By Brad Durick

Another front has the catfish on the Red River acting a little weird again. I guess 95 degrees on Sunday, 75 Monday and then a drop to 65 on Tuesday might do that. The catfish are just off the main current now. It seems that they are liking a little deeper water than they were just last weekend.

Sit times seem to vary day to day, so see what is working for you. I would start with 25 minutes and go from there. With a few days of stable weather, the catfish will move back into the current to feed as it is that time of year and good flows like we have now seem to get them going.

The water level on the Red River has fallen some the past few days and it is time to downsize from 4oz sinkers to 3oz if one chooses.

Two- or three-days dead sucker or frogs are still the clear bait winners. It remains a very seasonal bite right now with frogs being better in the morning and night while the sucker takes over late morning as the preferred bait. I did see some success on goldeye late last week but sucker still outproduced it.

September should be the month of big fish based on current conditions. I have dates available beginning September 4.  Call or text 701-739-5808 for information or to book.

Brad Durick is a Dakota Edge Outdoors contributing writer and a licensed ND fishing guide specializing in trophy catfish on the Red River in and around Grand Forks.  Read more from him at redrivercatfish.com

Featured Photo: From the Frontal Funk.  Good catfish can still be caught despite the shifty weather the Red River valley has experienced recently. DEO Photo by Brad Durick.