Had boats out on the Missouri river south of Bismarck both Saturday and Sunday with some good limits getting caught.  The fish seem to be really spread out now with good action from north of Bismarck to a few miles south of town.  One group that was out reported very good success pulling crankbaits in that 8 to 12 foot range while another boat did well north of town pitching jigs with gulp or minnows.  The fish seem to be getting a little more aggressive with each day that passes and should continue to improve. 

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Had a guide on the water today fishing in a little local fishing tournament which was held on the Missouri River South of Bismarck.  He did a great job finishing second with another impressive weight of 18.4lbs for 6 fish.  The action was pretty fast with most of his fish caught on a jig with gulp in 5 to 9 feet of water.  If you like catching fish on jigs this is the time of year to get out there, it should remain good for a few more weeks.

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Had a group out yesterday and today on the Missouri River near Bismarck.  Yesterday we had a good bite going on crankbaits in 6 to 10 feet of water, it doesn't seem to matter which cranks but I use mostly rapalas.  Today was a completely different situation as they didn't seem to like the cranks as much and a jig and a minnow was the ticket.  The key is to stay versatile and change it up until you find what the fish want.  Overall not as many big fish getting caught right now as I think the spawn still has them off a bit, but I expect the action to heat up soon.  Overall a couple of great days on the water with some beautiful weather, great fishing, and some good company in the boat!

Check out the photo gallery for some of the action from the last couple days.

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It was a busy week on the river this past week with lots of anglers prefishing for the Big Muddy which was held on saturday out of the Broken Oar.  I would like to thank everyone involved with making this tournament happen, it is a very well run tournament.  The volunteers and all the sponsors do a great job keeping everything organized and a big thanks to Scheels for the breakfast, that hit the spot!  I would also like to congratulate the team of Casey Ell, Eric Paul and Matt Glanvill for winning this years tournament with an impressive weight of over 33 lbs for 6 fish -  Good job Guys!  It took about 27 lbs to get into the top ten, once again it shows the quality of the fish in the system right now.

Most anglers in the tournament that I talked with caught there fish using jigs and minnows including us, from 2 ft to about 15ft.  Lately the crankbaits just haven't been working as well.  Fishing on Thursday and Friday was excellent for most anglers but the bite seemed to be a little off on Saturday.  Not sure if it was the spawn or all the boat traffic or maybe a combination of both, but most fisherman agreed they had better luck prefishing.  And when I say the bite was, "off" it's still pretty good, we probably still boated about 30 fish on Saturday.  There seems to be a lot more of the 14 to 17 inch fish showing up which are the males and not as many females biting which tells me they are spawning and not eating for a few days.  Look for fishing to be extremely good here in the weeks to come because when these fish get done spawing they will be aggressive.

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Good week of fishing on the Missouri River with lots of walleyes getting caught.  We have been concentrating mostly south of Bismarck but it doesn't seem to matter where you go.  We decided to give a little more effort on the crankbait bite seeing if perhaps some bigger fish would come on these.  It didn't seem to make a difference whether we used jigs or cranks, both caught nice fish.   The fish seemed to really be spawning the last few days, each day out we are catching more and more without eggs and also catching a lot more eater sized fish.  Fishing should remain excellent in the next few weeks so if you get a chance with all the nice weather coming up, get out and catch some fish!

The story remains the same here on the Missouri river, lots of walleyes getting caught!  I am just amazed at how many fish are in the system right now, from 13 inchers to as big as 30 inchers.  We have had boats up and down the whole system and there seems to be fish everywhere with limits coming pretty easy.  I fished a little more around the Bismarck area this weekend than usual and did very well.  Most of my fish came on jigs mainly because it's my favorite way to catch them, but I'm sure other presentations would work fine.