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| I have never fished Lake Vermilion in the summer {only late fall} how much boat activity is there in mid summer ? Is there alot of fishing pressure or can you find less pressured areas throughout the lake. |
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| most good spots get pounded several times a day!!
Night fishing is just as bad, on a full moon.
You will move fish, but tough to get them to bite.
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | it's really a matter of opinion...people either love it or hate it there. There certainly will be a lot of company on any mid summer trip there, that is not debatable.
I haven't been back in 10 years and have no interest of ever returning |
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Location: MN | The place gets pounded. Not sure that there is any areas not getting hit many times in a day. Good place to go site seeing for muskies, just tough to get on the hooks. |
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| muskyjim - 7/13/2012 2:36 PM
The place gets pounded. Not sure that there is any areas not getting hit many times in a day. Good place to go site seeing for muskies, just tough to get on the hooks.
Lake Vermilion is 39,271 acres in size. Some of the lakes we fish in Illinois are 200 acres or less and receive a fair amount of pressure for their size. Even when the boat launch is full we can find a place to fish and catch fish too with plenty of space to ourselves.
Don't let anyone scare you away from fishing Vermilion. There are TONS of places to fish and lots of fish too. Most just stay on the east end and fish the same marked reefs or spots people marked for them on their map. Maybe that is the problem! There is another 3/4th of the lake they don't fish.
Maybe if some threw something other than a double 10 or a bulldawg they would see less and catch more fish. Backing off where the fish are positioned helps too. A few guys I know did pretty well on small crankbaits last year when everyone and their brother was throwing a double 10.
Good luck. |
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | Traffic on Vermilion is not what it once was. Sure some spots get hit a bunch still. They are community spots and fish are still caught there. With all the internet talk Vermilion will soon again be the worlds best kept secret because no one will go there anymore. Except people who know better! <>< |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | bshep, Thrax,.... right on bro.
You other guys need to explore the lake a bit more,.... unless your lazy and just fish community spots.....
I basically have been living up here for the last 15yrs........... Yes it got really pressured and pounded, and yes these fish are "educated" but guess what ?......... It's a HUGE lake and any corner, or Island or shoreline, or mid-lake hump you go by can, and does hold fish.
You just have to work for them a little.
Jerome |
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| bshep - 7/13/2012 2:52 PM
muskyjim - 7/13/2012 2:36 PM
The place gets pounded. Not sure that there is any areas not getting hit many times in a day. Good place to go site seeing for muskies, just tough to get on the hooks.
Lake Vermilion is 39,271 acres in size. Some of the lakes we fish in Illinois are 200 acres or less and receive a fair amount of pressure for their size. Even when the boat launch is full we can find a place to fish and catch fish too with plenty of space to ourselves.
Don't let anyone scare you away from fishing Vermilion. There are TONS of places to fish and lots of fish too. Most just stay on the east end and fish the same marked reefs or spots people marked for them on their map. Maybe that is the problem! There is another 3/4th of the lake they don't fish.
Maybe if some threw something other than a double 10 or a bulldawg they would see less and catch more fish. Backing off where the fish are positioned helps too. A few guys I know did pretty well on small crankbaits last year when everyone and their brother was throwing a double 10.
Good luck. |
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| Top H2O - 7/13/2012 7:24 PM
bshep, Thrax,.... right on bro.
You other guys need to explore the lake a bit more,.... unless your lazy and just fish community spots.....
I basically have been living up here for the last 15yrs........... Yes it got really pressured and pounded, and yes these fish are "educated" but guess what ?......... It's a HUGE lake and any corner, or Island or shoreline, or mid-lake hump you go by can, and does hold fish.
You just have to work for them a little.
Jerome
If this guy can catch fish there, anybody can |
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| Jerome.....will trade you a day on the east for a day on the west.....flip a coin for the music.....and lunch.....lol |
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