North Dakota Fishing - North Dakota Hunting

name: Tightline
city: Northwood
lake_river: English Coulee-Grand Forks
Date: 12/18/2002
Time: 11:16:24 AM

Dr. Fish, I never said I kept every fish I caught. I released quite a few. 14 perch is hardly a bucketfull. Remember 35 is the limit. That doesn't mean I am going to catch or keep 35.

Tightline

name: Jimmy
city: Grand Forks
: jplacquay@hotmail.com
Date: 12/18/2002
Time: 07:07:24 AM

Thanks Jumbo. I am still crying. :(

name: Jumbo
city: Grand Forks, ND
Date: 12/18/2002
Time: 12:27:40 AM

Jimmy, I've heard of some bad luck fishing, but your story takes the cake...The next time I get skunked, I will won't even think of complaining...Better luck next time, if you have a next time.

name: Dr. fish
city: grand forks
lake_river: English Coulee-Grand Forks
Date: 12/17/2002
Time: 01:37:35 PM

The coulee is on the way out!! To many folks out there know its geting over harvested, do you think fish grow on trees!! 5yrs ago i wuz the only 1 out there ever 5 seconds you would catch fish all day. Didnt keep a 1!! To bad people have to keep every thing thay catch. catch and release people the future of fishing is in your hands!!!!

Webmaster note: Please watch the name calling. Over harvesting is an issue, but at this point they are doing nothing illegal.

name: Jimmy
city: Grand Forks
: jplacquay@hotmail.com
Date: 12/17/2002
Time: 12:59:34 PM

You guys and girls are not goiong to beleave what happened to me today!!! I went out to devils lake at 6:00am this morning. I figured that I would get there and set up before sunrise to get all the good action through the morning. I got out to east bay, set up a FraBill 2 man ice house. drilled the holes and thought that I was ready to fish. Alas, the win kicked up and fliped my house with ME IN IT!!! My trusty Ice fishing pail with my fish finder 4 NEW poles and Reels AND my NEW Garmin GPS 12XL flipped smack dab on top of my freshly drilled hole!!! I LOST EVERYTHING!!!! Its gone. All gone!!! Then (after yelling all holly heck) tried to get the house broken down so I could go home, but NOOOO the wind cought the house and drug me half way to the other bank about 400 yards or so with me on my belly all the way. Finally I got every thing put away so I could just go home. But just to add insult to injery, or should I say injery to insult I slipped on the ice and hurt my back AND my pail hit the ice and blew away! I almost started to cry. I finally did make it home and I called my insurance company to find out if this sort of thing would be covered in my renters insurance, OF COURSE NOT!!! But they were sure fast to try to sell me a policy that would cover this sort of thing in the future. I said, "WHY I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO LOSE!!!!!!" and hung up. I didn't even get a line wet.

Webmaster note: OUCH! That's a bummer!

name: Tom
city: Remsen
: tjaminet@hotmail.com
Date: 12/17/2002
Time: 12:03:09 PM

Devil's Lake Fishing for Pearch

name: Kris Moen
city: Gilby
: moener25@hotmail.com
Date: Tuesday December 17, 2002
Time: 03:15:03 AM

How are the northerns biting on Laretta?? And also, how much ice?

name: Kris Moen
city: Gilby
: moener25@hotmail.com
Date: 12/17/2002
Time: 03:12:19 AM

Anyone know about the ice conditions on Creel Bay??

name: jared
city: Gwinner
Lake: Pipestem Reservoir
Date: Monday December 16, 2002
Time: 04:29:16 PM

Just wondering how the crappie bite was on Pipestem. Was thinking about coming up there over the X-mas break so any info would be greatly appreciated..Thanks

name: Backwater Eddy
city: Fargo/Horace
Area: Other area
: backwtr1@msn.com
Date: Monday December 16, 2002
Time: 02:50:22 PM

From the reports I have received the bite on the lower Red has slowed recently. This could change fast, who knows for sure? Some issues over netting on the Lower Red may be a big part of this slow bite?

The Central Red has seen very little fishing pressure.The warm weather has the alrady spooky ice even more of a concern. I have stayed off the Central Red to be safe, use extreme caution.

What river ice fishing I have done recently has been on the slow flowing tributaries feeding into the Red. That has been mostly slow, very hit and miss.

Colder weather may bring the bite on, time will tell.

Be safe folks!

Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season!

><,sUMo,>

Ed Carlson

name: Tightline
city: Northwood
lake_river: English Coulee-Grand Forks
Date: 12/16/2002
Time: 11:12:01 AM

Well I Fished the Coulee on Sat. from about 10am-2:30pm and I didn't catch anything. Quite a few guys came and left while I was there. No one was hitting the perch too hard. So I left and came back about 3:45 and fished until about 5:00 in the same hole I started and kept 14 nice size perch. Had great fun.

Tightline

name: Big Tuna
city: Grand Forks
Date: Sunday December 15, 2002
Time: 10:19:47 PM

Fished on Sunday Dec. 15th with Ev "I'm not marking anything how 'bout you"? We started south of county 4 and on the east shore. We(I) gassed our minnows on the way out so thanks to the sportsman from Munich who shared some with us. We were in 12-26 feet of water, up and down the shoreline-nothing. No markings, some other folks caught 3, 8 inch walleyes in deeper water, that was it. Heard a report of some guys "last weekend" who one day couldn't keep them off their lines and the next day, not a single bite. I wonder if the "Jinx" fished this area this fall or sat in my rig as I got bait? Any leads?

name: jemma
city: devils lake
Date: 12/15/2002
Time: 08:30:18 PM

The ice is thick enouhg on the north side of the cacino and the jombos are biting fast asn steady i was there 130 and i had my limit good luck with the fishing

name: Daniel Murdock
city: Minot
Date: Sunday December 15, 2002
Time: 02:22:20 PM

Hello all, I and I am sure everyone else is ready to start fishing this winter. There is nothing like walking on water and catching some great eating fish. Last year I did great with the pearch but I did not bring one eye through the ice. Everyone knows that the pearch are great but we all want the eyes. I just got done building my house nice 8x8 wooden shaney with 6 holes. But I have a problem some one out there might be able to help me with. I need to know some of the right depth for the eyes to put this house some comments would be great. Everyone catch some great fish this year just leave a few for me.

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