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name: Bill
city: Princeton, Illinois
: kaiand@theramp.net
Date: Sunday May 25, 2003
Time: 10:01:17 AM
Hi, My wife and I are crappie fisherman...is Devils Lake a good place to catch crappie??? Where in N.D. are the good crappie lakes?? I'd appreciate any info you might have for a couple of old farts that like to fish. Any reasonably priced clean resorts??? Thanks..hope to hear from some of you. Bill
Name: gregg
City: sea
: g.merlino@attbi.com
Remote Name: 12.231.40.47
Date: Saturday May 24, 2003
Time: 09:16:21 AM
is there any intrest in trading a salmon fishing trip in wash.state for access to hunt waterfowl in nodak
name: mcfisher
city: minot
Date: Friday May 23, 2003
Time: 03:28:12 AM
If you like to catch bullheads, then Darling's the place for you....that's about all you'll find here this spring
name: rmattingley
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Friday May 23, 2003
Time: 12:59:07 AM
I really don't know how long it was, it was over 2ft and under 3, but had a huge head and belly, I am assuming that it was a female, so I hope she lays her eggs successfully.
Good Luck to all
Name: Aaron
City: PLEASANT GROVE
: aarone@fugal.com
Remote Name: 208.187.79.194
Date: Thursday May 22, 2003
Time: 07:04:45 PM
looking for a good mule area to hunt on public land. which area is best?
name: Gill Ripper
city: Union Grove, WI
Date: 05/22/2003
Time: 11:45:41 AM
GMAN Of St Paul thanks for the information on the boat rental. We are staying at Woodland Resort in the middle of June. Please let me know how the boats are and what kind of luck you have next week fishing. Good luck!!I'm looking forward to the trip it should be a blast.
Thanks, Gill Ripper
name: Gill Ripper
city: Union Grove, WI
Date: 05/22/2003
Time: 11:39:35 AM
GMAN Of St Paul thanks for the information on the boat rental. We are staying at Woodland Resort in the middle of June. Please let me know how the boats are and what kind of luck you have next week fishing. Good luck!!I'm looking forward to the trip it should be a blast.
Thanks, Gill Ripper
name: Daryn
city: Winnipeg
Date: Tuesday May 20, 2003
Time: 02:58:07 PM
Went to lockport again and caught onto a few cats. One Bent my hook back so I went a size larger gamagatsu. I am using only worms and only have to wait 10-15 minutes for a bite. My largest was a 31 inch 18lb with one eye. the other was half gauged out by something and looked aweful. I had alot of fun pulling him in though. I cast downstream as far as I can and wait for my rig to set at the bottom. Then I just wait to feel a nibble, sometimes you only feel a little pull, other times the rod just about gets pulled from my hands.
name: Stan
city: XXXX
Date: Tuesday May 20, 2003
Time: 02:18:46 PM
Don, Have you tried fishing the canal from Blackswan to East Devils? I have recently been stacking the 'Eyes out of my canoe. A jig/minnow or jig/shrimp combination seems to be the ticket. They are really shallow right now, it's like casting for pike. I don't know how long they will be in there, but it's hot right now. I have yet to see another fisherman!
name: kateri long
city: devils lake
Date: 05/19/2003
Time: 09:27:56 PM
If someone really wants to get in to so major perch fishing the hot is in about 21-30 feet of dl creel bay
name: Kent Hollands
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Monday May 19, 2003
Time: 03:28:47 PM
You ask what a 26lb cats length would be. Every cat is different regaurding length and weight. But I would say on avg. that a 26lb cat is going to be somewhere between 35 1/2 to 37 inches. Hope that helps you out a little.
name: TJB
city: Grand forks
Area: Grand Forks
Date: Monday May 19, 2003
Time: 02:20:13 PM
How long was the 26 lb. cat ?
name: rmattingley
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Monday May 19, 2003
Time: 11:00:45 AM
Well, caught our first whopper yesterday. Braved the rain and caught a 26lb cat north of Grand Forks. What a rush. I put him back, so good luck trying to find him
name: Don
city: Tolna
Date: Monday May 19, 2003
Time: 10:55:42 AM
Stan- that's correct #4. I was out there this weekend and got a little too close to the edge. The water's still pretty darn cold.Deeper than i thought too. Only caught a couple; nice ones though. I think the run maybe over.
name: Kent Hollands
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Monday May 19, 2003
Time: 10:01:45 AM
Fishing is starting to heat up. The Rivers surface temps on Fri evening were reading 61.2. Just enough to turn the cats on. My Son and I fished for a couple hours Fri catching one sheep head and Fourteen Cats biggest was 33" picture will be coming of this fish, and yes I didn't catch it my son did.
name: GMan
city: St .Paul
Date: 05/19/2003
Time: 09:58:38 AM
Hey Gill Ripper- Next week, we are renting boats from and staying at woodland resort.
