April 25 – AIM Weekend Walleye Series, Missouri River, Bismarck. April 26 – Full moon, Pink Moon, 10:33 p.m. May 1 – ND High School Bass derby, Nelson Lake. May 1 – Lake Darling opens for boat fishing. May 8 – Souris River Basin Longbeards fishing derby, Lake Darling, ...

Lake Sakakawea was declared “ice free” this past Tuesday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. While much of the lake has been open and boaters utilizing it for several days, it took much longer for the last isolated pockets of ice to dissipate throughout North Dakota largest reservoir. The ...

North Dakota’s moose and elk lotteries have been held, and individual results are available by visiting My Account at the state Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. A total of 19,126 applications were received for bighorn sheep, 23,023 for elk and 26,035 for moose. Successful ...

Piping plover breeding groups in the Northern Great Plains are notably connected through movements between habitats and show lower reproductive rates than previously thought, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study. These new findings point to a need for further studies and suggest the ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – New for this fishing season, Northland Fishing Tackle is introducing a premium hardbait designed by chief bait designer Jarmo Rapala. The Rumble Stick is a deep-diving crankbait available in two sizes with varying diving depths for trolling. The #4 Rumble Stick dives 18’ ...

The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department asks visitors to recreate safely during high fire danger conditions. The department manages 13 state parks located across North Dakota. Burn ban restrictions for each state park come directly from the county in which the park is located and ...