vermillion river

[Andrew Erickson]

Is this a pretty good river to fish for trout?We drove by it on our way to lanesbourough and are thinking about fishing it this week some time.What are some good flies to use there to?Any info would be great.Thanks

[minnowdangler71]

my brother and i have fished several miles of it, on several occasions, and only have caught one trout and probably 100 creek chubs/suckers.

[WxGuy]

As far as being a "pretty good river to fish for trout", I'm going to have to say "NO".

Access is your biggest issue with the Vermillion and it's why I must say it doesn't rank too well for being a good destination for trout. There just isn't much access, most of it is through private land and you won't find much success wading through the river due to deep silt and heavy brush. It's also never a good idea to wade up through private property, even if you're within the legal right, but that's an entirely different topic altogether.

But if you're dead set on fishing it, get the brand new 2007 trout map book from the DNR and find yourself one of the access points to the stream and give it a shot.

My 2 cents...

[-Marc V-]

If your planning on using flies, your best bet would probably be larger streamers. Anywhere from size 8, up to 2, or bigger. Wooly buggers, clousers, anything with a rabbit strip tail, muddlers, etc. I believe nymphing would be too slow to find a fish, and I've never seen fish surfacing on this river.

Fished it last weekend. Vermillion is not the average trout stream in that it's not packed with fish like SE MN streams. Fish can be few and far between. But when you catch one, it can be a decent fish.

marc

[trailratedtj]

fished it last weekend, caught 3 rainbows and saw 2 huge 18" plus browns. all c&r. Caught them on a wolly bugger. Good Luck if you go out there. Ive fished it 4 times and im batting .500. theres a pretty decent public access off of hwy 2 to the east just north of farmington.