Name: Daniel
City: Glen Ullin
: danpeltz@westriv.com
Remote Name: 69.26.18.103
Date: Monday May 19, 2003
Time: 04:13:41 AM
We have 6500 acres of excellent hunting land. We have CRP, corn plots, wheat, sunflowers, lots of cricks, and tree rows. We have alot of pheasants. Call now to book your hunt for the upcoming season. Are rates are $50 a day. We are located west of Bismarck 50 miles.
Daniel
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name: slayer
city: oberon
Date: 05/19/2003
Time: 12:25:19 AM
The perch are completely stuffed to the gills with forage. It is hard to make a fish bite when it isn't hungry.
name: Sean D.
city: Winnipeg
Area: Canada
Date: Saturday May 17, 2003
Time: 06:02:43 PM
Went fishing at Lockport Thursday night, on the East side of the river just below the dam. We only caught one small catfish, maybe 3 pounds. We had lots of bites, though, but the fish just wouldn't grab the hook. We were using shrimp and minnows, but had more bites on shrimp. Hope things pick up next time I'm out.
name: Gator
city: Grand Forks
Date: 05/16/2003
Time: 04:36:35 PM
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name: Gator
city: Grand Forks
Date: 05/16/2003
Time: 04:32:26 PM
We fished off of Graham's Island, the flats and up near pelican lake the weekend of May 9th. It was cold and rainy and the fishing stunk.
Water temp was never above 49, while we caught few walleye on jigs and twisters, we had no action from Northerns even with minnow tipped rigs and rapalas.
Hopefully the warmer temps will raise the water temp and the action.
Why doesn't anyone talk about perch fishin during the summer months here?
name: Kent Hollands
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Friday May 16, 2003
Time: 03:50:26 PM
I was thinking about the meeting last night after I left so I drove down there and there are not many house left down in that area and I for the life of me can't fiurge it out. What the H$(( are the residents saying (increased traffic) H$(( they just got used to not having all the traffic they had in the past when the houses were still down in the lincoln park area.
And what about the fellow that talked about saving the forest area, I didn't know you could call a couple of old city blocks with the streets torn out a forest, does anybody else.
And about the possible South landing, DOWNTOWN what is up with that. It was like someone said at the meeting all the large boats that they see going down Belmont aren't the boats that are going to be on the river, its their neighbors that they see going to the big lakes. I would bet my life that there are more people driving down these areas to get to the local golf courses in town than would be driving to the boat ramp.
name: catfishhunter
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Friday May 16, 2003
Time: 02:47:52 PM
What happened last night on the boat ramp issue is a travesty to all citizens, especially the way everything went down. Getting a boat ramp on the north end is only a small victory. The problem is that our politisians are not willing to take any heat. They will back down to a few angry residents who are only thinking of themselves. The greenway is for everyone and a group of fishemen went to battle to prove that. The problem is the decision was made behind closed doors before the fishermen could even present the combacks to the residents concerns. It is a shame that only a few outspoken people can force such a decision without hearing both sides. Democracy in action my foot!!
As a fisherman I feel like I was treated as a second class citizen even though we will be getting a new north landing. As Roger D said call your council member and tell them what you think. We you don't express your concerns now this will happen again in the future.
name: Rob Boll
city: Drayton
: chamber@draytonND.com
contact_name: Red River Resort
contact_phone: 701-454-6184
Date: Friday May 16, 2003
Time: 12:17:56 PM
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name: Roger D.
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Friday May 16, 2003
Time: 11:03:47 AM
I forgot to mention the whole point of my previous is that if you are concerned with boat access in Grand Forks, call your local councilman in whatever ward you live in and let them know your desires. The boat ramp issue is up to all of us to get it to work.
Thank you.
name: Roger D.
city: Grand Forks
Area: Grand Forks
Date: Friday May 16, 2003
Time: 10:56:43 AM
There was a meeting last night regarding boat access in ND. Good news and bad news. The good news is that the city has committed to getting a new north end boat ramp. The bad news, is that they are still caving into a small minority of homeowners in an "elitist" neighborhood. Their alternate idea is to put a boat ramp in the downtown area in the area behind the Chamber of commerce. This of course is only a couple of blocks away from the existing boat ramp on the East Grand Forks side. They are just proposing this mid town ramp to try and throw a bone to us. This is not acceptable. The greenway is public land, and we have as much right to determine how it is used as anyone. There are way more people affected by this than the handful of people who live in the Elks Drive/Lincoln Park area. All we are asking for is a couple of nice (usable) ramps on the north end and the south end of town. Coupled with the downtown ramp on the east side, all would be well. The greenway is huge, and all we are asking for is a couple of small sights.
