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Red River (North) - Monday, November 2, 2009
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Jig-em-up-Josh
on 11/02/2009 09:02 AM
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Well the fish are still biting. Doesn't look like they'll stop either. Yesterday I got on the water at about 9:30, picked up gillgetter (you better not tell anybody about our little spot!) and threw anchor. The fish still aren't that aggressive, gillgetter picked up a couple small sauger, then I nailed a 15.5 inch sauger, we each lost 5 or 6 fish, and I eventually picked up the fattest, I repeat fattest 16.5 inch walleye I have seen in my life.
Gillgetter had to go to work, so I stayed on the river in the boat. I told myself I'd give it another 15 minutes, and pull the plug. I had a great hit 15 minutes later, missed the fish, and decided to go home 1 fish shy of my limit. I tried a few other spots on my way back to the ramp with limited success. One bite out of 3 spots, no fish. I cleaned the fish and checked the bellies as always, and it appears somebody else missed a hit! That walleye had a "twister tail" off of a grub in it's stomache, black with red flakes! Good luck guys. |
Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Saturday, October 31, 2009 | |
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Went out fishing from the desert on Saturday, fishing was slow. Ended up catching only 3 walleyes, none big to keep though. Did have a nice walleye on but since I forgot my net in the garage we didn't get him in the boat. We did get into a lot of northerns size from 15" to a 4lber. Was fun pulling in the northerns, they were coming out of 3 to 5 feet of water. Good day, but got a little chilly toward the end. Didn't go hungry though we did get a rooster early that morning. |
Red River (North) - Thursday, October 29, 2009 | |
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Murp.
Yesterday I went out with some buddies on the river in my boat, probably one of the last times this year, ok the 2nd to last time. Fishing was ok. Nothing spectacular. I landed a 20 inch, 18 inch, and 17 inch eye, and also 2 nice fat sauger, one was 15.5 inches, the other was 16.5 inches. Again, many missed hits, and we lost several right at the boat. I found a stretch of river that has 4 sandbars within 75 yards or so, 2 of which are submerged, and we just hit those hard, we'd pick 2 or 3 up in 30-45 minutes, move to a different one, throw anchor, etc. The river is still on the rise, and we found the fish in 5 feet of water, shallower than usual the past couple weeks. |
Red River (North) - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | |
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Bigger walleye are on the prowl on the Red. I have been doing best with large crankbaits in whites and lighter color paterns after dark. Large may be up to 8" for cranks.
Another good producer is 5" swim shads on 3/8 oz jigs, in Black/White, Blue/White, and Pearl. Large slow moving swim shads draw hard hits. Keep close to shore on the first break in slow moving water, it will pay off....especially at dark and after. Sumo Walleye |
Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | |
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Fished at Heskett last Wednesday night with a buddy of mine. Ended up catching our limit, the last fish being a 27" 7lb 7oz walleye. Went back out this past weekend and limited out again. It is slow-going, but if you can be patient, the fish are nice sized, most between 17" and 20".
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Red River (North) - Monday, October 26, 2009 | |
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The fishing is still good. Fish are still responding well to a slowly retrieved jig. Sandbars, inlets, ROCKS, and timber are going to be your best bets right now. I had to re-stock my jig supply and treble hooks yesterday, for my home-made stinger rigs, due to pike, snags, and normal wear and tear on the line from rocks and logs.
1/4 ounce to 3/8 ounce SHORT SHANK jigs are the way to go. Make sure your arm, shoulder, and wrists are ready to go, lately I've been making maybe a half dozen to a dozen casts before I connect with a fish, and sometimes it's less/more, but you get what I'm saying. 15 minutes of no fish, and after that BE READY. The 20 inchers will let you know you have a bite, the 14-16 inch class don't want you to know they are nibbling on your bait. I took my nephew out yesterday, for 15 minutes (he is 5 years old, and couldn't stand the cold) and he missed 2 fish on a floating jig and 1/2 ounce egg sinker with a fathead hooked through the tail. I went back out after dropping him off with his mom, and caught the same fish that took his bait. How do I know? When I cleaned it, 2 fathead minnows were in the stomache, one with a puncture through the tail. Get out the ice fishing clothes, get out there and catch some fish. I guess one benefit of the longer shank jigs would be that the hook will bend when in a snag, allowing you to bend it back instead of breaking your line with the stronger, shorter shank jigs. Oh and one more thing, do your homework on "sauger", and you will find that they turn on 110% in BAD WEATHER, so "it's too cold out" or "it's snowing/raining" is NOT an excuse!  |
Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Thursday, October 22, 2009 | |
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Put in @ Meriwethers ramp and managed 3 fish and missed several bites. All were on jigs and minnows and got one pulling cranks. The fish were small 16 inches. Fished right under the Meriwether bridge, from where the sandbar sticks out of the water (right in the middle of the river) to right under the bridge. (fished the slick line from the bar that runs all the way down under the bridge). Theres fish there just tough bites? Has anyone else been killin em?
