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Devils Lake Report


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I'm headed out to fish Devils Lake this coming Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 3-5. A buddy and I will be primarily after pike and walleye. Has anyone been out recently, and if so, any report or info that you can share is much appreciated.

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Tim,

See Jeff D's report. I fished there on Sat and we worked really hard to catch a dozen walleyes and about three dozen northerns. The walleyes we caught were nice- 17 to 20.5 inches. We found fish shallow- 1-4 feet deep. Didn't have a bite outside of five FOW.

Good luck!

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Thanks Scoot,

I saw Jeff's report earlier. Sounds like things are picking up slowly but surely.

I haven't been to devils in several years, but I always used to do well this time of year on #5 shad raps, jigs and twister tails, or slip bobber/leech combo, and all shallow like you are talking about.

Will be looking for shallow bays with the warmest water, and the areas near it.

Seems like the last time I was out there, I had difficulty getting good bait out there. Do you know, am I able to bring leeches and minnows (rainbows or suckers) from Minnesota?

Thanks for your report.

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Same answer from me- no on the minnows, not sure on leeches. I can tell you this- we bought bait at Petes. Minnows were fine, but the leeches were spendy and were incredibly tiny. Not trying to start a bashing thread on any baitshop, just wanted to give you a heads up on what I got there this past weekend. 'Course, that might have been no matter where I went too.

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Ed's bait shop always has some good stuff. They are just south of town on ND 20 about 1 mile. They have decent minneows.

No minneows other than fatheads. Dumb rule but a rule none the less.

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