Fargo Fishing

[icefishingdude]

I was wondering if anybody could add a few tips on locations and techniques for finding and catching fish near the fargo-moorhead area. Also is it right that a person with a MN fishing license can fish the red from the ND side?

[Ed Carlson]

When the water is high and the Red is at bank full...it gets tough for walleye fishing...so look to the tribs for better slower water fishing. The Red is up now and the fish tend to hunt the flooded grass, watch for this.

And Yup...you can fish both sides (MN & ND) of the Red River with either permit. There are limitations as to how far up into a trib you may fish so read up on the regs for your home liscened state and the opposing boundry waters regs.

Catfishing is the best bet right now. Try the tribs and areas of slow moving flooded grass. Float rigs have done well for me recently...in tight to shore.

The catfish may move into spawn early this season? They historicly the channel catfish spawn in this region about the 3rd week in June...it may start as early as this week in some Southern areas because of the conditions...hard to say yet. If they do...you will know..it will die fast...no fish just peckers and baby kittys.

I think this week should be solid yet...next week??????...mmmmm...hard to say.

Good fish'n to ya!

[hanson]

That's interesting Ed.

I was fishing below the dam in Crookston on the Red Lake River and the little kitties (12-14") were very abundant. Caught a couple in the 2-3 pound range but nothing larger. I saw a couple larger (6-8 pounders) caught but fishing was fairly slow.

Cut Goldeye had many nibblers with the occasional cat getting a firm grip.

This was my first time getting up to fish the Red Lake River this summer so I don't know how the fishing had been. The water levels are up some and moving good too.