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 […]

WE ARE FISHING! Here we are about two weeks early for catfishing from a normal year. With little to no winter the water levels are low and temps already at 53 degrees. Stable conditions already have the catfish going in their pre spawn movements and they are biting. The fish are already running in the […]

Everything is falling into place now. The river is open, water is a little low but temps are perfect to get started. I plan to start scouting next week and guiding starts May 5th. There are quite a few dates available yet in May after the 6th.  I suspect early fishing to be really good […]

It is April 13th and things are happening fast. No real runoff has me worried about low water all year but I have said that before. Water temps are already creeping up to the high 40s and I am already seeing pictures of catfish being caught. The boat is home and will be ready to […]

Not much has changed since the last post. Still waiting on some water to bring levels up once the ice comes out. I am still looking at May 9th for an official start date. We left many great fish in the river last fall and there is no reason they won’t be there this spring. […]