TweetOrganizers planning fishing tournaments, including ice fishing contests this winter, are reminded to submit an application along with fishing tournament regulations to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department at least 30 days prior to the start of the event. … Continue reading →
TweetNorth Dakota’s darkhouse spearfishing season opens on most state waters whenever ice-up occurs. Legal fish are northern pike and nongame species. Prior to this year, the darkhouse spearfishing season had opened on Dec. 1. All individuals who participate in darkhouse … Continue reading →
TweetSalmon Spawn Completed Fisheries crews completed their annual salmon spawning operation on the Missouri River System, collecting more than 2.2 million eggs. North Dakota Game and Fish Department Missouri River System supervisor Dave Fryda said crews easily collected enough eggs … Continue reading →
TweetNorth Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries biologists have completed fall reproduction surveys and most waters fared as good as or better than expected. Scott Gangl, Department fisheries management section leader, said Lake Sakakawea had the eighth highest catch of … Continue reading →
TweetThe North Dakota Game and Fish Department is taking orders for its North Dakota OUTDOORS calendar, the source for all hunting season and application dates for 2019. Along with outstanding color photographs of North Dakota wildlife and scenery, it also includes sunrise-sunset … Continue reading →
TweetContact: ND Game and Fish Enforcement Office, 701-328-6604 The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has rescinded a special boating rule on the Missouri River in the Bismarck-Mandan area, effective immediately. The Game and Fish Department implemented the rule in … Continue reading →
Tweet PLOTS Guide Available The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s Private Land Open To Sportsmen Guide for 2018 is now available online at the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov. In addition, the free printed PLOTS guides are available at most license … Continue reading →
Tweet The North Dakota Game and Fish Department, local wildlife clubs and other sponsors will usher youngsters into fall during the annual Youth Outdoor Festival in Minot. The event is Thursday, Aug. 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Game and … Continue reading →
Tweet The Asian Longhorned Tick has been found in five NJ counties (Hunterdon, Union, Middlesex, Mercer, and Bergen) and is known to occur in people and animals (deer, horses, and others). They pose a hazard to hunters and their dogs, as well … Continue reading →
TweetThe North Dakota Game and Fish Department has openings for Hike the Maah Daah Hey Trail, an educational event for women scheduled Sept. 8-9. The workshop is designed for women with previous hiking or backpacking skills, or who are in … Continue reading →
TweetNorth Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel encourage anglers to keep fish caught from depths of more than 25 feet, rather than practice catch-and-release. Scott Gangl, Game and Fish fisheries management section leader, said while catch-and-release is often encouraged … Continue reading →
TweetWalleye Fingerlings Stocked North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently stocked nearly 10 million walleye fingerlings in more than 140 waters across the state. “Considering not many went into Lake Sakakawea, this was one of the largest stockings of … Continue reading →
TweetThe North Dakota Game and Fish Department will host thousands of visitors to its free Conservation and Outdoors Skills Park July 20-28 at the State Fair in Minot. Visitors will be treated to an array of activities, exhibits and useful … Continue reading →
TweetThe DEP has joined other partners, including The Nature Conservancy, to launch a $7 million project to remove the Columbia Lake Dam in Warren County, making a large stretch of the Paulins Kill free-flowing again. The project will restore important habitat … Continue reading →
Tweet The North Dakota Game and Fish Department, after consulting with officials from Burleigh and Morton county commissions, has established an idle-speed-only restriction within 200 feet of the shoreline for boaters on the Missouri and Heart rivers in the Bismarck-Mandan … Continue reading →
TweetHigh water levels on the Missouri River have closed or restricted access at numerous public boat ramps, specifically in the Bismarck/Mandan and Williston areas. Bob Frohlich, North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries development supervisor, said high releases from Garrison … Continue reading →
TweetThe North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds citizens that possession or use of fireworks on state wildlife management areas is prohibited. The primary objective of a wildlife management area is to enhance wildlife production, provide hunting and fishing opportunities, … Continue reading →
TweetNorth Dakota boaters who are traveling to or through other states or Canadian provinces, are reminded to check the aquatic nuisance species regulations of their destination, to make sure they are in compliance. Mandatory boat inspections may be required along … Continue reading →
TweetAnglers are reminded that it is illegal to import all forms of live aquatic bait into North Dakota. This includes minnows, suckers, leeches, waterdogs (salamanders) and frogs. Anglers should buy bait from a licensed North Dakota retail bait vendor. Bait vendors … Continue reading →
TweetA fish kill affecting adult rainbow smelt is ongoing in portions of the upper half of Lake Sakakawea. Dave Fryda, Missouri River System fisheries supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said the cause of the die-off has … Continue reading →
