caught, but with pressure the pie got shared quite a bit more this year. Next year is plan B not sure what it is but need to mix it up a bit.
Troyz |
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| The summer catch of 38-46 inch fish seemed to hold true for this fall also. This bodes well for the future which is good. I didn't hear of any super tankers caught this fall which doesn't surpise me as their numbers are getting smaller every year. DNR spring netting has never caught a fish over 54.5 inches and they have netted hundreds of fish so that should tell you seomthing about those very very special fish larger than that. Always good to have a plan b or lake x in your game plan.... |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Well Spring Bay is locked up with about 1" of ice..... Had to put the boat on the trailer today.....It took me about an hr to go 100 yrds to the ramp.
36-37* on the west end basins yesterday, Sooo.... I'll try the East end tomorrow.
Snowing here tonight 19*, tomorrow 22* and 7* tomorrow night...... not much time left Girls..... Sad,..so,... Sad.
Jerome |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Careful out there, G-Rome. |
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