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Minnesota
Lake Vermilion
Lake Vermilion is a trophy-tier fishery where 50s show up every fall.
Tier S40,557 acres
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7-day outlook
81Tue
81Wed
65Thu
56Fri
67Sat
82Sun
79Mon
Seasonal patterns
How this lake fishes
- Spring
- Shallow bays, small bucktails, dark-bottom warmups.
- Summer
- Cabbage edges, topwater at dusk. Bucktails all day.
- Fall
- Rock and cisco on deep breaks. Big rubber, suckers.
- Late fall
- Trolling basins and casting the steepest breaks you can find.
Stay there
Resorts on Lake Vermilion
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Guides
See the guide directory.
Tackle shops
Northwoods Bait & Tackle4 mi from main launch
The Musky Shop Annex10 mi from main launch
Dockside Outfitters16 mi from main launch
Launches
- Hoodoo Point Public AccessFree
Gear for this lake
What the locals throw
Chaos Tackle
NEWMedussa
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Lucky Strike
Jake 10in
Crankbaits
$26.99
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Drifter
DepthRaider 10in
Crankbaits
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Data
By the numbers
- Acres
- 40,557
- Max depth
- 76 ft
- Forage
- cisco, yellow perch, white sucker
- Strain
- Leech Lake strain (stocked)
- Stocking
- Check the state agency for stocking history
- Regulations
- Verify current rules with the state or provincial agency.
Lake Breakdown
Lake Vermilion, spot by spot
- 40+ marked spots with GPS
- Month-by-month lure picks
- Trolling runs with depth and speed
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