Mike Peluso
By Mike Peluso
I've been a bit of a road warrior since leaving Devils Lake to get to Sakakawea this week, but the first thing I want to do is congratulate everyone who participated in the ND Governors Cup on the east end of the big lake. It sounded like the walleye bite over that way was a little hit and miss making it a tough competition.
A special congratulations goes out to my good friends and fishing buddies Ernie Barnhard and Cory Christensen on catching the single day's largest weight ever, and also placing second! Great job fellas!
So, what's been happening in my world 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 Lake is ridiculously good. There are tons of walleyes and all sorts of different sizes mixed in.
Structure like old shorelines, points, humps and roadbeds all produced fish pulling both spinners and slow death rigs with crawlers. I saw guys cranking and bobbering and doing well also!
I switched gears and I'm now on Sakakawea for half of the week, so the 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 still most active up in the shallow water. I have been catching walleyes in water as shallow as 5 feet on some days. The bulk of the fish however seem to like the 15-to-23-foot range.
On Sakakawea, it's the same story for presentation as we're pulling plain hooks and slow death figs with crawlers. Jigs and crawlers and jigs and plastics are working when pitching up shallow, especially in the early morning hours.
I'm not taking any more bookings for Devils or Sakakawea for the season. I'm pretty well full. I am, however, starting to pencil in trips for the fall bite on the Missouri River this autumn starting late September and running until we can't get the boats in the water. It should be an excellent fall for walleyes on the river.
Mike Peluso is a Dakota Edge Outdoors contributing writer and licensed ND fishing guide specializing in walleyes on the state's premier waters.
Featured Photo: Plain and Simple. Easy rigs from a plain hook, to a spinner, to a slow death rig are converting walleyes right now on Lake Sakakawea and Devils Lake. DEO Photo by Mike Peluso.
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