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Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Midsummer brings its share of w**ds to front lawns and gardens which require some time on...
07/18/2025

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Midsummer brings its share of w**ds to front lawns and gardens which require some time on the hands and knees cleaning things up, a whip of the w**d whacker or a a quick tour of the tiller in a skillful weaving around those tomato plants, there’s other w**d work that can be much more enjoyable. This time of the season also brings well-established w**dlines into play for fish that utilize them for protection from the stronger and longer-lasting rays of the sun and to find the bountiful food web that is developing along with the underwater foliage....

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson Midsummer brings its share of w**ds to front lawns and gardens which require some time on the hands and knees cleaning things up, a whip of the w**d whacker or a a qu…

Brad Durick By Brad Durick Catfishing is getting better every day now on the Red River of the North. Fish are being caug...
07/18/2025

Brad Durick By Brad Durick Catfishing is getting better every day now on the Red River of the North. Fish are being caught most places on the flow around Grand Forks with mid-river holes being the best areas. One area that has NOT worked over the past week, however, are those stretches of shallow or fast water. Sit times have come back to the old reliable 20-25 minute timeframe with the first strike coming about 10 minutes in....

Brad Durick By Brad Durick Catfishing is getting better every day now on the Red River of the North. Fish are being caught most places on the flow around Grand Forks with mid-river holes being the …

By Doug Leier Doug Leier For many, a career as a game warden might sound like a dream job. A life spent outdoors, checki...
07/17/2025

By Doug Leier Doug Leier For many, a career as a game warden might sound like a dream job. A life spent outdoors, checking fishing licenses and keeping hunters safe and catching poachers. For most the job goes far beyond the glamour of a uniform or the thrill of patrolling the open landscapes of the state. It’s a combination of passion, responsibility and dedication....

By Doug Leier Doug Leier For many, a career as a game warden might sound like a dream job. A life spent outdoors, checking fishing licenses and keeping hunters safe and catching poachers. For most …

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso It has been a crazy week of walleye fishing up here on Lake Sakakawea! I don’t know if the No...
07/17/2025

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso It has been a crazy week of walleye fishing up here on Lake Sakakawea! I don’t know if the North Dakota Game & Fish Department knows this yet, but the management of this walleye gem is really shining right now, especially on the east end of the lake! I’ve been able to mix and match my trips as of late with the winds and weather....

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso It has been a crazy week of walleye fishing up here on Lake Sakakawea! I don’t know if the North Dakota Game & Fish Department knows this yet, but the management of t…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson If I could bottle up these 85-degree days in July and save them for early February, I wou...
07/17/2025

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson If I could bottle up these 85-degree days in July and save them for early February, I would, especially if the fishing that is part-and-parcel with summer comes along with my preserved point in time. From sunfish and crappies to white and largemouth bass, this time of year presents fast fishing and getting in on the action while it’s hot – both metaphorically and in terms of the thermometer – is the best time to connect someone with the outdoors, especially young anglers. ...

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson If I could bottle up these 85-degree days in July and save them for early February, I would, especially if the fishing that is part-and-parcel with summer comes along…

Doug Leier By Doug Leier Without fail, when I think about bighorn sheep in North Dakota, big game biologist Brett Weidma...
06/13/2025

Doug Leier By Doug Leier Without fail, when I think about bighorn sheep in North Dakota, big game biologist Brett Weidmann pops into my head. For good reason. Brett is the Game and Fish Department’s bighorn guru and has forgotten more about bighorn sheep than I’ll ever know. Brett is one of those guys I like to say is “living and working,” actually doing what many young kids dream of....

Doug Leier By Doug Leier Without fail, when I think about bighorn sheep in North Dakota, big game biologist Brett Weidmann pops into my head. For good reason. Brett is the Game and Fish Department’…

Brad Durick By Brad Durick It has been a trying week on the Red River for those of us who catfish a lot. For me, it’s be...
06/13/2025

Brad Durick By Brad Durick It has been a trying week on the Red River for those of us who catfish a lot. For me, it’s been a lot of stress and even a little sleep lost but things appear to be looking up. The water on the Red has fallen back and leveled out around the Grand Forks area. The weather appears to be shaping up some and the fish seem to reacting positively. ...

Brad Durick By Brad Durick It has been a trying week on the Red River for those of us who catfish a lot. For me, it’s been a lot of stress and even a little sleep lost but things appear to be looki…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson If you’re a new angler or one just passing the passion along to someone coming up the lea...
06/13/2025

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson If you’re a new angler or one just passing the passion along to someone coming up the learning curve, knowing where to cast for fish will help generate more success on the water. Whether fishing on moving water like a river or stream, or angling still options like ponds, reservoirs and lakes, make note of these three elements to help connect you with all species....

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson If you’re a new angler or one just passing the passion along to someone coming up the learning curve, knowing where to cast for fish will help generate more success o…

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso It’s been another up and down week up here for walleyes on Devils Lake. It seems like the fi...
06/13/2025

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso It’s been another up and down week up here for walleyes on Devils Lake. It seems like the fish are starting to transition a little and pulling out to main lake structures. Of course, there is still a casting and pitching bite happening. As things move forward here more and more walleyes will be found on the old roads, old shoreline, points, and sunken humps....

Mike Peluso By Mike Peluso It’s been another up and down week up here for walleyes on Devils Lake. It seems like the fish are starting to transition a little and pulling out to main lake structure…

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I can’t tell you exactly when I started to notice how our summers have changed, but it wa...
06/13/2025

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I can’t tell you exactly when I started to notice how our summers have changed, but it was likely while fishing a bunch in that summer of 2021, while wrapping up the trend of social distancing, which looking back here in the more crotchety years of late middle age, was pretty nice. Since that time, there have been few weeks between June 1 and September 1 that the slightest hint of dystopia in the sky and the smell of burning in the air hasn’t impacted or been the backdrop for something I’ve done outdoors, be it boating, fishing, running or hiking....

Nick Simonson By Nick Simonson I can’t tell you exactly when I started to notice how our summers have changed, but it was likely while fishing a bunch in that summer of 2021, while wrapping up the …

Brad Durick By Brad Durick When the river comes up, the river must go down. The water on the Red River is falling fast a...
06/13/2025

Brad Durick By Brad Durick When the river comes up, the river must go down. The water on the Red River is falling fast around Grand Forks, and the catfish don’t like it. On Saturday of last week, the bite went from a pretty easy to navigate pattern to no pattern at all. By Monday when a big front hit, the big fish had shut off and there has been no real pattern since....

Brad Durick By Brad Durick When the river comes up, the river must go down. The water on the Red River is falling fast around Grand Forks, and the catfish don’t like it. On Saturday of last week, t…

Nick Simonson By Doug Leier You’ve heard for years about aquatic nuisance species but what are they? The zebra mussel is...
06/13/2025

Nick Simonson By Doug Leier You’ve heard for years about aquatic nuisance species but what are they? The zebra mussel is likely the most famous. Or infamous. Let’s get back to the basics and review some of the most important information on ANS and zebra mussels What Are Aquatic Nuisance Species? Aquatic nuisance species – nonnative organisms that cause harm to native and desirable species, the environment, economy, or human health – are wreaking havoc on aquatic ecosystems across the nation....

Nick Simonson By Doug Leier You’ve heard for years about aquatic nuisance species but what are they? The zebra mussel is likely the most famous. Or infamous. Let’s get back to the basics and review…

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