Lake Vermilion
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer (Current)
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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Summer
- Tubes11
- Hard Topwater (Prop)4
- Ned Rigs4
- Finesse Hair Jigs3
- Bladed Jigs2
Total Fishing Reports
124
Top Species Reported for Summer
- Smallmouth Bass36 Reports
Walleye12 Reports
Muskie4 Reports
Largemouth Bass1 Report
Northern Pike1 Report
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
64°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
64°
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.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
71°
Spent a week up on vermilion chasing after walleye and bass. Seems like the smallmouth bass up there love leeches and after going through a lot of live bait and catching a ton of smallies on slip bobbers I switched to a hair jig. The black Maribou hair jigs were killer out over the sunken islands and boulder patches. It helps to have a long rod on the lighter action side to really throw the little jigs out there. All I would do is cruise the outer edges of these sunken islands and make long casts to the tops and slowly reel the jig back in trying to let it sink as close to the tops of the rock piles as possible. No need for popping or jigging action just simply reeling in the bait slowly seemed to trigger the fish the best. These islands can be somewhat challenging to fish using other methods without loosing a lot of lures but these little maribou jigs imitate leeches really well and the smallies seemed to love them!
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