Eagle Lake Photos

Coming Soon to Eagle Lake! “Summer”

March 8, 2012

The end of winter is in sight….summer on Eagle Lake can’t be too far behind. The forecast is looking warm which has turned my thoughts to the upcoming spring melt here on Eagle Lake.  Before that happens I put together a bit of a slide show with some of the memories over this past winter…plus [...]

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Ice fishing with Henry & Adam…”The Polish Connection”

March 5, 2012

The Polish Connection ice fishing team… Henry & Adam are both summertime guests of Vermilion Bay Lodge here on Eagle Lake who decided to team up for an ice fishing excursion.  Henry had the experience from last winter, where he ice fished for the first time ever!  Adam had no experience, and had never even [...]

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Scenery of Eagle Lake and Vermilion Bay Lodge

December 7, 2011

Over the years we have had the chance to view some GREAT scenery of Eagle Lake though at times we might take it for granted one must admit the Canadian Heartlands are some of the most peaceful sites around. So if you have not had the chance to take in the sites of  Eagle Lake [...]

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Interesting Eagle Lake images from 2011

October 18, 2011

Here’s my pick for some of the more interesting Eagle Lake images from this past season that don’t necessarily involve catching fish. It may not be a giant, but it sure gets your attention!  This buck was seen a number of times by various people in an undisclosed region of Vermilion Bay.  May he live [...]

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Eagle Lake Report, Early Summer, 2011

July 24, 2011

It has been an interesting summer here at Vermilion Bay Lodge and an Eagle Lake report is long overdue.  What are some of the things that have been happening at the lodge?  I’m glad you asked…. The early summer Eagle Lake report… First off, an often asked question here at the lodge is “Does the [...]

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Last Week of May…In Pictures

June 30, 2011

This post is WAY overdue….sorry! We had a great time at VBL the last week of May. We spent a lot of time on Clearwater, Highrock, and had a couple of interesting hikes to Caribou for some amazing Smallmouth fishing! Gord, Suzanne, and Mike welcomed us like family and we had a great time hanging out [...]

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Perchmasters are back…the perch report.

June 6, 2011

Well as promised here is the perch report. With the cooler than normal weather on our annual trip to Eagle Lake we were not sure when to try for the perch till Keith and his wife asked for us to show them how and where to target these tasty buggers.  So on Tuesday we decided [...]

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PIKE PORTRAIT

January 27, 2011

The lure in this painting is an old style (1940-1950′s) spinner with a feather tail from Pfleuger. Over the past decades I’m certain many pike have been caught in Vermilion Bay on this very lure.

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Photos from 2010……in no particular order….

January 7, 2011

Colonel’s Island in a veil of frost…………. Brother in law John enjoying ice fishing and Keith Mitchell’s Crown Royal. Nuclear explosion in the west? ……or just a nice sunset Checking out the Indian pictographs on Clearwater Lake.. A shoreline cedar tree on McColl Island which must have had some good wave action last Fall. Flashback [...]

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The Freeze……..

November 24, 2010

What a strange season this has been. Ice out was possibly the latest on record and now we are well into November and the lake has been pretty much ice free. The above photo was from yesterday, Tuesday, November 23rd. Vermilion Bay is basically ice free except for some weed edges and the creek. What [...]

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