N.D. spawning update
This year’s sudden onset of spring allowed fisheries managers in North Dakota to collect northern pike eggs for stocking earlier than ever, but the recent cool-down has put walleye spawning on hold....
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Devils Lake produces new state record white bass
North Dakota has a new state record white bass, and of course, it came from Devils Lake. Charlie Vang of Brooklyn Park, Minn., broke North Dakota’s state white bass record with this 4-pound, 10-ounce...
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N.D. Game and Fish releases fall waterfowl regulations
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department released its fall waterfowl season regulations this morning, and the season will be similar to last year, with the exception that the scaup limit has increased...
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N.D. Game and Fish Department to issue remaining swan licenses Sept. 5
N.D. Game and Fish Department photo If you missed out on North Dakota’s swan lottery, there’s still hope for hunting the birds this fall. The Game and Fish Department this afternoon issued a news...
View ArticleN.D. Game and Fish sets fall advisory board meetings
There’ll be less orange on the landscape this afternoon when North Dakota’s deer gun season gets under way. The 16½-day deer season officially begins at noon and continues through Nov. 25. This year,...
View ArticleAppointment of DeKrey to N.D. Game and Fish post draws criticism
While far short of an outcry, the reaction among members of the conservation community to the appointment of Duane DeKrey as deputy director of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department isn’t...
View ArticleBill would raise N.D. hunting license fees
Less than 20 hunting- and fishing-related bills have been introduced during this year’s session of the North Dakota Legislature. The biggest of them is HB 1130, which would increase the cost of several...
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N.D. Game and Fish announces results of deer gun lottery
If you applied for a tag in North Dakota’s deer gun lottery, the moment of truth has arrived. The state Game and Fish Department announced this morning that it has completed the lottery, and results...
View ArticleOct. 3-4 storm likely affected pheasants, backroad travel in southwest N.D.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department said it’s too early to assess the impact of last weekend’s snowstorm on pheasants in southwest North Dakota, but some of the reports I’m hearing are pretty...
View ArticleLarval zebra mussels resurface in Red River near Wahpeton
After two years of no findings, young zebra mussels again have been found in the upstream portion of the Red River near Wahpeton, N.D. Larval zebra mussels first were found at Wahpeton in 2010 and...
View ArticleTrout stocked in Turtle River at TRSP
It’s time to go trout fishing. That’s the word from Steve Crandall, manager of Turtle River State Park, who said the park this afternoon received 1,000 Shasta-strain rainbow trout averaging about a...
View ArticleGame and Fish announces another reduction in N.D. deer licenses
There’ll be even fewer deer licenses available this fall in North Dakota, the Game and Fish Department announced today. In a news release, department staff said North Dakota’s 2015 deer season is set,...
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N.D. spring pheasant, sharptail counts up from last year
The news many North Dakota upland hunters were waiting for came this morning when the Game and Fish Department announced the results of its spring pheasant crowing count. Spring sharptail numbers also...
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Catching catfish – and tagging catfish
I had a chance to spend a few hours on the Red River near Selkirk, Man., on Monday afternoon with Mark Pegg, a fish ecologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who is faculty adviser for a channel...
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