Minnesota Lake File

Little Vermilion Lake — St. Louis County, MN

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Fish species

• black crappie
• bluegill
• burbot
• cisco species
• lake whitefish
• mooneye
• muskellunge
• northern pike
• redhorse
• rock bass
• sauger
• shorthead redhorse
• silver redhorse
• smallmouth bass
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2021-07-26)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
YEP	1.22	0.20
SAR	1.38	0.40
RHS	0.11	6.02
NOP	3.25	2.82
RKB	0.88	0.27
SAR	0.11	0.23
NOP	0.78	0.95
SMB	0.75	0.70
RKB	0.44	0.21
WAE	20.50	0.86

CPUE = catch per unit effort in the DNR's nets. Source: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder.

Public access

Access is via water routes from Crane Lake or the Loon River. There is also a portage trail from East Bay of Crane Lake.

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