Can anyone make a recommendation for trout fishing streams/rivers as well as walleye lake fishing? We are going to be in ND around the first of Aug 09 and looking for a good place to fish with a decent campground in the area. Will take all suggestions and recommendations. Thanks. I don't do fly fishing!
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We stopped at Lake Sakakawea State Park last July on our way back from Alaska. Beautiful campgrounds (more than one) and a huge reservoir. You should have a good size boat (18' or bigger) and watch the weather, but there are lots of walleyes in the lake. A neighboring camper came in after a day of fishing with a nice catch of walleyes-----and that was mid-July which is not normally a great time to fish walleyes.
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I'd contact the North Dakota Game & Fish Department @General Information: 701-328-6300.
Reason being the long hard winter just over in North Dakota. So many good trout lakes suffered winter kill from oxygen depletion due to the heavy snow cover.
There are a few I would have recommended, but I surely do not know if they would be available this year due to winter kill.
Since the 60's I have fished about every body of water in ND containing walleyes.
An impoundment of the Missouri River, Lake Sakakawea is a great fishery. For August I would try the lake's Van Hook Arm near Newtown and Parshall, ND. There are a couple of nice campgrounds in those areas and have launch ramps, docks, and services. Lots of fisherman camp here and will be glad to show you the ropes.
Have someone show you 'Shell Village' and fish there.
Try slow-trolling shadraps (no. 5's gold color) down deep as slow as you can..2mph is too fast. Also bottom-bouncers with minnow or leech is a killer.
If I were in ND in August, that's where I would be, but it is way too hot for me then. I am going to be about 900 miles further north in Manitoba & Saskatchewan's glacial lake country...which is simply fantastic scenery with unbelievable fishing. God's Country and Giant Mosquitos!
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