Aug. 25—FORDVILLE DAM, N.D. — On a steamy Wednesday in late July — easily one of the hottest days of the summer to date — Tyler Bennett and Will Johnson launched their jonboat into Fordville Dam to ...

We're boatless today, fishing on the shore lines with the boatless angler himself, rigged up with an easy pre-tied catfish rig. It's early spring, which is a great opportunity for the boatless angler ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 7—Results from a two-year collaborative fisheries study between the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and UND show ...

WEST FARGO – As a kid growing up in the 1980s, fishing was about opportunity. Thankfully, North Dakota forefathers set up most communities near a waterway for transportation and goods. For me, it was ...

Hello folks, this week we have a great episode of The Boatless Angler for you. We head down to the shoreline and literally out on a limb to catch some huge channel catfish and some much smaller ...

This fish is a yellow bullhead catfish. It has eight barbels (whiskers) around its mouth that it uses to locate food. These barbels are harmless to touch, but beware of being stuck by any of the three ...

I have fond memories of fishing for bullhead catfish from the shores of Frances Slocum Lake with my Pop-Pop. We fished ugly sticks with Mitchell reels and clipped clothespins on our lines as strike ...

Why should you learn how to clean a catfish? Because it doesn’t matter what kind of catfish live in your local waters—they’re all delicious. From big flatheads and blues to medium channel cats, to ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department in spring 2023 trapped 4,180 channel catfish from the Missouri River System and stocked them in Sweetbriar Dam. Fordville Dam is a control site. Tyler Bennett ...