By Nick Simonson For those anglers looking to explore one of the region’s most underutilized but powerful river fish, channel catfish provide a trophy experience and some consistently good fishing, especially on the Red River from Fargo to the Canadian border in North Dakota.  While it may require a bit of specialized gear and a...

NDG&F Dept. Release The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will be conducting numerous tagging studies on walleye populations across the state over the next several years to gain a better understanding of how anglers are utilizing these fisheries. This year, walleye tagging efforts will occur at Coal, Twin, Coe and West Napoleon lakes. These...

By Nick Simonson With each slide of the small bucktail fly over the two rocks in the shallows, I elicited a strike on nearly every cast from the crappies staging on the edge of the flat in the warming spring afternoon.  A slow drag of the brightly-hued minnow imitator kept it moving out and away...