Kabetogama State Forest

Welcome to Minnesota's grand and beautiful Kabetogama State Forest located in the northern part of the state near Boundary Waters National Park. Being so close to the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area this forest is very popular with paddlers and hikers alike.

Boating and Fishing: Lake Vermillion is over 39,272 acres in size and is open to all types of watercraft. Many anglers come here from miles around to catcha variety of fishing including black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, burbot, cisco species, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, lake whitefish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow perch, shorthead redhorse, white sucker, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, blackside darter, bluntnose minnow, common shiner, darters, fathead minnow, finescale dace, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, logperch, mimic shiner, minnows, ninespine stickleback, sculpin, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom, and trout-perch. Come out and spend a day on the lake.