Red river fishing

[Kylah]

I'm from Oregon and visiting Grand Forks for the next few days. I'm wondering what the walleye fishing looks like on the Red River this time of year.

 

[gatorbaiter]

walleye fishing on the red is a tough deal any time. There is some huge fish in there but not many and hard to find. saugers are much easier but of course much smaller. I fish up by Drayton and this year was very slow. went about ten times over two months up by the dam and caught plenty of saugers, a hundred or so, but just one walleye of 16 inches. Some years are better and guys get eyes up to about 13 pounds but you have to put in a lot of time and the game is quality not quantity. my personal best is around six pounds but have talked with guys who have caught much bigger. Usually for me the best walleye fishing is in late september through october but I'm no expert. just fished the red occasionaly for about five years. Have caught some nice pike late in the year once but that might just have been luck.
My guess is your chances would be slim right now but like they say you never catch fish from your living room so who knows?

 

[Captainbrad]

I have not been down to the river in a few days but my guess is there may be some ice forming now. I guess I would park by the dam and start fishing the seams near the dam with jigs and plastic.

I walleye fished a lot this fall and it was not near as good to me this year as last year although I was fortunate to land a new PB walleye for the GF area. One thing this year presented that was odd is the water stayed warm later. We were still hammering catfish half way into October.