Dakota Recreation Report: June 14, 2021

Outdoor notes:

*Check local fire restrictions when camping, etc.

Tournaments:

*June 18: Devils Lake, Grahams Island State Park.

*June 19: Devils Lake, 6-Mile Bay, Lake Sakakawea, Fort Stevenson State Park.

*June 20: Lake Sakakawea, Fort Stevenson State Park.

*June 25 & 26: Devils Lake, Grahams Island State Park.

*June 26: Red River, Grand Forks.

Fishing:

*Devils Lake elevation, June 8: 1,448.12 feet above mean sea level (MSL).

*Stump Lake elevation: 1,448.06 MSL.

*Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,835.35 MSL; 22,600 cubic feet per second average (CFS) Garrison Dam daily releases.

*N.D. Game and Fish Dept. Dist. game wardens: No Lake Sakakawea or east-central area lake reports.

*Devils Lake, Ed’s Bait Shop, Devils Lake: Fair to good for walleye, with lots of activity on the north end of Creel Bay using slip bobbers and leeches. Also try Scooter’s Point on the main lake. East Bay somewhat slow, but Mike’s and Chain lakes continue producing walleye. Access becoming difficult, however, with low water. Good white bass activity from shore.

*Devils Lake, Lakeview Lodge, Minnewaukan: Continued fair to good for walleye. Try slip bobbers in 6 to 20 feet depending on the time of day. Continued white bass success from shore.

*Devils Lake, West Bay Resort, Minnewaukan: Continued fair to good for walleye. Try a variety of presentations and bait off the flats and along the bridges. Also try shore-fishing, which should also produce nice white bass activity.

*Devils Lake, Woodland Resort, Devils Lake: Continued fair walleye success in shallow water using slip bobbers. Also try switching to spinners and nightcrawlers or jigging along the bridges and locating weed beds. Good white bass success from shore.

*Foster County area lakes, Dry Dock, Carrington: Increasing activity throughout area lakes.

*Jamestown Reservoir, Sooper Stop, Jamestown: Jamestown Reservoir producing a mix of walleye, crappie, perch, and pike. Alkali Lake fair to good walleye with some success on Fox, and Hehn-Schaffer, as well. Try walleye assassins or jigging raps.

*Lake Ashtabula, Ashtabula Crossing, Luverne: Fair to good crappie and bluegill success in shallow water. Try 9 to 11 feet along the weed lines and drop-offs out to 20 feet for walleye pitching rattle traps or plastics. Some nice-sized pike showing up.

*Lake Ashtabula, Bayshore, Valley City: Crappie and smallmouth bass are extremely active. Quiet yet for white bass and bluegill, however. Occasional walleye and pike.

*Lake Sakakawea, Cenex Bait & Tackle, Garrison: Fair but spotty and inconsistent for walleye on the east end of Lake Sakakawea. Try a variety of depths and move around using jigs or Lindy rigs and nightcrawlers or leeches. Lake Audubon continues producing nice walleye and smallmouth bass.

*Lake Sakakawea, Indian Hills Resort, Garrison: Water temperatures warming with bite switching to nightcrawlers or leeches in 13 to 25 feet for walleye. Move around with no specific locations yet. Smallmouth bass quite active throughout the area.

*Lake Sakakawea/Lake Audubon/Missouri River, Scott’s Bait and Tackle, Pick City: Missouri River tailrace improving for walleye in the chutes. Also try jigging down river, the spillway channel, or from shore off the rocks at night. Lake Sakakawea remains spotty and inconsistent for walleye. Move around and try a variety of presentations, including crankbaits or casting jigs towards the shallows. Lake Audubon remains fair to good for walleye with good smallmouth bass.

*Lonetree WMA area lakes, Harvey: Clear Lake fair for walleye. Antelope and Goose lakes quiet. Fair to good walleye success on Stober and Hurdsfield-Tuffy lakes, with increasing activity throughout many area lakes.

*Pipestem Reservoir, Sooper Stop, Jamestown: No reports. 

*Spiritwood Lake, Sooper Stop, Jamestown: Fair to good for smallmouth bass.

N.D. rivers, river stage and streamflow:

*James River, Kensal: River stage, 0.92 foot; streamflow, 0.63 CFS.

*Pembina River, Walhalla: River stage, 1.24 feet; streamflow, 16.2 CFS.

*Red River, Grand Forks: River stage, 16.16 feet; streamflow, 1,800 CFS.

*Sheyenne River, Warwick: River stage, 3.01 feet; streamflow, 44.3 CFS.

Numbers to know:

*N.D. Game and Fish Department, main Bismarck office: (701) 328-6300, website: (http://gf.nd.gov).

*N.D. Game and Fish Department, Devils Lake office: (701) 662-3617.

*N.D. Game and Fish Department, Jamestown office: (701) 253-6480.

*Report All Poachers: (800) 472-2121 or (701) 328-9921.