name: James
city: St.Paul
Date: 05/15/2003
Time: 11:17:51 PM
Anyone have any update about the fishing?
name: Stan
city: XXXX
Date: Thursday May 15, 2003
Time: 09:49:58 AM
Don,
Your talking about the ditch directly off of #4, correct? This is where I've gotten a few in the past couple of days. Arched back? I've never heard of it...maybe he got wrapped around something in the current. Shrimp still seem to work the best.
name: Rick D
city: Turtle Mts
Date: 05/14/2003
Time: 05:06:11 PM
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name: Rick D
city: Turtle Mts
Date: 05/14/2003
Time: 05:05:11 PM
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name: corn
city: nitetime
Date: Wednesday May 14, 2003
Time: 03:43:02 PM
cought many of fish in the bays near pick city, big pike lots of fun bluegils are bigger then you could expect
name: Gill Ripper
city: Racine, Wi
Date: 05/14/2003
Time: 02:31:04 PM
I will be traveling to Devils Lake during mid-June for a week of fishing. I am looking for a good place to rent a fishing boat for the week. If anyone has phone numbers and locations that you be great. Thanks
name: Kent Hollands
city: Grand Forks
Area: Comment
Date: Wednesday May 14, 2003
Time: 09:53:21 AM
Water temps up this way are still holding at or close to 54 dreg. We need some of the hot summer days to really turn the fishing on up here. Three of us were out last night and we caught nine cats all between 1 and 5 pounds. Can't wait until the water warms to about 65 thats when the big gals start really showing up. They are few and far between right now but give it time they'll show up.
name: mark
city: Ellendale
Date: 05/14/2003
Time: 12:26:24 AM
Im going to DL this week. I'm wondering if the Walleye are done sponing. Also if anyone is geting any of them.
name: Mark
city: Ellendale
: markjen@.com
Date: Wednesday May 14, 2003
Time: 12:11:58 AM
I am going to Devils Lake this week and I'm wondering if the "Walleyes" are hiting.
name: Dennis Flom
city: Harwood
Area: Fargo
: icatchbigcats@aol.com
Date: Tuesday May 13, 2003
Time: 10:58:31 PM
Fishing in the Fargo area is steady. We are catching 20-30 fish an evening with most catfish being in the 3-5 lb range. Most evenings we are getting cats over 10 lbs though. The water temp is slowly coming back up also. A week ago it was 62, but dropped over the weekend to 49 and now has come back to 58.
The river here is slowly rising and with rain to the south of here I would guess this will continue for a few more days. With the river moving upward the catfish are moving upstream. Below the dams are good right now.
Good Cattin!
Name: Kory
City: Fargo
: kjskoog@juno.com
Remote Name: 63.230.104.211
Date: Tuesday May 13, 2003
Time: 12:32:46 PM
I was recently drawn for an elk permit in area E3, which is Billings and Golden Valley counties. I was just wondering if anybody knows of any place I can hunt for elk in this area. I will be out in that area twice this summer before the hunt. Drop me an and I'll contact as soon as possible.
Thank you Kory
name: Daryn
city: Winnipeg
Date: Tuesday May 13, 2003
Time: 10:40:26 AM
My son and I fished at the Forks in Winnipeg using worms on a pickeral rig. We landed over 30 cats in about 2 and a half hours. The largest was 32 inches, a 27 incher and a 25. The rest were between 12 and 18. It was great fun especially watching my son wrestle with them.
Name: jake
City: st.francis, mn
: jho530@aol.com
Remote Name: 198.81.26.43
Date: Monday May 12, 2003
Time: 10:17:23 PM
My father and I are interested in hunting duck and goose in north dakota. I used to live there and know what the fields look like when the ducks are in. I however have never hunted there. does any one know the best way to find hunting grounds and what the laws are there?
name: Daryn
city: Selkirk
Area: Canada
Date: Monday May 12, 2003
Time: 02:16:38 PM
I fished at Lockport this weekend and caught many catfish, they averaged about 20 inches and my son caught one at 26 inches. There are also alot of carp in the upper twenties, and a whole bunch in the teens. One fish broke my gamagatsu hook, I would have loved to pull that one in. All this was done just off shore. There were many boats out on the water hauling in alot of cats also.
name: Tightline
city: Northwood
lake_river: English Coulee-Grand Forks
Date: 05/12/2003
Time: 11:02:32 AM
TAZ, I have tried to find a contour map of the coulee and was unsuccessful. The only thing close that I could find is a sattelite photo.
Good luck
name: raps
city: Lakota ND
Date: 05/11/2003
Time: 08:22:27 AM
Roy,
Have you done the math on your little outing? Its like 70 some fish an hour (76 to be exact). I usually loose count after 25 or 30, but you got all the way up to 456, wow!!!
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