My Biggest Walleye of the Day - around 22" (released)

I haven’t written for awhile…been real busy with family, snow goose hunting, work, fishing, etc. etc. but I’m getting caught up now.  While I’m still getting texted pictures of big piles of snows, my mind is on open water and jigging.

Devils Lake has been pumping out some nice fish the past couple weeks.  I’ve heard of many fish over 10 lbs., my buddy got one almost pushing 13.  On Saturday I did see a 28″ walleye taken although the fishing was slow after the cold night.

The Missouri River is where I’ll focus my attention for the next month.  Up until late last weekend, the fishing was downright horrible…but when the water starting to clear up in town and north, fishing turned on almost instantly.  The Big Muddy Tournament on Saturday boasted some big stringers, I did hear 4 fish came to the scales pushing 10 pounds (one over 13).  And LOTS of fish were taken.

I did manage to get out yesterday for the first time on the river.  I fished with Bill and Jon Mitzel, some great guys to fish with in town.  Some of the holes were thick with fish, we took around 25 fish out of one of them and some nice saugers to boot.  While this time of year we’re usually fishing shallow, we were pulling these out of 20 feet.  Very unusual, but then again, what has been usual about this last spring?

We caught all our fish with jigs and Gulp Alive.  Jig weights ranged from 1/8 oz to 3/8 oz with glow white being my favorite (as always).  Fishing should only get better in the upcoming weeks and I’m looking forward to the water clearing out south of Bismarck.  Currently, the tributaries are still mudding up the water and Apple Creek still appears to be the biggest problem.

I’ll post up more this month as fishing is picking up.