Fisheries biologists start the annual process in October because that’s when the salmon are ready to give up their eggs.

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — In this weekend’s North Dakota Outdoors, Mike Anderson takes us to Lake Sakakawea, where fisheries ...

This is the time of year anglers start targeting salmon on Lake Sakakawea, as Mike Anderson explains in this week’s segment of “North Dakota Outdoors.” Joining him is Game and Fish Department ...

You often hear veteran anglers and biologists refer to the current status of North Dakota’s fisheries as “the good old days.” Of course, that’s a general reference and each individual water is unique.

Rodger Affeldt stood behind the counter of Cenex Bait and Tackle along Highway 37 and read aloud a list of boat accesses expected to be open this summer on nearby Lake Sakakawea. He was making a point ...

In this segment of “North Dakota Outdoors,” host Mike Anderson takes us to Lake Sakakawea during this year’s fall fish reproduction survey. Fisheries supervisor Russ Kinzler says this year’s fall fish ...