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Red River (North) - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | |
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Dakota Kid my best tip is contact and book to stay at "Cas on the Red".
I prefer to stay at "Cats on the Red" and have done so for many, many years now. The spring flooding did raise some havoc on the lodge but it is back up an operational again and will be even better when all planned renovations are completed. They also have a new American Plan if the guests wish to participate in it a gourmet cook comes in, her vi-tills are exceptional! Stu and the gang will keep guests well tuned in to the areas that are on the bite. What I also like is the other fellow guests tend to pitch in and it becomes a team effort and everyone get on fish. Stu has well over 30 years of on the water experience on the Red and the associated river and lake systems, so he's Da-Man as far as I'm concerned. And his guides are top notch if that is a option guests prefer over going it alone. As was mentioned, there are other options in the area too, but my pick is always "Cats on the Red". |
Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Monday, October 19, 2009 | |
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I had to take the boat off the water for the season today. Yesterday it took two of us in waders two hours to move the boat 50 feet to floatable water. We fished for about five hours and picked up six fish on minnows and jigs and lindys. I headed for the Desert ramp to get 'er off today, but dangled crawlers on 1/8 oz. jigs for about two hours in the mary community hole and took five nice fish. It's over for another year for me. Time to shoot some more ducks.
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Red River (North) - Monday, October 19, 2009 | |
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WOW, the walleye and sauger bite is ON! Every other cast yesterday produced a nice walleye or sauger. A friend and I went out in the boat, in 6-8 FOW, tossing jigs and working the bottom back to the boat, 1/4 oz to 1/8 oz jig/stinger combo with a fathead, and also small sucker minnows did good. I experimented with gulp, which worked fine also but they preferred live bait. We caught about 20-25 fish each, anywhere from 12-19 inches. 2 sauger were nice fat 16 inchers. The biggest walleye was 19 inches, follwed by a couple 17-18 inchers.
Good luck guys, get out while we still can! Water temp was 40.8-42 degrees. Warm weather the next few days should keep the bite hot for a while. |
Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Monday, October 19, 2009 | |
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Fished out of the rifle range to Eckroth yesterday from about 1:30 till just after 5pm. Picked up two 18 inchers and around six pike. Jigged and pulled plugs. I'm going to go with the excuse that I had a broken toe. Sorry, but that's all I can come up with?? Made walleye chowder for dinner, that was the highlight.
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | |
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Put in at Meriwhethers ramp. Very tough today as we only got 2. Got one jigging and one pulling cranks. Graphed lots of fish and missed quite a few bites. We did really good last sunday, but not today. Anyone been hitting fish?
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | |
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Sunday I pulled cranks through Eckroth once with one that was lost behind the boat (wasn't big either). Also pulled around Huff with no luck. All in all, we pulled cranks for three hours and didn't boat a fish. Those fish have to turn on in that area soon, or maybe they are? Maybe I was out at the wrong time. The only highlight of the weekend was shooting a four man limit of birds Saturday morning before 11am. Not really my thing, but the rest of the fam had a blast. I'll be back on the water this weekend hoping to catch some funnel eyes!
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | |
Has anybody been up to Stanton by the powerplant lately ? or been up to the wingwalls at evening time? Just wondering if anybody been up there lately.Thanks
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Red River (North) - Sunday, October 11, 2009 | |
does anybody know any info about fishing the red in selkirk manitoba? where to go- where to stay-how to fish it???
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