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LAKE VERMILION
2026 VISITOR GUIDE
View the Lake Vermilion Visitor Guide online or request a copy.
The fishing is the real deal, but it's the people that keep us coming back. If you want a boutique experience or a faux-rustic vibe, keep looking. If you want the real thing, come on up. There's literally no other place like Lake Vermilion.
Some of the best fishing in the country
Lake Vermilion has been part of my life for more than 50 years. Every season I spend time up here, and it never stops teaching me something new. Pike, walleyes, smallmouth, largemouth, crappies, bluegills – this lake truly has it all.
— Al Lindner
Lake Vermilion Fishing Report (9/14/26)
September 14, 2026
Another week of the 2026 open water season down. The beginning of the week it was hot and the bite was decent.