Try Different Stuff This Year
by Bob Jensen I was going through one of my ice-fishing lure containers the other day and said to myself “I’ll be putting this stuff away before too long.” It seems I talk to myself more and more...
View ArticleSpring Season Fishing and Hunting
by Doug Leier I’ve always enjoyed the arrival of spring. I’ve lived in a number of towns and areas in just about every corner of North Dakota, and whether it’s Williston, Bottineau, Bismarck or West...
View ArticleGet Ready for a New Fishing Season
by Bob Jensen The ice-fishing season of 2014 is starting to wind down and the open water fishing season of 2014 is getting underway. There is still plenty of ice in many of the ice-fishing locales...
View ArticleWatchable Wildlife in North Dakota
by Doug Leier Pheasants, ducks, geese, deer and other game animals get much of the wildlife press in North Dakota, but if publicity was based on numbers alone, the state’s “other” wildlife would...
View ArticleIce-Out Panfish
by Bob Jensen Most of the ponds and many of the small lakes across the Midwest are either free of ice or will be soon. For those of us that are looking forward to getting back to open-water fishing,...
View ArticleRecapping the Deer Management Meetings
by Doug Leier Most of us would already assume that April is a busy month for fisheries biologists, as ice-out brings pike spawning, then walleye spawning and initiation of all the other management...
View ArticleCrankin’ Up More Fish
by Bob Jensen This morning there were two inches of new snow on the ground. Winter doesn’t want to let go, but like it or not, winter is going away. When it does, I’m going fishing. And I’m going...
View ArticlePaddlefish Snagging Season in North Dakota
by Doug Leier In my early years with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, I was a district game warden. Prior to assuming responsibility for a district, new wardens learn different required...
View ArticleTwenty Years of Fishing the Midwest
by Bob Jensen The 2014 thirteen-week run of Fishing the Midwest television concluded recently in most Midwest markets. There are still some markets where Fishing the Midwest will continue to run...
View ArticleOne-Over Limit and Spring Fishing in North Dakota
by Doug Leier As air temperatures warm up during a North Dakota spring, fishing usually heats up as well. And heading into this spring, most anglers will agree that fishing in North Dakota the past...
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