This year has been a year of catching nothing but small fish so far. I’m not complaining, the fishing here in Nova Scotia is great, but those massive Ontario fish are hugely responsible for my love of fishing. At least I can take some satisfaction in helping others catch some big fish this year. Our reports of monster pike at Little Vermilion have received plenty of attention and we are always happy to divulge locations and lures to help our readers have success. I was contacted by Ken a while back asking for some advise on fishing LV, and as a result he had a great trip. Of course we cant take all the credit, Little Vermilion is a great lake and Ken is an experienced angler, check out his recent catches - this is what fishing Ontario is all about!
At Sportsmans we had 5 people and did very well - 24 Trophy’s and forget how many slots.
We’re clearly not the only ones who love the pike fishing at Little Vermilion Lake in Ontario, Canada. Many of our readers have made the long trip up to the lake in search of trophy pike, and as usual the latest visitors to Little Vermilion were not disappointed!
On this trip, I caught 6 fish that were over 40 inches and 15 #s (Our group of 4 guys caught 10 fish over 40 inches and 15#s.- that was our definition of a big fish). My two biggest fish were both 45 inches and 22#s and 20#s. The others were 41-42 inch range and weighed 15-18#s, which are also very nice fish.
- Tom
Last year we met Phil at Little Vermilion Lake after talking with him online about pike fishing for sometime. He loves pike fishing as much as we do, and I made sure to send him some Rockstar Lures before his trip. He had a great trip in 2007 and made the long trip back to Little Vermilion this spring in hopes of catching a few more monsters. He fished with the best pike fisherman around, Connie Inman, and they both caught a few 40 inchers despite the cold weather. Here are a few photos from the adventure, including a couple caught on Rockstar lures. If you have ever wanted to make the pike fishing trip of a lifetime, Little Vermilion is the place to do it.
If you haven’t read our Little Vermilion Lake 2007 fishing logs, prepare to get pumped up in preparation for reading it! Most of you know by now that Clive has been building his own custom in-line spinnerbaits, not to mention fishing with them almost non-stop, and there is a good reason for that. His lures have been catching fish everywhere he goes, bass, muskie, even a few pike at Toronto Islands.
It is undoubtedly even more exciting to catch a trophy pike on a lure you only built the night before, but the idea of having the ability to build a lure on-the-spot for the conditions your currently fishing is unheard of. Not to mention that when one of the pike at Little Vermilion Lake was hooked very deep Clive simply cut his lure in half and rebuilt it in less than 5 minutes right on the water. I was very impressed.
Without further delay, may I present to you our first of many videos from Little Vermilion Lake. In this video Clive shows off a few of the many fish he caught on his custom lures, none of the fish shown were caught on anything else, and how he rebuilt his lure after having to cut it in half so he didn’t injure the pike needlessly. I think this could very well be the longest video we’ve done so far, and I think it goes without saying that we couldn’t put together a video without at least one of those trophy northerns from Little Vermilion Lake.
I should also point out that Clive gave this lure away to an OFN’er we met on the dock as we were just leaving Little Vermilion. I hope the lure did just as well for him, and I really hope to see some photos and hear his thoughts. So if you’re that guy please contact us!
Of course not everyone has the time to build their lures, or the money for the initial sets of hardware. Still, I’m sure you’d like to get your hands on one of these trophy producing lures and maybe you can. If you’re seriously interested in these lures leave a comment here or email Clive and let him know. I’m sure we’ll see an article all about building custom lures from Clive, and maybe even a price list of some sort in the near future.
Finally, for those of you who would rather see that video again in full resolution (and with better audio) you can download it from our site.
I’m sure that everyone has been patiently awaiting the second half of our report from Sportsmans Lodge on Little Vermilion Lake, but you aren’t going to get it today… Instead, we’ve rewritten the entire thing, added some more of our story, more photos, and fixed some of the photos that we posted were for the wrong days (camera’s internal date was a day off). So with all those fixes, and more Little Vermilion content on it’s way, you are now free to read the entire Little Vermilion Lake 2007 Fishing Fury report.
Reporting live from the great north at Little Vermilion Lake. We are half way through our trip and currently sitting outside in the cold using the wireless connection here to make a quick update. The weather has not been the greatest but we have still been putting fish in the boat. Click the image below to view the pictures and report.
UPDATE! Instead of having a part two to this article, it has been rewritten and republished as a single mega article! You can still click the image below to take you there. Enjoy!
Two best friends set off on an epic journey across Ontario. They will travel over 4,000 KM, by boat, by truck, by plane, by any means nessecary. And they will stop at nothing to complete their quest.
It took weeks of planning… Months of saving.. A mystical charm crafted in a Japanese temple.. And nearly a lifetime of practice. All to spend every waking moment, for the next week, fishing your guts out in search of nothing less than the fish of your dreams.
Nothing I can say will help you understand just how excited we are for this trip, and nothing will stand in our way of completing it. & With any luck we should come back with some of the most amazing video, pictures, and stories you’ve ever seen on Fishing Fury, and let’s be honest, we’re pretty bad ass when it comes to the photos.
I have a friend whose cottage is on Lake Chemong, never fished in it although I've heard all the stories. I was walking in it this weekend past, paddled it too, with Alexander directing.....check out the Curve Lake Powwow sometime!!!!
I worked so hard this weekend, the shirt fell right offen me, so I need that shirt more than ANYONE else!
Love your site!
Hi all,
I am Dick van Hattem. The men who caught this wonderfull pike in the Netherlands.
The pike was actualy 120 cm long, weight exactly 16.5 kilo's and was caught on a death perch on 10 meter deep water on 27 december 2000.
But now.... the photo was shopped for fun. I had a reading for a fishingclub and this was the last picture of the reading I had for 100 quest. Name of the picture.... I have a dream..... Everybode was laughing. Really funny, never claimed the world record. Because it is not by far.
http://www.metersnoeken.nl/inde x.php?option=com_content&task=s ection&id=13&Itemid=48 here you can find [...]
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