Paddlefishing 2018

jdfisherman · Apr 25, 2018

Time to start this year's thread.

With the long winter and a lot of ice left of the lake, will paddlefish be in the river already on opening day?

cooter00 · Apr 25, 2018

I'm thinking they won't and if they Are it will be hard to snag them because of the high river lvls just my opinion I could be wrong

fj40 · Apr 25, 2018

It's going to be tough with the water as high as it is.

Kickemup · Apr 25, 2018

I just looked at last years data. The water temp is the same as last year for this time and the river is only 2 feet higher and slowly going down. I’m guessing the fish will be there. Just might have to drink a few more beers and fish less then. 7 days from now I’ll be sitting at the confluence drinking a beer.

Mort · Apr 26, 2018

Oh, it'll be interesting to say the least this year, and for those that don't know the changes, line in the water is from 7 AM to 7 PM.

KDM · Apr 26, 2018

Mort said:
Oh, it'll be interesting to say the least this year, and for those that don't know the changes, line in the water is from 7 AM to 7 PM.

Yeah, but Beer in the hand is 24/7.

Paddledogger · Apr 26, 2018

I would like to mention and ask for all of those people who do paddlefish to make sure they clean up after themselves and maybe pick up any other trash that has been there from over the years. Try to make it a better and cleaner place than the way you find it.

Two feet higher still adds a lot of extra water to contend with. I've seen the river come up a foot or two overnight when the runoff begins to make its way to North Dakota. Should be good fishing in Montana as their season open May 15th.

FISH ON!

Gr8tz · Apr 30, 2018

Who’s going to be out trying there luck tomorrow for opener

Kickemup · Apr 30, 2018

Gr8tz said:
Who’s going to be out trying there luck tomorrow for opener

Ill be there Wednesday afternoon with the wife and kdm in tow.

NPO_Aaron · Apr 30, 2018

I'm looking to try for the first time. Is a 10' Surf fishing rod big enough?

KDM · Apr 30, 2018

NPO_Aaron said:
I'm looking to try for the first time. Is a 10' Surf fishing rod big enough?

Sure is. Glad you're going to give it a go. Spool with 60-85 lb PP and you will be in the money. If you use that lime green garbage you get at scenic sports I'm going to point at you and giggle. If you're wandering around the confluence, drop us a line and stop by for a beverage. PM me if you want/need my number. Good Luck!! Catch a centurion!!!! That's a 100+ pounder.

Brian Renville · May 1, 2018

Early report is the season might not last long. Kinda surprised to hear that actually.

Fracman · May 1, 2018

They have hit their quota of 1000 fish season closes tomorrow at noon.

Brian Renville · May 1, 2018

;:;rofl

Fracman said:
They have hit their quota of 1000 fish season closes tomorrow at noon.

Paddledogger · May 1, 2018

Only 28 at mid-day isn't real high #. I just wonder how many are on the belt waiting to be cleaned. This picture of the 93# looks like the parking lot is busy, so there must be a decent crowd there. Hope they post #'s and male/female ratio in timely manner.

Gr8tz · May 1, 2018

Did anyone hear what the numbers were today, we head out Thursday just curious if it’s going to be a though year

Brian Renville · May 1, 2018

Just heard the confluence count is 76 with 105# leading the pack so far.

riverview · May 1, 2018

water looks pretty high

LBrandt · May 5, 2018

Have not heard anything lately so they have not caught anything worth bragging about or they drowned or way too many num nums to be able to type.

fj40 · May 5, 2018

I checked on the boys on Thursday (catch and release day) and KDM caught 3, biggest he guessed at 100 pounds. Kickemup had some luck too but I think it was tough yesterday. Buddy went out and got skunked. Says only 50 fish were caught yesterday.

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