RRREV IT UP!  This weekend is going to be great!  With warm temperatures, light winds, and mostly dry conditions until tomorrow night, it’ll be one of those stretches you want to bottle up and save for January.  We go around the horn (and talk about horns) in today’s R-themed Outdoors Roundup. Featured Photo:  Run, little…

By Nick Simonson Flowing waters provide some of the best opportunities to find fish, whether it’s small creeks and streams or larger rivers, and oftentimes they do not require a boat to get on the best spots.  However, knowing where to look on a river for those classic areas that provide holding spots for hungry…

HUNGRY?  Eat your greens!  While you’re probably thinking barbecue for this awesome summer weekend setting up, we’ve got the inside scoop on all of the good stuff that comes from cattails, if you’re fond of foraging.  We take a look at an awesome weather weekend and the upcoming fall pronghorn season in our Outdoors Roundup…

HOT TOPICS.  The weather will be warm with the start of August as a stretch of 80 degree days settle in. We’ve got hot topics on tap with the warmth, including the sharp new ND hunting guide, what you can do to help with monarch knowledge and how exactly one finds his or her true…

By Doug Leier, NDG&F Dept. A common question I get is “what does it take to get a job with the Game and Fish Department?”   If we’re talking about just the wildlife or fisheries biologist side, the answer involves at minimum a four-year degree in some type of biology or wildlife management curriculum.  En route to…

NDG&F Dept. Press Release   North Dakota’s early Canada goose season dates are set, with bag limits and licensing requirements the same as last year.   Opening day for early Canada goose is Aug. 15 in all three zones. Closing dates are Sept. 7 in the Missouri River zone, Sept. 15 in the western zone…

WARM IT UP.  Temperatures take us back into summer territory, with highs in the mid 80s for the final day of July.  Relatively calm winds will facilitate a great two-day stretch on the water before a chance for rain moves in on Friday. In the meantime, we’ve got news and stories from state and regional…

NDG&F Press Release     North Dakota’s 2019 pronghorn hunting season is set, with 1,330 licenses available in 12 open units.   Bruce Stillings, big game management supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said license numbers and open units are up from last year, when the department allocated 1,075 licenses and had…

TUESDAY TRACKER.  Wind and warm will be the name of the game today as we start thinking about the upcoming upland season.  So far, things are looking good weather-wise throughout the nesting and brooding timeframe. We cover that and more in today’s Outdoors Roundup. Featured Photo:  Summer Sprint. A hen pheasant and her chicks make…

MILD MONDAY.  Things cool off a tad after a strong line of storms pushed through the eastern half of the state yesterday, dropping hail and bringing heavy rain and strong winds. With a cool down, we refresh the plan to fight ANS, look ahead to an NDWF fundraiser and migratory bird money in our Outdoors…

SHAKE IT OFF.  As we enter the dog days of summer, don’t forget to keep your four-legged friend cool.  Practice retrieves by stick, dummy or bumper, and get them some fitness time on the trail as well. If worse comes to worse, just take them fishing.  On the latter we’ve got sources for salmon and…

By Nick Simonson In our summer fun tying series, we’ve addressed beetles and ants and whipped up a spider, but by far the finest floating fly to flip for fish in any flow is the late summer classic – the foam hopper.  In yellows, greens and beiges these foam flies can be tied to match…

KID CATCHES.  Today’s a great day to get out with a young angler – it’s warm, sunny, and calm – the kind of day that lingers in memory for a lifetime, so go out and make it happen. This stretch of late summer provides good opportunities for kids to get on fast biting fish.  In…

NDG&F Press Release Pronghorn and swan applications are now available online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. Only North Dakota residents are eligible to apply for a pronghorn license. The pronghorn license fee is $30 for ages 16 and older, and $10 for under age 16. Applicants for a pronghorn lottery license…

By Nick Simonson   The principles of catch-and-release angling and selective harvest have been part of the public fishing consciousness for several decades, with the idea that through proper landing, handling and treatment of caught fish, productive fisheries can be sustained and maintained through the actions of anglers.  While a noble pursuit and one practiced…

HOT STUFF.  A warm weekend is on tap, with a solid stretch of weather to help close out your July.  We look back at a hot June, how to build a boat launch, and a blue-green algae alert in today’s Outdoors Roundup. Featured Photo:   The Fish Creek valley winds down to the recreation area near…

THIRSTY?  Drink it in! There’s lots to discover in area waters and sampling all fishing that’s available has always been a hallmark of Dakota Edge Outdoors.  In our Outdoors Roundup, the NDG&F encourages taking advantage of the state’s great smallmouth fisheries, we look at how other agencies are trying to control nuisance fish and what’s…

By Doug Leier, NDG&F Dept. It’s the middle of summer and hunting seasons are still weeks away.   In the meantime, North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologists are busy with their summer upland game and waterfowl brood surveys that will provide some perspective on hunting prospects for when the seasons do open.   The…

LET’S WALK.  Great conditions for hiking and getting in shape for the upcoming hunting season abound this week, straight into the weekend. Get out there, get some miles on and enjoy this nice stretch perfect for fishing or hunting prep and any outdoor activity. We trek around the horn from the Badlands to the big…

NDG&F Press Release North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently finished stocking more than 140 lakes across the state with walleye fingerlings, completing one of the largest stocking efforts in the history of the agency. This includes more than 11.3 million fingerlings from Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery, besting the previous record walleye production…

COLOR MY WORLD.  A bright sunny day follows an influx of clouds this morning as things remain calm on your near-perfect Monday.  How you color your day is up to you, but we look at some of the more notable man-made shades that work well in the wild as part of our Outdoors Roundup. Featured…

UPS & DOWNS.  Clouds roll in this morning and then speed out this afternoon, bringing a chance for rain, but things will clear by evening.  Tomorrow (being Monday, of course) should be a great one, so call in sick!  We go around the horn in our Outdoors Update talking sage grouse, turtles and an upland…

HATCH A PLAN.  A slight cool down will help you get outside and on to some summer things.  Whether that’s fishing or hunting prep is up to you.  We take a look at how things are shaping up in today’s Outdoors Roundup. Featured Photo:  THE DRY PATH.  A pheasant hen and two of her chicks…

FLASHY.  Another night of thunder and lightning added some flash to the sky in the early morning hours, bringing with it a bit of a cool down for the weekend.  We check that out and get psyched for some salmon fishing in today’s Outdoors Roundup.   Featured Photo:  BLING!  Flashers are ready to go for…