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Outdoor notes:
*Nov. 6: Deer gun season opens.
*Nov. 7: Bobcat season opens.
Fishing:
*Devils Lake elevation, Oct. 20: 1,448.62 feet above mean sea level (MSL).
*Stump Lake elevation: 1,448.48 MSL.
*Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,839.03 MSL; 13,200 cubic feet per second average (CFS) Garrison Dam daily releases.
*Devils Lake, Ed’s Bait Shop, Devils Lake: Weather limiting activity but when possible, try vertical jigging morning or evening for walleye.
*Foster County area lakes, Dry Dock, Carrington: Area lakes quiet.
*Jamestown Reservoir, Pioneer Bait & Tackle, Jamestown: Weather permitting, James River producing a mix of species. Area lakes quiet.
*Lake Sakakawea, Cenex Bait & Tackle, Garrison: Limited reports on the east end of Lake Sakakawea but those anglers venturing out still found a few walleye. Lake Audubon fair to good, weather permitting, for walleye. Try a variety of depths and presentations on both lakes.
*Lake Sakakawea, Indian Hills Resort, Garrison: Wind and weather limiting activity.
*Lake Sakakawea/Lake Audubon/Missouri River, Scott’s Bait and Tackle, Pick City: Missouri River tailrace continues producing activity from shore, including catfish, salmon, and walleye. Look for a little bit of a night bite from boats but not many anglers out. Lake Sakakawea quiet.
*Lonetree WMA area lakes, Harvey: Coal Mine Lake open to boat fishing yet.
Hunting:
*Upland: Be extremely careful with identification with lots of young pheasants yet. Fair to good numbers of birds in areas with cover. Some crops still standing west of the Missouri River, which could limit pheasant success. Good numbers in the northwest.
*Waterfowl: Hunters generally having fair success in south-central N.D. Wetlands icing over in north-central N.D. although hunters had fair success earlier in the week. Cooler weather starting to move waterfowl with some reports of snow geese moving into McLean County. Some waterfowl starting to move into the Lonetree WMA region of central N.D. but the major push is yet to arrive. Not much waterfowl movement yet early in the week around the Towner and Devils Lake areas. Decent goose numbers around N.D. Highway 19 but look for more movement with cooler weather. Good numbers, as well. Sandhill cranes moving out. Some waterfowl activity around the midsection of Lake Sakakawea but outlying ponds are icing over and remaining birds will likely move to the open water of the lake. Generally look for more movement with recent cold and snowy weather but wetlands are icing over.
Numbers to know:
*N.D. Game and Fish Department, main Bismarck office: (701) 328-6300, website: (http://gf.nd.gov).
*N.D. Game and Fish Department, Devils Lake office: (701) 662-3617.
*N.D. Game & Fish Department, Jamestown office: (701) 253-6480.
*Report All Poachers: (800) 472-2121 or (701) 328-9921.