Things are just starting to get going here on the Missouri River near Bismarck. The weather has been a little up and down, but it’s trying to get better and it has given us a few little windows to get out.

Seems like once you are out there you will see some life. Of course like normal the further south you go the more and bigger fish you will see. Pretty normal for early spring walleyes on the Big Muddy. As the spring continues the fish will find their way all throughout the river.

So far for us it has been pitching jigs and plastics or jig and minnows out away from the boat. You need to be very methodical with your retrieval of the bait. The fish are out off the current seams mostly. They like to be near the main channel for an easy swim to safety so to speak.

The fish are very spooky especially this time of year. Try and avoid making a lot of noise with your main engines. You will see fish on your electronics entering a spot, but if you are watching these fish with live scope, you will see them scattering away from the boat.

Key to your success right now is sneaking into your spot, casting the jigs out away from the boat, and bringing the jigs back slowly. You do these three things and you will put walleyes in the boat.

I have a couple openings here as of late with rescheduling. If you want to get out on the water, get ahold of me!