ice fishing for lake trout

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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Lake Trout Trilogy…”The Conclusion”

February 28, 2012

The final 2 days of lake trout fishing… The day Chris and Nick leave is the annual Kinsmen ice fishing derby held just off of the Government Dock here in Vermilion Bay.  It generally does not involve catching many fish, but this year has an interesting twist of fate. My hopes of winning are dashed [...]

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Day 2 of “Ice Fishing for Lake Trout”…

February 24, 2012

  Ice fishing for lake trout…where to next? Day 2:  Chris & Nick decide to leave the pop-up sled at home and travel “commando style”.  Good thing too, since today’s plans include traversing longer portage trails into an excellent trout lake that is off the beaten trail. O.K…How can I do as well ice fishing [...]

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Chris & Nick’s Excellent Adventure…”How to catch lake trout” Part One

February 22, 2012

How to catch Lake Trout…the beginning:                 Nick and Chris arrived at Vermilion Bay Lodge  for 2 days of ice fishing in the hopes of tackling some lake trout.  Anticipation was high as we loaded up for the ride to  a portage lake that we have been having [...]

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More Eagle Lake ice fishing activity…

February 6, 2012

More Eagle Lake ice fishing… Susanne and I decided to check out a few spots that produce walleye in the early spring here on Eagle Lake hoping we would run into a congregating horde of walleye.  We were rewarded with some nice scenery, some fish on the locator, a number of tentative bites that I [...]

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Ice Fishing for Lake Trout…

January 10, 2012

January Ice Fishing While in many areas of the country the unusually warm winter has put a damper on ice fishing, here at Vermilion Bay Lodge we still have what it takes to enjoy winter….snow, ice and fish! Conditions for Ice Fishing are good… Since January 1st we have fished two trout lakes with good [...]

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Finale to the March Break Ice Fishing Frenzy….

March 20, 2011

It has been March Break here at Vermilion Bay Lodge, and while in the past this has been our chance to split to warmer climates, this year we decided to hang out at the lodge and do more ice fishing. Over the past two days we have fished Clearwater Lak…

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New Year’s Day trout fishing….

January 2, 2009

New Year’s Day 2009 was not the deep freeze that we have been having the past few weeks. Some fresh snow greeted us in the morning as Susanne & I headed out to Delano Lake. Other than two other people fishing there today we had the lake to ourselves. At the same time last year [...]

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