Drum were put in force today! Caught idk how many plus managed enough smaller walleye. All were at Tobacco area,which was murkier than the other side but got nothing there.
Drum
Hunts Along Bay 7.11.20
Took the boat out of 4 bears down to Hunts Along bay today for the first time looking for smallies. Did not find many of them, 3 total on the day, but did catch a lot of 12-16 inch walleye in 9 to 12 ft of water on spinners and worms. Also lots of small pike. Water was stained but not bad. It was also a large fishing tourney today where they did catch bigger fish so just gotta find them.
We kept 6 of those smaller eyes, along with a drum, 2 white bass, 1 smallmouth, 2 perch.
5.28.19 my boat is nice!
Went out with Haley and Amanda today on a lovely 75 degree day with light South winds, that ended up making for some waves but it was still super nice. We caught 5 walleye, 4 keepers, all at 15ish feet. Also picked up some big drum, a huge crappie, and some white bass. White bass ate shallow and spawning so havn’t caught a lot of big ones from boat. We were using minnows and lindy rigs. People are still doing good from shore for walleye too.
PaddleFish Diaries: Season 4, Ep 1
Time for the fourth season of paddlefish diaries and today was the first day of paddlefishing! With really low water levels and a really early spring melt the fishing is bound to be good. Today was an amazing 70 degrees with only 10-15 mph winds, it was an amazing day for ND spring. I actually got to go out on a boat today and try and escape form the crowds! A friend of mine owns a boat and was going out so I joined him. We went out to this sandbar near a place called the “west hole” and set up for the day. It was a good meeting of two different branches of the river and seemed to be a good spot.
I had heard before going out today that over 50 were caught before noon so there were a lot of fish being caught so I was really excited! But as paddlefishing goes, just because it should be good does not mean you will catch one. We were out on the sandbar from about 5:00 to closing at 9:00 and I only manged to roll one fish, and that turned out to be a carp judging by the evidence left on my hook!
I did manage to catch a small freshwater drum on my normal pole though so it was not a total fishless day! Oh well it was still a really nice day of fishing even if I did not get a paddlefish. However many people did, over 150 were caught on the day with one that I saw being over 100 lbs caught by a girl who couldn’t of been much heavier! I dont know if I will be able to go again tomorrow but most likely Sunday.
Also on an art side note, I also finished my Paddlefish painting today, just in time! Check it out, it is 15 x 20 in Acrylic on Illustration board. I hope to have prints up and available soon so if anyone wants any just let me know!
Until then!
Posted from Alexander, North Dakota, United States.
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