We are in the post spawn now. The past couple of days I have been finding many more skinny beat up fish. Kind of odd since I have not seen much sign of spawn at all this year until now when they are finishing. This is good as the water levels are finally stabilizing up […]
The water crested a couple days after last week’s report and began to quickly fall for about two day and now is on the way back up again. The fish seem a bit confused by this trend and fish are being caught in about the same areas and tactics as last week. Fish remain tight […]
…And just like that everything went out the window. Storms last week and over the weekend have the river back up. The past few days have had the water mud up and lots of floating debris moving. This has pushed the fish tight to the banks in the OFF current areas. Deeper seems better. Sit […]
For now, I would say catfishing is back on track. We are in the last of the prespawn as water temps are getting to 70. The past five days or so the big fish have turned on and are back in mid river holes feeding. It has been a pretty basic pattern of set the […]
It has been a trying week for those of us who catfish a lot. For me, lots of stress and even a little sleep lost but things appear to be looking up. The water has fallen back and leveled out. The weather appears to be shaping up some and the fish seem to reacting positively. […]
When the river comes up, the river must go down. The water is falling fast and the fish don’t like it. Saturday the bite went from a pretty easy to navigate pattern to NO pattern. By Monday when a big front hit the big fish had shut off and there is no real pattern since. […]
What a difference a week can make. I said that last week but this time the rains have brought levels up to light flooding in the Fargo area and just a lot of logs and wood in Grand Forks. The water is muddy and 59 degrees right now. The bite has not slowed all that […]
My, what a difference a week can make. We went from temps in the 90s to temps in the 40s in just a day or so. Water temps are back down to 57 degrees as of Monday morning. In the last report I said that the bite had slowed some with the heat. A big […]
Catfishing on the Red River has slowed a little. This is part to the water receding and the stupid hot weather we have had. Water temps are already pushed to 68 as of this report which is 8-10 degrees higher than normal for the time of year. You can see the fast progression in the […]
Catfishing on the Red River is hot and heavy and in full stride already. With rains from last week bringing water levels up a couple feet the fish have really kicked into high gear. Water temps are in the high 50s right now which is perfect for early May. They are still running in the […]