Sheyenne River Water Trail

[Fly Carpin]

Anyone know of any other ND waterways worthy of a kayak/canoe trip? I know I could do a run on the Souris, and wouldn't mind doing that.

South Unit to North Unit of TRNP. 105ish miles, VERY fun during spring runoff. Have done it in a canoe and in a kayak. Takes between 3 and 5 days, depending on current and paddler musculature.

 

[tdismydog]

When is the last time you’ve caught a rainbow trout out of the Sheyenne?

I’ve fished the Sheyenne and the likes for many years. I know what’s in there.

Ha no rainbows to speak of, but I have caught almost everything else short of a mermaid.

 

[Fester]

Missouri always has kayakers on it during the summer.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Bring it all the way north. I just got back from a two day fishing trip on the Cheyenne with my Grandsons and we talked Long and hard about building a light raft for river travel but after reading this I'm thinking a flat bottom jon boat might be better.

The fishing was a lot of fun , It was our first ice fishing there, the bite was so light that it took us a while to catch the first one on but once we figured them out ,we caught and released a bunch of goldeyes.
I'd compare it to a finicky perch bite so it was good expierence and they are quite a ways down the learning curve if we ever get on top DL perch, The ice was constantly around 36'' where we drilled a bunch of holes . The only bad part was water came up the holes so we were wallowing around in 10 inches of slush the first day but drilled next to a snowmobile trail on day two and that was a lot better. I'm guessing you could find non game fish almost anywhere along the river and It's a great resource for teaching kids how to fish. The summer bite was a lot more aggressive, we only catch suckers , catfish and carp but the river runs along thier small farm so it's handy to walk 100 yards and go fishing..

Edit : we catch catfish , goldeyes and suckers, not carp.

 

[FishFinder97]

The stretch from valley city going north towards faust park and baldhill is pretty decent As is the area around the park by the Hi Lone.But Kdm hit the nail on the head going south from valley city the river is no joke. Theres even a lowhead damn with private land all around it that isn't well known I believe it was maybe called Brown dam back in the day? If i were going out I would launch at the fish hatchery and fish that area, going south of VC one should really know what they are doing.

 

[Vollmer]

South Unit to North Unit of TRNP. 105ish miles, VERY fun during spring runoff. Have done it in a canoe and in a kayak. Takes between 3 and 5 days, depending on current and paddler musculature.

Me being a pansy about rattle snakes, embarrassingly.

 

[1lessdog]

When is the last time you’ve caught a rainbow trout out of the Sheyenne?

I’ve fished the Sheyenne and the likes for many years. I know what’s in there.

I caught two in Mirror Pool maybe 40 or 45 yrs ago. That right next to Sheyenne River.

 

[Jiffy]

I bet a T-Rex chased you out of there too didn’t it.