Indian Hills / Mahto (Red Butte) Bay Area - Thursday, July 28, 2011

Bite Me! Tournament applications are now available. You’ll find them on the Indian Hills website.

If you are part of the REC Derby and have not sent your apps in please do so ASAP!

I think the transition from North to South may have began! There are some great fish being caught at Deepwater. Maybe they will make the corner yet. All the walleye we are seeing are in great shape and have some weight to them. I can only mean good things for the future!

Eastern Lake Sakakawea Recreation Report
July, 28 2011
Patricia Stockdill 

• South shore: Some walleye success using crankbaits in 3 to 6 feet or 12 to 18 feet with Lindy rigs or spinners and nightcrawlers working west of the resort. 

• Van Hook: Weather fronts are creating inconsistent walleye success in the Arm but good numbers of anglers are on the water. Try 20 to 27 feet with spinners.
    
• Garrison: Most walleye success remains shallow in the weeds and trees in the back bays on the east end of Lake Sakakawea. Try a variety of fast presentations. The key is to work fast but experiment with a variety of presentations. If walleye aren’t biting, it’s a good bet another fish of some type, including northern pike, bass or perch.
   
• Pick City: The east end of Lake Sakakawea is producing a few walleye around 10 feet along the north shore but bigger fish seem to be hanging in the weeds and aren’t biting with any consistency. Try jigging in the weeds for a different presentation this time of year. However, the better bite seems to be from Nishu Bay to the west up into the Van Hook Arm. Try spinners with bottom bouncers and leeches or nightcrawlers. Anglers are finding some salmon activity along the face of the dam longlining with deeper-running crankbaits in 50 feet.

North Dakota Rivers Report, featuring Lake Sakakawea’s two major tributaries: 

• Missouri River: Garrison Dam average daily discharge is 115,000 cubic feet per second (CFS), which is a reduction from last week.
   
• Little Missouri River, Long X Bridge: The streamflow average is 0.88 CFS while river stage at the bridge is 316 feet.
   
• Yellowstone River, Sidney, Mont.: The river stage is 11.87 feet with streamflow at 37,600 CFS, continuing to decline after the mountain snowpack melt is over.

Numbers and Web sites to know: 

• Indian Hills Resort: (701) 743-4122.
• N.D. Game & Fish Department main Bismarck office: (701) 328-6300, Web site ( http://gf.nd.gov ).
• N.D. Game & Fish Department Riverdale office: (701) 654-7475.
• Report All Poachers: (800) 472-2121.
• Friends of Lake Sakakawea: www.lakesakakawea.com

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Region: Indian Hills / Mahto (Red Butte) Bay Area

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