Boundary Waters Fishing Reports for Ely, Tower, Orr, Isabella

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Tower, Updated 1/3/12 1-888-223-0588

Hello everybody,
Ice conditions on Vermilion are very good to excellent in the McKinley park area of Big bay. We have 13 to 14 inches of good ice with very little snow cover. I wish I could say the same for the Walleye action the last week. There are still fish being caught, however it has really slowed down the last several days. I will be moving my shack on Wednesday to try and find some active Walleyes. I have been in 29ft on the end of a sand bar. The bite was very good at first but it has really gone cold for me this week.

Small glow jigs and spoons are still catching most of the fish. Dead sticking with a plain #6 red or green hook tipped with a small Pike sucker, has also caught some fish this week. I did hear of some limits being taken in shallow water over the weekend however I did not witness
any of that so I can't verify that information.

There have been some very nice Pike caught on Vermilion in the last week. I think I'll do a little Pike fishing this coming week and see for myself what all the hubbub is. Tip-ups with a medium sized sucker are a great way to catch Big Pike. I also like to use a big hair jig tipped with a minnow if they are really going. Shoreline breaks in 6 to 12ft, main lake points and deep weed edges, are all good locations for some winter time Pike fishing.

Have a great new year and please remember to put some back, the future of fishing depends on it.

"Ace" <*)))><

Terry "Ace" Sjoberg.
Ace guide service.
Beautiful Lake Vermilion

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