eVermilion Magazine

Progress is continuing on the development of recreation opportunities at Minnesota’s newest state park, and there is more to come. At a June 7 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new campground at Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, Minnesota State Parks and Trails Director Erika Rivers. . .

What a crazy spring! The ice was out very late, yet it’s been one of the fastest warmups we’ve seen in a long time. Bobber fishing for me right now has been very good in 4 to 6 feet of water along rocky, protruding shorelines. . .

The easy walleye fishing we experienced for the first few weeks of the year has come to a grinding hault. For what is typically walleye prime time, the fish are not biting in their typical late spring / early summer locations. The walleyes that are. . .

Despite the cold water temperatures, the walleye bite over the past week has been very good. There are days where the weather changes have shut the bite down, but those slow periods are lasting less than a day. Fishing slow in 24 to 36 feet. . .

Well the 2018 walleye fishing opener has finally arrived! What a beautiful weekend we had too! From all of the reports that I have received and by my own experience the opener was a huge success for most fishermen. Walleyes were caught in depths ranging. . .

The U.S Forest Service conducted a prescribed burn at Lake Vermilion on May 17 and 18 in the area surrounding the Norwegian Bay, South Shore Lunch Site. The site has been closed during the burning operation and will remain so until the fire is declared. . .

When I joined the board of the Sportsmen’s Club of Lake Vermilion in 2003 as their treasurer, I could see some dark clouds on the horizon which were not related to dollars and cents. Duane Williams and Jack Sparks had discovered rusty crayfish in Armstrong. . .

As soon as the ice turns to open water, male loons arrive to claim their territory. In 2017, two new floating nest platforms were positioned by lake association volunteers in areas with low boat traffic where natural nest locations were inadequate. Though we did have. . .

The sucker sale at the DNR’s Pike River Hatchery is tentatively set to begin this week either Thursday May 3 or Friday May 4. The Vermilion Lake Association (VLA) has been conducting this spring ritual since 1968. The lake association sells suckers trapped during walleye. . .

Is it too late? Will the depressing news about fishery issues at other major walleye lakes inevitably reach our shore? Absolutely not! Yes, spiny waterfleas were discovered in Vermilion’s east basin in 2015. They have noticeably reduced our small zooplankton, especially in late summer, but. . .