Boat Ramps on the mighty Mo!

28th

I'd be pretty surprised if anything's open by April 1.

zoops Said:
I'd be pretty surprised if anything's open by April 1.

I'm going to file my keel sharp and use it as an ice breaker if the ramps aren't available by the 1st!

Getting a little antsy for some open water.

 I am getting the boat out this week and gonna start putting it back together. Tail race if nothing else.

I'll guess they'll be open around March 25.   The river is open bank to bank to about five miles south of Washburn, and there is a center channel cut as far as the Wilton ramp area.   Things happen pretty quickly at this point, and the open water can move several miles in a day.  We need to avoid the extreme cold temps to keep from refreezing.

april 15........  

 April 15th Beaver Bay will have access. I doubt there will be any ice around by then.

april 10th

 After driving by and over the river this morning, one can't help but get a little excited by seeing more open water today than in the previous days. Baring a major snow event and major drop in temp, I think about the 24th-26th. 

As of this afternoon, the river is wide open fifteen miles north of Bismarck. The temps are cooling a little over the next few days so it will slow things a bit, but the river might be ice free at Bismarck by Sunday.

What's the hurry?  Water will be too muddy to fish anyway.

It won't be too muddy until the tributaries start pouring in, especially the Knife River.

Yesterday a guy at Dakota Tackle told me the Stanton ramp is open?

 Your words of wisdom excite me! 

XERO Said:
As of this afternoon, the river is wide open fifteen miles north of Bismarck. The temps are cooling a little over the next few days so it will slow things a bit, but the river might be ice free at Bismarck by Sunday.

Jason says it's going to be tough fishing this year.  I agree.

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/lifestyles/recreation/article_6aebd05c-4fff-11e0-89bd-001cc4c03286.html

 The water is always dirty in mid March through April; some years worse than others. I think the fishing will be good but finding the fish will be tougher than usual as more water means less slack water to fish. The Big Muddy will be interesting, the first flight will get the spots of limited slack water which is were the fish will be and the rest will be searching for a spot or pulling cranks in the current. I hope a get a good draw!

Your muddy water is cleaner than the upper Mo's cleanest in the fall of the year.

 last year wasn't that bad but in 09 water was thinker than chocolate milk. Water clarity was less then 2 inches. 

Are the releases out of garrison still pretty high?  I thought that was supposed to taper off in March if I remember correctly.  Seems the river is still quite high in Bismarck.

Settle down everyone.  This is primetime ice time.