I’m sorry this report is coming at you a little late today. Kinda been a road warrior since leaving Devils Lake to get to Sakakawea.

First thing I want to do is congratulate everyone who participated in the ND Governors Cup on the east end of the big lake. Sounded like the bite over that way was a little hit and miss making it tough.

A special congratulations goes out to my good friends and fishing buddies Ernie Barnhard and Cory Christensen on catching the single days largest weight ever, and also placing second! Great job fellas!

So what’s been happening in the world of MPO Outdoors this week? Well, Devils Lake once again showed me why it’s considered one of the top fisheries in the country. Not only did we catch numbers we also caught sone really nice fish mixed in!

The future of Devils from what I’m seeing is ridiculously good. Tons of fish and all sorts of different sizes mixed in.

Shoreline structure like old shorelines, points, humps and roadbeds all produced fish pulling both spinners and slow death with crawlers. Saw guys cranking and bobbering and doing well also!

I switched gears and I’m now on Sakakawea for half the week, so next report will be a mix as well.

Not much has changed on Sakakawea at least in the area I’ve been concentrating on. Fish are definitely still most active up in the shallow water. Catching fish in water as shallow as 5 foot on days. The bulk of the fish however seem to like the 15 to 23 foot range.

Same story pulling plain hooks and slow death with crawlers. Jigs and crawlers and jigs and plastics are working pitching up shallow especially in the early morning hours.

I’m not taking anymore booking for Devils or Sakakawea for the season. I’m pretty well full. I am however starting to pencil on trips for the fall bite on the Missouri River this fall starting late September and running those until we can’t get the boats in the water. Should be an excellent fall on the river.