Fishing FuryTom Trautsch

Tom Trautsch

Jonathon Marshall — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:06:11 +0000

Tom’s latest trip to Little Vermilion in June of 2008 where he caught six pike over 40 inches in only six days of fishing.

Little Vermilion Lake 2005

Jonathon Marshall — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:05:37 +0000

On our first trip to Little Vermilion Lake, one of the premiere trophy Pike breading grounds in Ontario, we drive from Toronto to Red Lake, and back, a trip of over 2000KM. We made a few stops along the way to try our shore fishing tactics and caught a few Pike on the shores of Lake Superior. Once we arrived at Sportsmans Lodge we knew we were in for a legendary fishing trip.

Ken Reece

Jonathon Marshall — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:11:45 +0000

Pike fisherman extraordinaire!

More Little Vermilion Pike

Clive Mathias — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:05:27 +0000

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.

More Monster Pike From Little Vermilion

Clive Mathias — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:21:49 +0000

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

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Little Vermilion Lake – May 2008

Clive Mathias — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:26:08 +0000

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.

More Little Vermilion pike at OFNC.

Stay tuned, we should have a couple more reports from Little Vermilion in the next few weeks!

Little Vermilion Pike Meet Clive’s Custom Spinnerbaits

Jonathon Marshall — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:34:38 +0000

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.

Clive’s Custom Spinnerbaits – Vermilion Lake 2007 (Xvid, 720×480, 128kbps audio, 100MB)

The Full Report – Little Vermilion Lake 2007

Team Fury — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:54:27 +0000

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.

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Little Vermilion 2007 – Part One

Clive Mathias — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:41:59 +0000

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!

Our Heroes Embark on a Historic Voyage Across Ontario

Jonathon Marshall — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:27:22 +0000

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.

The day has finally come! Clive and I will be leaving today for our trip to Little Vermilion Lake, the drive will be long, the music will be loud, and the fish will be huge.

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.

Trust me, you ain’t seen nothing yet.