We are in full summer pattern. The weather has been very hot for the past week and the fish are on a morning bite for sure. Good big fish are coming in deeper water with some current over it or tight to the wood. Problem with wood around Grand Forks it is all getting pounded […]

We are back in business. The quick flood is over and the catfish are rockin. The bad thing about a summer flood is we are out of the river for a few days, the good thing is it moves post spawn fish around and makes for great fishing down the stretch. The catfish are on […]

Catfishing on the Red is picking up however it doesn’t mean much since the rains of mid-week will have must mostly flooded out by the weekend. Docks have been removed and there is a chance that area ramps could close by the weekend.  This will be a very short lived high water event and things […]

As like most years we took some time off over the 4th for a mid-season recharge. We came back to big rains so rising water is coming. We won’t lose Grand Forks due to all the rain but may lose Drayton for a while. Stay tuned.  For now the spawn should be wrapping up which […]

The spawn is in progress but the fishing is not all that bad. The fish are on the nest and tight to the bank in many cases. Sit times seem to be pretty normal and baits are nothing out of the ordinary. There are still good numbers of fish with some big ones mixed in. […]

The spawn has begun and due to lower temperatures will be longer than we hoped as things are moving slow. We are still catching fish but we are working hard to do it. Sucker has been working for bait but they have started to take a liking to goldeye as well. Fish near the bank […]

Thanks to the heat of last week the water temps have reached the low 70s and the catfish now have spawning on their minds. Most years not all fish spawn at the same time so the best advice is do what you are doing and grind it out. Right now the best places to look […]

Just four days ago I said the hot days are sending us to the spawn sooner rather than later. It has caught up to us and mixed with a quick drop in the water level and a monster of a front that came through over the weekend fishing will be challenging for a few days.  […]

Catfishing on the Red is about as good as it can be right now. River conditions are nearly perfect even with some falling water since last week. Lots of big fish in the area and they are willing to eat. They are migrating and feeding on the current seams to the main channel. If you […]

Catfishing is getting better each day. Finally some sort of stable weather and sun has the catfish getting active. The best locations have been just out of the main current in areas with a hole or some sort of structure on it.  Be careful as the water came up three feet this week causing debris […]