Just got back from our annual trip to Lake Vermilion with the work guys. The past 2-3 years we have really focused on muskies but have yet to get one in the boat - many close calls. That changed this year. This fella bit my black bucktail on the second turn of the figure-8 - 46 inches.
The next morning we started out and decided why not head back tot he same spot - got this girl on the figure-8 as well but I did it for a number of times after she lost the bucktail on the first figure-8 of the retrieve.
This one was about 47 inches. We saw 4 other fish and Matt had one bite right at the boat and turn but the fish missed - it wasn't Matt. Basically all fish where moved on double-bladed bucktails - it was great.
We also had some decent walleye action and were a fish shy of limiting out the first day in about 3 hours of fishing and had to throw back 3 19 inchers out of the slot.
Vermilion is awesome with tons of islands and structure to cast too. We saw fish in a bunch of spots and it really built our confidence to finally get one in the boat. I can't wait for next year.
I two weeks we'll switch back to the drift boat for Namekagon and St Croix musky floats. This low water should really concentrate the fish.
