A daily journal concerning Lake Vermilion and surrounding areas
Selected real estate, notes, stories, musings, and anecdotes
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Saturday, March 15, 2003
For Sale!
Do you know where Busties Lake is?
Busties Lake is tucked into the woods just northeast of Bigfork, MN. It's a panfish lake consisting of 237 acres with a 44 foot maximum deep.
I have an extremely nice building lot for sale on the lake. It has 2 plus acres and 200' of south facing frontage. The lot is gently sloped with a cleared building site. It has excellent road access with power and phone nearby. A beautiful spot more a home or cabin building project.
The best feature of the lot is the asking price. $69,000
Go here for additional photos. Please email me if you would like additional information on this excellent value.
Lake Huron, Lake Superior, and Lake Erie have apparently frozen over (according to this source).
It's been nearly 10 years since the big water has completely skimmed over so it's not all that common. That's one additional confirmation we've been through an extended cold spell because it takes a state fair quality winter to freeze that much water. Lake Superior alone is 32,000 square miles! (You could fit 500 Lake Vermilions' into Lake Superior.)
But now it's time to thaw. LakeVermilion.com has it's 7th Annual Lake Vermilion Ice Out Contest up and running. Guess the actual ice out date and win!
This 100 acre parcel is an ideal hunting/recreational property. Willow River frontage and adjacent to hundreds of acres of public land . A mix of high land and low land with varied mature tree cover. Great whitetail country! The seller has reduced the asking price by $20,000. In addition, a recent timber survey has estimated the standing mature tree value at $40,000. (Survey by a professional forester, the majority of stumpage value is in aspen.) Convenient location between Cook and Orr, Minnesota. Asking price is now $90,000.
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Please email me if you would like additional information on this prime hunting parcel.
This is noteworthy because it's an event that happens only once every 10 years. On March 22nd, the Minnesota Department of Commerce will auction the unclaimed property accumulated from abandoned safe deposit boxes. This auction will sell the contents of 5500 boxes turned over to the Department of Commerce from 1992-2000! The Department has details and the auctioneer has the list of items.
OK, you're on the lake and fishing is good. Real good. So good you have your walleye limit and it is very apparent you could easily boat a few more.
Well, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has implemented a new penalty system that should diminish your temptation to keep that extra fish. First off, you're going to lose your fishing privileges. The only question is, for how long? The math to compute that penalty time goes something like this. The DNR has put restitution values on game and fish. These values are used to compute the penalty. For example, a walleye is valued at $30. Using the new math, a violator with 18 walleyes over the legal limit would lose his fishing license for 3 years. If the the game value goes over $1000, the penalty would become a gross misdemeanor. Additional consequences could include confiscation of equipment, such as boats, motors, and trailers.
The DNR explains the new penalties should eliminate the situation where
..."(they) just paid their fines and went back to fishing."
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The new math is 1 walleye = $30.
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