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Missouri River System (North Dakota) Fishing Reports
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Monday, November 16, 2009
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fishsticks
on 11/16/2009 4:54 PM
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this isn't a report, but I'm looking for a place to stay near the dam Tuesday night... Hopefully somewhere near Newtown. Anyone know of a hotel/resort nearby?
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Monday, November 16, 2009 | |
You'd think that with cooler weather, the fishing would be slowing down. But I've heard the opposite. Wading at the Heskett station seems to have been worthwhile this fall. I've caught at least one fish every time I've been out the past month or so (about once a week), and most mornings are good for 3 or 4. Several missed fish as well (can't quite figure that out, as I'm always using cranks with at least two treble hooks). Biggest fish this fall was 24". Chilly at 5:30 a.m., but worth it.
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Thursday, November 12, 2009 | |
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Fishing was good weather was better, Me and a friend fished in slack water and picked up 5 fish ranging from 20" to 24" plus lots of little snakes but all in all was a good day. Fish were caught using minnow and jig pitching and retreiving.
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Sunday, November 8, 2009 | |
Beautiful day!!! Scratched out a limit of walleyes, 16"-19". They were in great shape. Four males and one female.
Caught in 10 feet of water along current breaks on a chartreuse/green 1/4 oz. jig/crawler combo. Had to hit many spots and pick a few up at each location. Caught several other 12"-15" fish. It is good to see other year classes in the system. |
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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Friday, November 6, 2009 | |
Headed down to Hazelton thinking with the deer opener there wouldn't be much pressure. Wrong. Looked like a tournament going on. Ran south first and picked up 5 little guys on jigs and lindys in 17-22 FOW. Ran north and hit a few spots where I caught fish last summer and 2 more. Ran further north yet and caught 3 more. Nothing big however. Everythng was released. Also caught a crap load of little northerns about 7 or 8 inches long. Great day to be on the water. 65 degrees on Nov. 6th. I love global warming!
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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. |
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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Missouri River (ND Lower Portion) - Thursday, October 22, 2009 | |
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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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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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 | |
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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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Sunday, October 4, 2009 | |
went out last night me my dad and brother, my brother and dad stayed in the boat and i fished from shore had alot of hits and managed to catch three 4lbs + caught up with my brother and ad and found ou they caught 6 so then i just went with my dad and we fished the west side just pullin cranks
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Garrison Dam Tailrace - Friday, October 2, 2009 | |
Caught 4 decent sized walleye outside the ramp..one..presumed 24+ got away due to lack of netting skills...haha..current was pretty strong+engine problems dont mix.
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