I have a few more days on the big pond of Sakakawea before heading back to Devils Lake for a couple weeks.

The trend is the fish are definitely deeper. They are out in the bauratrama range no doubt. I hope anglers are paying attention to this because honestly any fish released over 25 foot of water has a very small chance of survival.

I’m telling clients we can catch what we can for bringing home and after that it’s time to call it a day or bore yourself to death fishing shallow.

I’m mystified as to why these fish will not slide way up like they used to when the blows? My entire 40 years fishing this lake, the walleyes would always follow the wind. My only philosophy is, they are like drug addicts, except the walleyes drug is smelt and the smelt are staying deep.

Definitely gonna be exciting to see what the results of the two big tournaments coming up here in the next couple of weeks. One thing is for sure with that many good fishermen on the lake someone always crushes it!

I have a couple more days up here and I will switch gears back to Devils Lake for a couple.