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Missouri River System (North Dakota) Fishing Reports
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Friday, January 27, 2012
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IntroC
on 01/27/2012 1:08 PM
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Figured I better post a report after Snake17 called us all out. Kinda hurt my feeling so here goes. Went down to the mouth of the Little Heart, was gonna pop some holes. Took the ice prod and a throw pillow just in case, Glad I did. The ice looks like it is thick but not in real good condition. A couple smacks with the ice prod and it went through. 2 inches of crappy ice. Good thing I didn't go trapsing out there.
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Monday, January 9, 2012 | |
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Fished from 12:30 to 4pm on Sunday. Caught about a 5lb northern from the boat ramp and one cisco from the rocks on the west side. Not a whole lot of activitiy going on in either spot. Guys in boats said they were picking up few walleyes. I was pitching jigs with minnows or fresh smelt when available. Also tried a a 4in smelt looking crank. No luck at all. Cisco are traveling in schools cruising the shoreline by the rocks. Anyone know if those things are any good smoked? I always seem to be up at the tailrace on the wrong day. Is it me? Also, does anyone know if a guy can catch salmon this time of year in that area? Or all they schooled up really deep?
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Monday, January 9, 2012 | |
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Dunked the boat at Merriwethers in Bismarck on 1/5/12. Pretty much stayed in town and fished between the bridges. Found the walleyes to be scattered, caught 4 with only one keeper. Northerns were aplenty if you went into the right spots with jigs and minnows, caught a 2 man limit of 3-8 lb fish and a gar. Good times for January!
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Sunday, January 8, 2012 | |
FIshed west side rocks near the gates. Spent an hour using various colors of jigs tipped with minnows, not a bite. Switched to a glass minnow Rapala size 14, nothing. Fish of some sort right at our feet neat shore wouldn't bite live minnows. Companion did get a cisco, lost a nice bite on a jig. Guy next to us got a northern, nothing else, Slow, sad night.
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Saturday, January 7, 2012 | |
Fished MacLean Bottoms from shore near the ramp. Nothing; guy next to me got one tug on a minnow he was letting swim. Folks in boats were getting decent fish.
Also have fished Heskett Station by Mandan in recent weeks, got skunked there too, pulling cranks. So a question: Is it even worth it to try shore fishing this time of year, or do the walleye go so deep in their holes one needs a boat to reach them? |
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Tuesday, January 3, 2012 | |
Dont forget the 2012 Warrior fishing tournament Jan. 21st. in Fort Yates N.D., for more information, contact Scott Gates @ 701455-2597 or Terry Hodgkiss @ 701-425-9877 or for a poster send email to Scott.J.Gates@sendit.nodak.edu
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Saturday, December 31, 2011 | |
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fished the tailrace off the rocks on the west side 12-31-11. used 1/2 to 3/4 oz jigs white or orange (both colors worked) with minnows, or smelt if one floated by. started about 10 am quit 4:30 pm. caught 40 to 50 walleye & sauger 15" to 25" (mostly sauger) about a dozen whitefish & ciscos, and 5 or 6 pike 3 to 8lbs. The wingwalls aren't open yet. BRING LOTS OF JIGS!!! between all the jigs I lost to the pike and the rocks I should have got a littering ticket.
I tried all day for a whopper, but sometimes I think a unicorn is easier to catch than a 4lb sauger. got some 3's but 4 has just always been out of reach. I gave up, put 5 in the bucket & went home. If anyone has any tips to put me on just one 4lb suager I'd appreciate it. Mind your Ps and Qs and don't throw "trash" fish or your beer bottles up in the rocks the game warden was there watchin...finally.    .jpg)   |
Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Saturday, December 31, 2011 | |
Question: Is it possible to do any shore fishing at MacLean Bottoms south of Bismarck?
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Saturday, December 31, 2011 | |
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Went to Beaver bay yesterday. Lots of pike and crappies, a few perch. No walleyes.
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Friday, December 30, 2011 | |
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anyone know the ice conditions at cattail?
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Friday, December 30, 2011 | |
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was just wondering if anyone has made it to cattail and if so how are the ice conditions.
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Sunday, December 25, 2011 | |
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Fished beaver bay Friday, 8 until almost 5, east side by the rockpile, Lots of pike, 3 decent keeper size, lots of little guys,.. couple perch, No walleye for us..... great day out anyway!
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Saturday, December 17, 2011 | |
Went out on Saturday. Fished East side of Highway...walked out from south side. Fished in 11-13 feet of water. Fishing was slow...caught small northerns, a couple perch and a crappie believe it or not. Used minnows on jigs and plain hooks. Beautiful day to be out...wish the fishing was better....saw people fishing on the west side of the highway. Anybody have a report for what was caught over there?
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Tuesday, December 20, 2011 | |
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Has anybody been fishing the tailrace lately?
Have a day off tomorrow and want to wet a line from shore. |
Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Monday, December 5, 2011 | |
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Fished the east side of the highway yesterday, walking on from the north side. There are some areas of thin ice along the shore about 5 ft wide, I'd guess the ice was an inch thick in places along the shore, but plenty of other places to get on the bay away from the thin stuff. There is about 6-8 inches of good clear ice away from the shore. The east bay is frozen over, however the ice in the middle portion, from the 1804 bridge down the center of the bay going east, does still have a darker color to it. There were a few other groups out, talked to some younger kids who had caught a couple of northerns. We caught 3 small walleyes, one keeper and a few northerns. Not a bad first outing.
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