October 25, 2011
Musky Outing 2011…Despite high winds..the outing was a great time for all. The winds never stopped blowing strong all weekend with gusts up to 40 mph. Water temps were 59° degrees at the start of the event and by Sunday morning some of the guys were reporting finding water temps down to 55°. Even with high winds everyone was able to get out fishing. We had a total of 9 fish caught and released with the largest at 49.5 inches and with over 70 fish seen . 
The nightly presentations were excellent. Guest Speakers included Larry Ramsell and his presentation on the results of a two year tracking Study he was involved in, Luke Ronnestrand and his presentation on boat control techniques to cover structure and tips on doctoring up bait with colors,
and Bob Benson and his presentation on fishing tips and techniques for fishing LakeVermilion. Bob had another great season guiding on Vermilion and was able to share photos of some nice catches this year. Brett Erickson from Throne Brothers Tackle gave a presentation on bait selection and shared some great information and news on upcoming baits, covered rigging for trolling, and using planner boards.
Mike Keyes and Guide Ben Olson with Keyes Outdoors attended the event and filmed a program about this outing. They interviewed people attending the outing and spent a lot of time on the lake. They also boated some fish. The show will air some time this winter.
I think one the best things about our outing is there is no competion…which creates an environment for everyone to share information. I believe this is very beneficial for the Fishermen that attend that don’t get a lot of time on the water each year because they can mix it up with the Pro’s that are on the water everyday. Our guides that attended the event this year provided an incredible combination of talent: Luke Ronnestrand, Bob Benson, Dusty Carlson, Larry Ramsell, Ben Olson, Matt Synder, Matt Seifert, Pete Brzezinski, and Brett Erickson. Everyone in the Guide Group is a very successful guide/ fisherman that earns a living in the musky fishing industry. One fisherman ( Donnie Oswald from Hibbing Mn,) caught his first musky fishing with Larry Ramsell.
Mark Hughes from Wayzata, Mn caught his largest musky 48 inches…he was fishing with guide Luke Ronnestrand. 
Today October 25th…water temps are down to 48. We have several groups of musky Fisherman this week. Luke Ronnestrand guided a group to two fish yesterday one being a heavy 50 inch fish. Whitefish nets are starting to show up on the lake indicating the start of the Whitefish run for the west end of Vermilion. We are expecting good fishing as the water temps fall near the low 40s.
