One can really tell the days are getting shorter now. Cool mornings and longer nights have the water temperature making it’s annual decent. So far it has been slow but it is more evident every day that the bite is starting up later in the morning than it had been. Not much has changed as […]
The past week has been really good for numbers and even some more big fish are showing up. The pattern has not changed all that much in terms of locations with fish still mostly right down the middle of the river. What has changed is we are back to the long sits again. The past […]
My what a difference a couple weeks can make. I was gone on a family vacation last week but now am back and have been on the river for a week. The pattern is still similar fishing right down the middle of the river but it seems the bigger fish are liking a little deeper […]
I hate short bites! It seems the big fish are nearing the end of the spawn but not quite and they will hit the baits but not take the whole hook. Solution, get a bigger hook and thread the bait up onto the shank to make them take it. I am seeing post spawn female […]
Water temperature is at 70 just when the best fishing of the year should be commencing and there is nothing but heat in the forecast. This mean they will be going to the nest early this year, a whole two weeks early. At this point it has to just stay hot and make this short. […]
Happy 2023 Ramps around Grand Forks should be opening any day as the river has gotten below flood stage. Water levels are still dropping rapidly which is generally not good for catfishing but according to projections will level off late this week. Water temperatures are in the low 50s which is perfect. I suspect catfish […]
Happy May Day! The river is falling fast and it looks like we will be in poking around sometime between May 10 and 15. The plan is to be rolling around May 20th. I have very few May dates available, June is SOLD OUT! July is getting pretty full with August and September still very […]
We are set to crest any day at around 41 feet so barring rains upstream in the next few weeks we are turning the corner. So far so good. We do need some heat to warm things up and finish this out so the fish are ready when we are. I am still hoping to […]
Things are happening fast now after we had a big blizzard last week. The jet stream pushed North and things are warming up and melting fast. As of right now we have no projection to report but upstream in Fargo has moderate flooding projected. If we don’t get any big rains the flood should not […]
Here we sit in neutral. It just won’t warm up to get things moving. This year is following 2013 almost exactly so far. That year once things went they went fast and we were in business with not a lot of delay. Of course more rain and snow can play into the flooding situation. As […]