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by Tim Huffman
ew articles are written about crappie
fishing in North Dakota. That’s because Just because it’s late April or May doesn’t
Fthe crappie take a back seat to great mean the North Dakota weather is warm.
walleye and perch fishing. Dress to stay comfortable, find the warmest
The prime season for crappie is winter when water and enjoy some crappie fun.
fish are taken under the ice. Ice-out follows (photo by Cody Roswick)
in the spring when crappie are pursued for a
few weeks. After that, they are forgotten until
winter when ice returns. Devils Lake is a 170,000 acre lake in the
northern part of the state. It’s a natural-formed
glacier lake and a big body of water. Tanner
The crappie fishing in most of our Cherney, with Devil’s Lake Tourism, says,
“Devil’s Lake is relatively shallow at about a 20
lakes is good because they are foot average with the deepest water at 55 feet
basically untouched. depending upon the overall water elevation.
Roughly 80 percent of the activity on the lake
is fishing and the other 20 recreational. So
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