Opening the dams on the Misouri River

[perchplucker]

Saw this morning that the Corp or whoever is in charge is opening the dams on the Missouri River to relieve the flooding in Montana and Dakotas. People should be ready to evacuate. Well so much for fishing that river for a while again. I want it down low with dikes sticking out. Ready to night fish but this can only be done safely when water is down. River has been running high all summer for the last few years.

[mduncan62]

What do you catch on the river? And what area?

[Jerkey Log]

Just got home from North Dakota, SD line, Lake Ohae. Water is as high as it has been in the last 5 years I have been going there. They are forecasting the river to go up 5 foot more, just from the ice pack water that is yet to come. This will make SD pull the curtesy docks, which will close down the Walleye Fishing in SD. Been going the last 5 years and the lake is up about 30 ft since then. The ramp we used 5 yrs ago is gone, it was a low water ramp, been using the high water ramp and the water is in the parking now! It is a great place to catch some eyes if'n ya want. Don't think you are going to see any dikes in the river for a while! Sorry!

[perchplucker]

Catfish mostly. But in spring you can have a blast catching shovelnose sturgeon. We caught and released 60 saturday. Anything in a small river is in the Missouri only in bigger size. Just watch out for the jumping carp. A couple of years ago my husband caught a smallmouth bass while worm fishing for cats. It is a lot harder to fish than a small river.