Episode 25, Eagle Lake Preview

Episode 25
Eagle Lake
Show Date: June 21st & 22nd, 2009
Location: Eagle Lake: Vermilion Bay, Ontario, Canada
Guide: Danny Herbeck [1-807-227-2610 | andymyerslodge.com]

We always love heading up to Andy Myers Lodge in Vermilion Bay, for some fantastic fishing. We are guided again by our friend and co-owner of Andy Myers, Danny Herbeck. To start out Danny has us on a great post-spawn walleye bite. Later in the show he shows us the little known bass bite that Eagle Lake has to offer.

Jig and a dead-hooked minnow are the ticket for these beautiful walleyes, dead hooking is a way to keep you minnow on your hook when you are taking lots of casts. Lots of casts bring lots of quality fish, especially for post-spawn. We are fishing anywhere from 18-32 feet of water, Danny has caught walleyes in up to 47 feet of water. There are lots of places to find fish on this 80-mile long lake, and by September these long fish will be heavy too from a summer of feeding.

When we decide to fish bass, we look for rocky shoreline, and on Eagle there is plenty of it. For the bass we are using a jig and a white GULP minnow. We are fan casting toward the shoreline, and the bass that we are catching are fat pre-spawn bass.

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[FishCatchinLady]

Would love to see the full episode of this - it was filmed right behind my husband's family cabin. Just caught a 31.5" walleye about 1/2 mile from where this was filmed today.