It's hard to believe it's the ending to the open water 2023 season. What started slow with snow and the river still being froze and the big muddy holding up to her name. Ended on the highest of highs! Ive never seen a fall like this one on the Missouri River! I was...
Modern technology and its impact on fishing as a whole, is quickly becoming more common and in some situations, extremely controversial. I'm sure everyone reading the first sentence of this article thinks I'm talking about the fish-catching impact. Of course, it all...
I get asked all the time what it is like to be a guide. Some of the questions I get on a daily basis are, how do you do it day in and day out? The other question is how can you fish every day and not get sick of it? Another one is you must eat a lot of fish. I’ve...
I’ve been thinking about writing an article about this for a long time. My personal history on this body of water would basically start back in 1975. This is the year my parents decide to move to Bismarck, ND for work. When they were considering coming to North...
I was recently on the Review Your Gear Podcast and the question came up about the rods I have exclusively been using for the past 4 years now. Not only do I use these rods on a daily basis, but I am also allowing my clients to use these rods as well. I do have a few...
Jig Raps, Puppet Minnows, Shiver Minnows, Crystal Reaper (my personal favorite) all catch fish, and all have a time and place where they excel and shine. I will say this, most of the clients I get in my boat over the course of the year, are afraid of Jig Raps. There...
Near Bismarck, ND Growing up here in Bismarck, ND was probably the greatest place in the world for me to grow up. I was so fortunate to have a mom who literally told my father he could fish as much as he wanted, as long as he didn’t leave me home. The backstory...
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