The Red River of the North

July 2005 – Fishery of the Month
The Red River of the North is quietly one of the state’s best fisheries. It’s one of the country’s best location to target big catfish; and some would argue hold’s the next state record walleye. One thing if for sure though, there’s a lot of big fish in this [...]

Heart Butte Reservoir – Lake Tschida Fishing

Location: Fifteen miles south of Glen Ullin North Dakota
Species: crappie, walleye, catfish, perch, white bass, pike, bluegill, large and smallmouth bass

REPORT:
Lake Tschida (Heart Butte Reservoir) is located in southwestern North Dakota approximately 15 miles south of Glen Ullin. The lake was created in 1949 when Heart Butte Dam on the Heart River was completed. The [...]

Lake Sakakawea in Peril

By Doug Leier
Seldom does a week pass without news, political or biological, relating to declining water levels in North Dakota’s huge Missouri River reservoirs. I wonder if people have heard the message so much they are starting to become numb to it.
And yet, the message is important. Lake Oahe is at its lowest level since [...]

Devils Lake – Lake Sakakawea Water Conditions

By Doug Leier
Like night and day. Comparing apples to oranges. Pick your cliché that refers to contrasting situations, and apply it to North Dakota’s two largest bodies of water, Lake Sakakawea and Devils Lake.
Sakakawea, a reservoir on the Missouri River, is at its lowest water level since it first filled nearly 40 years ago. If [...]

Lake Sakakawea – On a Comeback?

By Doug Leier
I’m a huge fan of comebacks. I love to root for the down-and-out in a struggle to overcome challenges or adversity.
In the wildlife world, that might apply to the Giant Canada goose, at one time considered extinct, but now more numerous than ever, or the bald eagle, once an endangered species but taken [...]