Count your fingrs and toes after a run-in with a critter this size! Holy smokes…. send out to us by Dan Lazzeroni from Laona, WI. This particular fish taped 52″ and was caught on Lake Vermilion on 8/10/02.
Awesome fish and photo Dan. Thanks for sending it out to us.
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I know that fish!
Lives over by @#$(@%$#$^ Reef!
Ate a Gull, three Muskrats, one mink and a Crow in June.
Mean fish, hungry to!
Nice one Danny boy.
T.
thanks tom
i thought maybe this one ate at mcdonalds like i do and is skinny-just kidding.
maybe this summer it’s bigger and i catch it again. or i go for his big brother.
does anyone know if the so called 60″er someone claimed to have gotten last summer was ever verified? not saying there isn’t one in there, just would like to see a picture of it.
whats the largest caught in vermilion? maybe one of us will get lucky and beat that this summer.
dannyboy
dannyboy 
Hey Dannyboy,
Beautiful fish there man!
That 60″er has yet to be verified, at least to my knowledge. The largest one I know of is a 55.5″er
caught on the west end last summer.
Now where did you say you caught that beauty?
thankyou it was awesome to catch. actually that won the lake vermilion musky challenge 2002.
i thought maybe there was no conformation on that 60″er. who caught the 55.5 and do you know of a picture i could see. west end too. cool.
i told you where my fish was caught, lake vermilion.east end. but unfortunately not by this now famous cabbage patch near your dock. tom must have that spot all to himself.
dannyboy
Hey Dannyboy,I thought that fish looked familiar…
I heard some other stories about fish at the 60″ mark, and even one above 60″. However, it’s my opinion, that that is all they were, “Stories”. It was a good friend of mine that caught the 51″er that finished in second place. We had moved that fish the day before the tournament, but he got there first.
Ace Guide Service.
Beautiful Lake Vermilion.
ace 51 must have been cool to catch too. did he catch that on toms little cabbage spot? gonna have to mark that one in my gps eh?
maybe one of us will catch this elusive 60 incher this summer. hope so eh?
take care
dannyboy
Great Pic! I have spent summers on Lake Vermilion for the last 4 years and am looking forward to the 5th. Did this fish come from the West end?
Jack
fish was caught on east end. there are some dandy’s on the west end too.
dannyboy
give vermilion a shot, i have had a ball up there the last 2 years. long drive from wi but well worth it. im sure you’ll enjoy the scenery,people and most of all the muskie. its a good walleye lake too but i chase musky only so far. might try walleyes on the openner but thats because muskie doesn’t open til june.
good luck,
dannyboy
dannyboy,
I too am from WI. I have been spending my summers on Vermilion (May -Sept) for the last 4 years. I know the West end pretty well. I have set up several GPS routes to get me into and back out of the East end, which I will probe next summer. I fish walleyes alot…caught my first 8 pounder summer before last on Vermilion! Great Lake!!
Jack
Hey Jack,
Now is the timet get back into muskie fishing, I doubt there is anywhere else on the planet better than Vermilion is right now! 
Hey guideman,
What do you recommend for a good muskie rod?
Jack
jack, where are you from in wi? im in laona, east of rhinelander.
i think guideman is right. vermilion is very hot right now. some real dandies in there.
good luck with them.
dannyboy
Hi Jack,
For a good all around rod look at a 7ft MH action in the $75 to $120 range. St croix has some very good models that are modestly priced or you can go with the Avid series for a few more bucks.
I also like the Fenwick muskie series rods, they have a great lifetime warranty and they are very reasonable as well. There are some other options, but I wasn’t sure how much you wanted to spend.
These are 2 of the best retail over the counter rods you can buy, at least IMHO.
You may want to consider buying two rods, one for jerking and one for throwing hair, or trolling a crankbait. More fish are taken on a bucktail than any other bait, so make that rod your priority. 
thanks for the g2 on the muskie rods guideman! caught my 50″ on a cisco topper a lilttle after mid-night some years ago, therefore, also like to have a few surface lures in the box.
Jack
Hey Jack,
The Big V is one of the best topwater lakes I’ve ever fished. By mid July it’s my favorite pattern especialy late in the day. Some of my favorites are Hogwobblers, Creepers, Jackpots, topraiders and Thunderheads. Any color will work, as long as it’s black, did I tell you I like black?
Just one more question guideman…do you have a color preference?
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