Dakota Recreation Report

Outdoor notes:

*Use caution on any ice with water and mud along the shoreline.

*May 1: Paddlefish season opens.

Fishing:

*Devils Lake elevation, April 17: 1,449.70 feet above mean sea level (MSL).

*Stump Lake elevation: 1,449.67 MSL.

*Lake Sakakawea elevation: 11,840.62 MSL; 29,000 cubic feet per second average (CFS) Garrison Dam daily releases.

*N.D. Game & Fish Dept. Dist. game wardens: Minimal...