The first time I felt safe enough to check the ice thickness was Thanksgiving weekend. It wasn’t safe yet at 1.5 inches. A week later and it still wasn’t. In early December we had 50-plus degree temperatures, making late season pheasant hunters and archery deer hunters smile. The ice ...
Hunters this past fall had more than 800,000 Private Land Open To Sportsmen (PLOTS) acres available – an increase of about 5,000 acres from 2022 for this walk-in access program. Some might be disappointed to read the number, which has shrunk from the historical high of over 1 million ...
I can easily recall in the late 1980s seeing an endangered bald eagle feeding on a deer carcass off the road west of Napoleon in Logan County. Back in those days, if you saw a bald eagle and you could take a picture, you did. At the least you mentally marked the date, time and place and you ...
North Dakota Game and Fish Department director Jeb Williams recently honored employees with performance-based awards. Area employees honored include: Lisa Tofte, administrative assistant, Devils Lake, was recognized for her positive attitude, professionalism, knowledge and service to the public. Area district game wardens James Myhre, New Rockford; Shawn Sperling, Minot; Ken Skuza, Riverdale; Keenan Snyder, Williston, were among other district game wardens in the state recognized for their efforts as field training officers for committing countless hours to training new ...
North Dakota’s free ice fishing weekend is Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 30-31. Resident anglers may fish those two days without a license. All other winter fishing regulations apply. The weekend provides a great opportunity to try ice fishing for the first time or take someone new.
Darkhouse spearing is allowed for all anglers with a valid fishing license and for youth younger than age 16. Individuals required to possess a valid fishing license (age 16 and older) to darkhouse spearfish must first register with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. 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 ...
