Vermillion Help

[zdmiller]

Could anyone point me to a section of the river to try out and how to get there. I have been wanting to try this out for a while but school and military obligations have had a way of messing up my plans. I have a short break before I start a new job and I want to make the most of it. Also if anyone is lookin for a fishin partner for a few days I would alove to tag along, I prefer company while fishing. I could trade trips or tips for the same on walleye in Pool 2. Thanks.

-Zach

[Scudly]

Have you seen the DNR map?

http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/trout_streams/south/map_15.pdf

Public easement marked in gray. Take Hwy 52 south, right on 200th street. First bridge up is Donnley where I caught a fat 27" northern. I caught an 18" brown here last summer. Easy pasture section to fish. Just had $60k worth of habitat improvement. Upstream of where the easement ends is where I got that big pike. Nice and curvy with deep undercut banks. I caught the northern on a #9 3/8 oz silver PM spinner on 10lb braided.

What I thought was the largest trout of my life ended up to be this alligator!

[roughfish29]

i love the vermillion, i fish it quite often.

"rambling river park" in farmington is a good spot to start. its easy to fish and there are good numbers of fish to be caught

this year, the average sized rainbow is like this:

i haven't got many northerns this year but here are a couple from the winter

first of the year, caught 2/14/10

nice fatty

on a side note, do not fish the vermillion between march 1- march 31. it is not a southeast stream and i almost got into some trouble for thinking that it was

[roughfish29]

scudly: wow! that pike has some serious girth!

[Scudly]

Actually the first time you can fish designated trout water on th V is the official trout opener, second week in April. Same goes for the other metro trout streams.

[zdmiller]

Thanks guys, never fished browns before, what sort of set ups do you guys use, and what times of the day seem to work best for you? And if anyone is interested in goin out with me let me know. My email is [email protected]

[Scudly]

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Thanks guys, never fished browns before, what sort of set ups do you guys use, and what times of the day seem to work best for you?

Welcome. Low light. Early morning or late evening. Or pick a dark cloudy day, with light rain even better. Low pressure systems are good.

Personally I have had the most success floating big juicy nightcrawlers with a #4 hook and split (if needed). I chuck big spinners (#9 Panther Martin all silver), or raps 2.5 - 3.0" long. Just bought a gold X-rap that has a ton of action.

[flatheadhunter87]

Hey Guys I live in cannon falls do you guys get very many chubs or suckers while your fishing. I use them for cat bait and im looking for a new river to hit up.

[goblueM]

i would think the Cannon would be a much better bet than the Vermillion for suckers and chubs. lot more fish in there. V is a low-density stream for most everything

[Scudly]

You can get a ton of chubs out of the Little Cannon. Great place to get bait.

[flatheadhunter87]

Hey Thanks guys yeah i fish the little cannon prolly once a week so i know what it produces. i was just wondering if there was any in the vermillion.

[youngie22]

I would disagree with that one. Very high numbers of chubs in the V. Many minnow size and up to a pound or two. This is why the browns get so big I think. My daughter loves to catch the bigger ones. I like to trap the smaller ones!

[Scudly]

Looking at 2009 V report. 43% white sucker. 15% trout, and 15% bigmouth shiner (chub). These are the predominant species. Everything else is less than 10%.

Flatheadhunter please email me at markdahlquist@yahoo dot com.