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Anyone Hunting ND Opener?


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I can't remember how long it has been since I hunted ducks but my best friend and I figure it was about 1987. This Saturday we will be in the duck blind together in Gackle North Dakota. We're hoping to take some species we have never taken before. I have some reports next week.

Anybody else heading to ND for ducks?

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Hey UGuide, I am heading out to the Rugby area on Friday...been going out there for about 12 years now. I have been itching since last week!! Good luck, have a great time and enjoy every minute of it!

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headed up in october for four days. cant wait. my buddy from fargo has been pounding geese and mallards since opener. they even got into some divers for a change of pace the other day.

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Rugby is up there a ways.

The weather where we are going to be is forecast for 26 MPH winds Friday afternoon. I love it!

Good luck Guys!

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Hey UGuide, I am heading out to the Rugby area on Friday...been going out there for about 12 years now. I have been itching since last week!! Good luck, have a great time and enjoy every minute of it!


Hey Keeter,

If you wouldn't mind could you send me a PM of your report? I'll be in that area starting the 9th of October?

thanks,

mr

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I will be hunting near Valley City with my college buddies. They already shot limits last weekend. Sometimes I wish I was on the 5-year plan instead of being done in 4...

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I hear the Devils lake to Rugby area is pretty stacked right now, with more birds coming in daily.

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Hunted opener out in central ND and it was a blast as always, weather was great and birds were thick. Hunted water opening morning, 3 guys limited out. Noted to not put out newer or showy decoys (cans,drake mallards) seemed to be flaring birds. Tried to find a field to hunt second day, but slept a little late for evening scouting. So the three of us split up on 3 sloughs in close proximity took a handfull of deks and figured we'd keep the birds moving, another good hunt. If ya want to shoot some new species ND is the place we shot mallards, redheads, ringnecks, teal g/b, canvasbacks. The pintails were thick, but 1 is all you get on pins,susies,and cans, and bird ID sucks right now. Can't wait to get out again, birds should be starting to color up good. Good Huntin'

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Just returned from Wolford area. The hunting was great, especially if you enjoy variety. If hunting the area lakes, make sure you can identify your ducks, tons of cans and bluebills.

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Just back from 3 days of hunting near Gackle. WOW! First time for all of us in ND and 1 guy was first time duck hunting. We shot 6 species and on the last day had our 20 duck limit in 1 hour. Saw pheasants and got a few sharpies too. Mallards, Teal, Widgeon, Redheads, Scaup and Shovelers. Interesting how different sloughs had different species.

Here's a pic of our setup and results on last day.

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    • partyonpine
      Opener and the week after were good.  Not the numbers we normally get but better quality in the East End.  Not surprised on the weights for the Auto City a.  Usually for us we only catch a few slot fish but we averaged 3 a day for 10 days.  2 overs, biggest 27 inches.     Our best luck was 12-16 feet for quality.  When we went deeper we caught more but smaller.  Bass were really starting to heat up.  For me little earlier than normal.  Found some nice Bluegills the day we went after some panfish.  Dock fishing was as many as we wanted per usual.
    • Shulsebus
      We will be up on June 8th for the week. It will be our 13th year in a row staying on the lake.  I hope the walleye are hitting the bobbers by the time that we get there. 
    • SkunkedAgain
      Those are some fine specimens. Great job
    • gimruis
      I'm quite shocked to hear that a walleye tournament is still doing a live weigh in.  Virtually every event these days around here is doing a catch, photo, and release format.   Regardless, nice work.  Congrats.
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   A great week of fishing with walleyes and saugers caught in good numbers.   The go-to presentation, again, was a jig and frozen emerald shiner.  Emerald shiners are a staple in LOW and walleyes love them.  Other minnows worked also, but emerald shiners are a favorite of anglers for good reason.   The Lighthouse Gap area, Morris Point Gap and just in front of Pine Island held nice fish in 17 - 21' of water.  Various schools of walleyes and saugers across the south shore.     A quarter ounce jig in gold, glow white, pink, orange, chartreuse, or a combo of these colors tipped with a minnow worked well again.   Some big pike and jumbo perch being caught by walleye anglers. On the Rainy River...  Some nice walleyes were caught on the river this weekend, although most anglers normally head to the lake.  12 - 15' of water is holding some nice fish.   Sturgeon fishing on the Rainy River is closed until the keep season starts up again July 1st. Up at the NW Angle...  Some nice walleyes being caught along with a mixed bag.  12 - 25 feet of water.  Points, neck down areas and bays with warming water were holding good fish this week.    The go-to presentation was a jig and minnow as on the south shore.  A mixed bag as is common around the Angle.  
    • leech~~
      Nice work!   Here's two words you hardly ever hear anyone say anymore.  "grateful and humbled"   
    • Brianf.
      RLG, thanks for the shout-out!     Jeff and I are still trying to wrap our heads around what happened this past weekend.  We are humbled and full of gratitude  for having won 'The Classic' for a second time.     We practiced through all the rain on Thurs and the wind on Friday and found six different spots holding big fish.  Fishing was good on both days with several 'overs' in our catch...but would it hold up for another day?   We didn't know.     On tourney day, we made a long run to our first spot where I lucked out on a 26.5"er on my second cast.  Jeff followed up with a thick 27" er a few minutes later, which turned out to be the big fish for the event at 7.26lbs.  We finished out our limit and weighed-in at 10:30 am for the welfare of the fish in our livewell.    There were some big weights in this event which would have won in most other years, but - for whatever reason - this was our day.  Everything just went our way.  Again, we are just super grateful and humbled by this success.  We also want to congratulate all the other anglers who did well and give a big 'thank you' to the tournament organizers who put on such a great event!  
    • SkunkedAgain
      I had a good start to the season on opener. Fishing was slow but consistent. I had four eaters in the box by lunch dragging perch raps. Crappies were biting. I haven't been up since so don't know how things have changed since then, but I'm sure the walleye continue to migrate out into the main basins.
    • redlabguy
      Let’s start this by congratulating Brianf and son for winning their second City Autoglass Walleye Classic last weekend. These guys know how to fish.  We just got to the lake for the season. Chores are almost done and I’m ready to fish.  red(new dog is more yellow)labguy
    • Jetsky
      I tried starting a 2024 Lake Vermilion Fishing Report topic but it doesn't show up on this board.   Maybe somebody else knows how to do it?
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