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Date: 5/1/2010 Caught Today: 154 Caught to Date: 154
Paddlefishing season will open at 8 a.m., as will the Cleaning Station at the Confluence. Fish Shuttle service is available from the Pumphouse courtesy NSC, call Alynn (AJ) Beyer at (701-770-5168).

This Catch Report will be updated often as internet access and information is available. Thank you for your support.

Couple inches of snow out there this morning, but it hasn't deterred fishermen. The little city is pretty full. 20 Fish in by 10 AM. count was 70 at 12:30, with about 10 of those female. Some large females coming in. Ended the day with 154.
Date: 5/2/2010 Caught Today: 86 Caught to Date: 240
Good fishing despite the cold windy weather. Most fishermen are pulling up stakes and heading home by noon, but by early afternoon the station has seen 31 fish, about 1/3 nice big females.

STATE RECORD BREAKER FISH TODAY... 130+ POUNDS!
Date: 5/3/2010 Caught Today: 0 Caught to Date: 240
Monday and Tuesday are mandatory catch and release. Cleaning station not in operation.
Date: 5/4/2010 Caught Today: 0 Caught to Date: 240
Catch and Release
Date: 5/5/2010 Caught Today: 64 Caught to Date: 304
At present we do not have Boat Shuttle Service to take fishermen across the river. If anyone is willing, we are hiring.

At 9 p.m. the cleaning station had 61 fish and another was coming in. Cold out there, but at least not windy tonight.
Date: 5/6/2010 Caught Today: 61 Caught to Date: 365
A bit slower day for fish...by mid to late afternoon we'd seen 21 fish come in. The camping area is getting full.
Date: 5/7/2010 Caught Today: 72 Caught to Date: 437
What a day. Some frozen rain pellets, wind, snow, and once in whlie, sun. Many hearty fishermen out there. 58 is the count by 7:30 pm.
Date: 5/8/2010 Caught Today: 115 Caught to Date: 552
Lots of fishermen, success is improving at the pumphouse area. 70 have been brought in as of 4:30 p.m. The site says it feels like we might be between schools of fish. The forecast would be fishing next week still.
Date: 5/9/2010 Caught Today: 54 Caught to Date: 606
Sunday was quite slow with only 54 fish caught. The weather was still pretty cold so that was a factor. Still, we have a grand total of fish caught at the end of the day of 606. To date, 67% of the fish caught are males and 33% females.
Date: 5/10/2010 Caught Today: 0 Caught to Date: 606
Catch & Release
Date: 5/11/2010 Caught Today: 0 Caught to Date: 606
Catch & release. The weather is finally getting nice and there were several fishermen out today even though it was a catch & release day. If the weather holds we could have some good days for the remainder of the week.
Date: 5/12/2010 Caught Today: 62 Caught to Date: 668
The weather was nice and it was a good catch day. Total now at 668 fish.
Date: 5/13/2010 Caught Today: 47 Caught to Date: 715
Date: 5/14/2010 Caught Today: 80 Caught to Date: 795
Date: 5/15/2010 Caught Today: 117 Caught to Date: 912
It was a beautiful day with lots of fishermen, right up until close at 10:00PM. Good season with total of 912 fish caught.
Total Fish Caught This Season 912
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