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Two months ago today, it snowed and snowed and snowed; and it wasn’t just for a day, but for nearly four straight days that the skies remained gray under a stalled low-pressure system, where the wind howled, and drifts of ten feet in depth – that blocked traffic into and out of my neighborhood for nearly a week – were left in the wake of the continuous northwest gusts. That was the start of our so-called spring. This weekend’s state high school clay target league tournament on the cusp of the...
Outdoor notes: *Fireworks prohibited on U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Nat’l. Wildlife Refuges and N.D. Game & Fish Wildlife Mgmt. Areas (WMA). *July 1: Deadline for electronic “no trespass” posting. Go to the N.D. Game & Fish Dept. for information. Tournaments: *July 9: Devils Lake, Creel Bay. *July 9 & 10: Devils Lake, AIM Tournament. Fishing: *Devils Lake elevation, June 20: 1,450.82 feet above mean sea level (MSL). *Stump Lake elevation: 1,450.69 MSL. *Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,832...
No other season seems to go by as quickly as summer. In these northern tiers, the warmth often feels like it's here and gone in a matter of days, as opposed the three months the seasonal calendar actually allots. With the heat and the warming of the region's waters - the fish too move quickly and capitalizing on their chase for food that mirrors our own sprints from May graduation buffets, to Fourth of July barbecues, to Labor Day's last hurrah pig roast on the beach - is key in finding summer...
The big news this week is the ramps in the Fargo/Moorhead area are opening up. Grand Forks where I am fishing is nearly perfect for boating by my standards. All three ramps are now open. No docks yet but I suspect they will be coming shortly. Fishing is fairly tough as it appears we got on the water just in time for the spawn. Water temperatures are above 75 degrees so it is time for that to happen. It has been hot enough that the spawning process should be somewhat quick, at least I hope....