Lake Vermilion
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Lake Vermilion Fishing Reports
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBouldersSmall tubes and neds around areas with sandy gravel areas with rock, boulder, log mix, finding smallies preparing to spawn near these objects.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock Pile
Fishing was slow. Was hot, muggy, sunny, and flat calm. The few smallies were decent sized though. Hot pink Mepps muskie killer produced most fish, including a 40 inch muskie.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureBouldersHad best luck on dig boulder stretching out off points with a jerk bait and caught walleyes in the entrance into pikes bay throwing 1/4 once under spin with a swim bait in 4-7 feet of water every evening . Great time for first trip to this body of water .
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Largemouth BassTechniqueSwim JigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureLily PadsFished the west end of Vermillion. Most consistent bite was finding the warmer water. Black Bay and river in under 5 foot produced good numbers on the swim jig, followed up by slowing down with senkos and pitching jigs.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructurePoints
5/31/2022 Water temp was 48-50 degrees. Caught several very nice pre-spawn smallmouth fishing rocky points in 6-10’ of water, close to deeper water at the mouth of bays leading to spawning flats. My #1 fish catcher was the Magabass Vision 110+1 fished slow with long pauses (5-10 seconds). I fished the jerkbait on 10lb fluorocarbon like to get it down and stay in the strike zone.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Fished a MinnYak Kayak tournament on vermillion, caught a ton of fish on the tube and ned rig with a couple of cranking fish.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructurePoints
Water temps in the AM were 67 but warmed up to 70-71 main lake by late afternoon. We caught quite a few Smallies targeting main lake points and the shorelines near them. The windier the better it seemed. The big bites seemed to escape us this day, tubes and hair picked up some but Jerkbaits were the ticket for us.
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WalleyeTechniqueTrolling Mid Depth (10-19')SeasonSummerStructureLedgesTroll 15 to 20 ft on the edges of rock to clay/sand
