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Darkhouse spearfishing registration required

Individuals required to possess a valid fishing license (age 16 and older) to darkhouse spearfish must first register online at gf.nd.gov. Darkhouse spearing is allowed for all anglers with a valid fishing license and for youth under age 16. Northern pike and nongame fish are the only legal species statewide, while walleye can be speared at Stump Lake and the Devils Lake complex south of U.S. Highway 2 and the Missouri River System (including lakes Oahe and Sakakawea and the Missouri River) up to the first tributary bridge. Spearers and anglers are reminded that materials ...

Fish house regulations must be followed

Any fish house left unoccupied on North Dakota waters must be made of materials that allow it to float. In addition, fish houses do not require a license. Other fish house regulations include: – Occupied structures do not require identification. However, any unoccupied fish house must have an equipment registration number issued by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, or the owner’s name, and either an address or telephone number, displayed on its outside in readily distinguishable characters at least 3 inches high. – Fish houses may not be placed closer than 50 feet in ...

Christmas Bird Count in Minot set for Sunday

This year is the 125th Christmas Bird Count conducted by the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge in partnership with the National Audubon Society. Birders, outdoors enthusiasts and those interested in learning more are invited to the Roosevelt Park Zoo parking lot on Sunday at 8 a.m. From there, volunteers will split into teams in search of any birds they can spot, count and identify within a 15-mile diameter area surrounding the zoo. Volunteers searching for birds will follow planned routes, divided among them to cover the survey area. Any birds seen during the count are tracked ...

NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS: Some pheasant hunters prefer late season

As North Dakota’s cherished deer gun hunting season opens and closes in November, thousands of hunters end their hunting activities within the regular season’s 16.5 days. While the majority of pheasant hunters point toward late October and early November as their preferred time frame for ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Measures need to be taken when on ice

First ice is synonymous around these parts with anxious anglers taking inadvisable risks to curb their appetite for ice fishing. Is it the fish? Is it the ice? Is it the dark, still, cold, hard water peace and solitude? I’m not advocating but acknowledging the balance between risk and ...

ND opens Coyote Catalog to connect hunters, landowners

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North Dakota Department of Agriculture are again opening the Coyote Catalog, a statewide effort designed to connect hunters and trappers with landowners dealing with coyotes in their areas. Landowners can sign up online with the Department of Agriculture, and hunters and trappers can sign up online with the Game and Fish. Anyone who registered for the Coyote Catalog in the past must register again to activate their name on the database. Throughout winter, hunters or trappers may receive information on participating landowners and ...