Potato Island on Lake Vermilion is a study in black and white. Cormorants and herring gulls nest on the barren, half-acre island in the eastern basin of the lake. Herring gulls have been nesting on ...

The battle against cormorants, blamed by some for reducing game fish populations in several Minnesota lakes, will expand to Lake Vermilion this spring, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ...

A “selective gear” designation does not mean the lake in question is for fly fishing only. While barbless flies are the most commonly used, any lure with barbless single-point hooks is also legal. A ...