Vermilion

[strike indicator]

Heading up to vermilion next week for first time. Does anybody have any info on some areas of the lake to try?

we are going to staying at the vermilion dam lodge

[Muskydanno]

So many good areas there to fish that a guy has a hard time figuring out where to start. You can see fish from one end of the lake to the other. My best advice is to hire a guide the first time out(Chad Cain or Matt Snyder get my vote), but if you cant do that look for areas of complexity where you have shallow rocks , and rock spines going out into deeper water , saddles in between islands that create current areas, and play the wind and pay attention to where it is blowing into. There are plenty of weed areas to play in also.My best luck has been going off on your own and finding fish in areas that arent community spots and concentrating on those spots. I would say these fish are almost "mille lacs" educated, meaning alot of times you can throw baits at fish you can see all day without even a bump. Dont know how much time you have but that is the way i did it for the first few days of my first trip, and it worked out well.

I am going up tonight after work to get on the merry go round, (from spot to spot out there,you'll see what i mean) will have a report when i get back.Dan

[randallt]

Ed at the lodge can show you more good spots than you will have time to fish. Was up last fall during turnover, so we only saw a couple fish landed 0, but he and Marty both were very open with info.

[Cooter]

I'll be there Fri for the first time, guess I hope for some weather change to put the fish in the mood. Report in a week and half, will be on LOTW for a week starting Sat. Sweet, Vermilly and LOTW, I'm pumped!