Working together to solve problems
Growing up in North Dakota in the 1980s, the number of fishing waters dotting the landscape was less than half of the 400-plus waters today.
The quality of our fisheries, while fewer than some other states, is certainly worth bragging about. I remind anglers when the rod tip is bouncing, or the fish is frying, the scenery surrounding the water doesn’t matter.
A quality fish is a quality fish.
It’s the same mentality North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries crews carry in working to maintain and enhancing fishing opportunities in our neck of the Northern Great Plains.
An example. Rising water levels this spring created a unique challenge for fisheries crews to safeguard a lake in south central North Dakota that has long served anglers well. The challenge to stop the pstream migration of unwanted fish species into Rice Lake was met with a combination of North Dakota nice (cooperative landowners) and North Dakota smart (ingenuity).
According to Paul Bailey, Game and Fish Department south central district fisheries supervisor: “When Rice L
