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sworrall

Posted 5/22/2008 11:11 AM (#69813)
Subject: Vermilion MN Spring Bay Resort Fishing Report

Location: Rhinelander

Our friends at Spring Bay Resort will be offering weekely reports from Vermilion, home of the 2008 MuskieFIRST Spring Bay resort Outing. Looks like there's plenty of walleye action to be had, so Walleye fillets will be fried in Worrall's cabin!

http://www.springbayresort.com/htmls/directory.html

Anyone wishing to join us at the Outing call Spring Bay and check for available cabins, this trip is going to be a blast.

Outing link:
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=39...

Weekly Fishing Report

In spite of the late ice-out and the cold, wet weather, our guests experienced
some of the best walleye fishing they've ever had. The big post spawn females
were up in shallow water and "hungry"! Our guests caught (and released) 25 walleyes
over 5 pounds and innumerable walleyes from 3 - 5 pounds. The smaller male(eaters)
were still in deeper water but were feeding and there to be caught.

All in all, it was a great way to start the season!

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WalleyeFIRST

Posted 6/27/2008 3:06 PM (#71020 - in reply to #69813)
Subject: RE: Vermilion MN Spring Bay Resort Fishing Report

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Posts: 1382

Weekly Fishing Report 6/20
Muskie opener was a success!! The muskie are still holding tight to their small spawning bays while following lures consistently. There are only a few active muskies presenting themselves. The small mouth are in their pre-spawn yet, which they should be on their beds in the near future. Panfish and crappie were excellent. Walleyes are very slow on the west end right now, and the few that have been caught were worked for. The lindy-rig and a leech seems to be working the best, while trolling Rapalas seems to be working decently. Hopefully the weather will get stable long enough to find some fish. A good place to be looking for walleyes this week would be the reefs. They are in transition from the shallows out to the reefs, so another good place to look would be some flats on the way out to the reefs.

WalleyeFIRST

Posted 6/30/2008 10:43 PM (#71136 - in reply to #69813)
Subject: Re: Vermilion MN Spring Bay Resort Fishing Report

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Weekly Fishing Report 6/29
Muskie fishing has been slow with only 2 being caught, a 32" and a 46". I've seen more and more muskies becoming active as the water temp rises. The last 10 days the weather has been hotter/nicer than normal, which is harder on the walleye day fishing. The lindy and a leech, or the jig and a leech seemed to produce decent fish during the day at depths around 22-30 feet. The walleyes are out on the reefs but are not in full swing. A few walleyes have also been picked up of sharp breaks off of islands, same depths as off the reefs. The walleyes that we were catching, came from the central part of the lake at night. The slip bobber and a leech worked wonders night after night in the mud flats in depths of 9-14 feet. The northerns have been in full swing this month so far, while the bass are just moving on the beds a few days ago. The bass are over 2 weeks behind schedule, but the bite is on now!! Good luck fishing!!

WalleyeFIRST

Posted 7/14/2008 10:24 PM (#71622 - in reply to #69813)
Subject: Re: Vermilion MN Spring Bay Resort Fishing Report

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Weekly Fishing Report
The fishing has been very stable on the west end of the lake over the past 2 weeks. The walleye fishing has been great, while the muskies are still pretty slow. Northerns, bass, and pan fish have been a blast for a lot of our guests. The walleyes have been 50/50 for slot v.s. keepers, while a few trophy fish have been caught. most of the walleyes have been caught from 11-16 feet off the edges of reefs or heavy structure areas. The best producing techniques for the walleyes have been a lindy w/ a leech, slip bobber w/ a leech, and on a few occasions a lindy walleye spinner has out produced your basic lindy. The may flies hatch just appeared the other day, but has not seemed to have a great effect on the fishing. Over the next 2 weeks there are going to be some good reports on the muskie fishing. There is 2 big outings on the west end of the lake. This coming weekend there is a muskie tournament on friday and saturday, and the following week we have 40 muskie fishermen that booked the resort for the whole week. So any active muskies over the next 2 weeks are going to see some lures and there will be some fish caught. Stay Tuned!!! Good luck fishing!!

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