The missus and I recently returned from a trip to VBL. The fishing was satisfying with a nice assortment of walleye, northern, lake trout and musky in the mix. Our trips usually include at least one day fishing the Trout Holes in the far western arm of Eagle Lake, where I’ve had the pleasure of catching or netting several 35 to 38 inch lakers. The one pictured went 31 inches–a nice fish, but not the giant the missus was looking for.
Generally, we do not intentionally fish for musky. But, it’s not unusual to get bit. The missus got this nice 48 incher while trolling a weighted J-13 Rapala over some deep cabbage weeds. It was her biggest fish ever, which she fought perfectly.
The walleyes did not come easily this trip. But we caught our share, including this 26 incher which was released for a future encounter.
On behalf of the Boyes Group, I would like to pass on our sincere thanks for hosting the Muskie Madness Week and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at VBL and had a great time!! This was our 7th year on Eagle Lake and we have stayed at a few other lodges but VBL takes the cake hands down! You can definitely count us in for next year. I’m happy to see you post some of my pics, they turned out well. Thanks again Gord for a wonderful week of fishing and your stellar hospitality, you run a first class operation, we look forward to seeing you next year!
