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Paddlefish anglers with a yellow harvest tag that are anxious to fish on the Yellowstone River or Missouri River downstream of Fort Peck Reservoir in 2016 need to be aware of two issues. First, for anglers with a yellow paddlefish harvest tag, opening day of paddlefish season is Sunday May 15; however the first harvest day is Tuesday May 17. This oddity of opening day results from designated Catch and Release days (Sunday, Monday, and Thursday) and mandatory Catch and Harvest days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday). Thus, in 2016, the...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department closed the state’s 2016 regular paddlefish snagging season, effective at 9 p.m. Central Daylight Time, on Monday, May 9. Snaggers are reminded that Sunday and Monday are snag-and-release only. The 2016-18 fishing proclamation allows for the Game and Fish director to close the snagging season early if it appears the harvest will exceed 1,000 paddlefish. “Snaggers this year have been extremely successful,” said Greg Power, fisheries chief. “In addition, similar to last year, a high proportion of this ye...
Before hitting the river, paddlefish anglers should be aware of a new requirement this year. Anglers harvesting a paddlefish anywhere in Montana are now required to report their harvest within 48 hours. Anglers not reporting a harvested paddlefish will not be eligible to purchase a paddlefish tag the following year. Options for reporting a harvested paddlefish include on-site where the fish was harvested (like the fish cleaning station at Intake Fishing Access Site) or a phone hotline. Those wishing to report their harvest by phone must call 1-...
A paddlefish tag is required to participate in North Dakota’s paddlefish snagging season, which opens May. 1 and is scheduled to continue through the end of May. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Snag-and-release of all paddlefish is required on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays; therefore, the first two days of the 2016 snagging season will be snag-and-release only. Mandatory harvest of all snagged paddlefish is required on T...
A paddlefish tag is required to participate in North Dakota’s paddlefish snagging season, which opens May 1 and is scheduled to continue through the end of May. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Snag-and-release of all paddlefish is required on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays; therefore, the first two days of the 2016 snagging season will be snag-and-release only. Mandatory harvest of all snagged paddlefish is required on T...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is seeking public comment on tentative changes to Montana’s fishing regulations for the 2016 season. The Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the tentative regulations for public comment at the Aug. 6 meeting. Some Eastern Montana fishing regulation proposals include: Ten fish species allowed as live bait in the Eastern and Central Fishing Districts Seven fish species allowed as live bait at Tongue River Reservoir Mandatory paddlefish harvest reporting Paddlefish harvest tag lottery for Fort Peck – Mis...
Paddlefish harvest season closed at Intake fishing access site and in the Yellowstone River and the Missouri River below Fort Peck Dam effective Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 12:00 pm. Thereafter, catch-and-release paddlefishing is allowed only at Intake fishing access site from 6 am – 9 pm, through Saturday, June 13, 2015. With Montana’s paddlefish harvest target expected to be reached, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission agreed today to close the 2015 paddlefish harvest season on the Yellowstone River and the Missouri River below Fort Pec...
Muscle tissue and eggs from 30 paddlefish snagged this spring have come back clear of any lingering effects from an oil spill in the Yellowstone River in Montana last January. State Game and Fish Department fisheries chief Greg Power said Game and Fish and North Star Caviar, a nonprofit group that processes paddlefish eggs into caviar for sale, sent the samples to a lab for analysis to find out whether there was any contamination from 30,000 gallons of crude oil that entered the Yellowstone River near Glendive following a pipeline break in...
North Dakota’s paddlefish snagging season opens May 1, and the season is scheduled to continue through the end of May. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Paddlefish tags are available over-the-counter-only in Bismarck at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s main office; in Williston at the Williams County auditor’s office, Scenic Sports and Wal-Mart; and in Dickinson at Runnings Farm and Fleet. Snaggers should be aware that ma...
BILLINGS — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has no plans to change its paddlefish season as a result of January’s oil spill in the Yellowstone River west of Glendive. On Jan. 17, 2015, a 12-inch-diameter Bridger Pipeline broke beneath the Yellowstone River six miles upstream from Glendive, dumping some 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the water. Efforts to clean up the spill and account for damage from the oil were thwarted until last week because ice covered the river. FWP has issued a fish-consumption advisory for any fish caught below the spi...
BILLINGS— Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has issued a consumption advisory for fish caught in the Yellowstone River in the area of a Jan. 17, 2015, oil spill west of Glendive. People who have caught fish in the Yellowstone River between the spill site, six miles upstream from Glendive, and the North Dakota state line should be cautious about consuming them. This week FWP biologists started capturing fish below the oil spill site and sending them to a laboratory for testing. Biologists and game wardens also are asking anglers if they will d...
This site works closely with the Williston CVB and Chamber of Commerce as well as with the Fairview, MT Chamber of Commerce to market the site. These organizations' websites, along with the Sidney, MT Chamber website, carry the site's programs, open hours, and other information. Most of the oil field businesses have joined the Chamber so the information is disseminated to them. The site has also worked with Target Logistics and other housing companies from the oil field to provide information to...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced today that the state’s 2014 regular paddlefish snagging season will close at 10 p.m. Central Daylight Time, Sunday, May 18, to protect the population level of the fish. However, snaggers are reminded that Sunday is a snag-and-release only day. The 2014-16 fishing proclamation allows for the Game and Fish director to close the snagging season early if it appears more than 1,000 paddlefish will be harvested. Fisheries chief Greg Power said it’s been another successful year. “The unique thing...
The North Dakota paddlefishing season is in full swing. The season runs through the end of May; but might be cut short if harvest limits are reached. The Montana paddlefish season begins May 15. Pictured are paddlefishermen attempting to snag a fish at the Yellowstone-Missouri River Confluence on Sunday....
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will continue to implement camping restrictions on some wildlife management areas in western North Dakota and along Lake Sakakawea. Overnight camping is prohibited on the following WMAs: Antelope Creek, Lewis and Clark, Big Oxbow, Ochs Point, Neu’s Point (except campers accessing by boat, and only at the point area), Overlook, Sullivan and Tobacco Garden in McKenzie County; Van Hook in Mountrail County; and Hofflund and Trenton in Williams County. Lewis and Clark WMA is closed from one hour after s...
North Dakota’s paddlefish snagging season opens May 1 and is scheduled to continue through the end of the month. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Potential snaggers are reminded that opening day, May 1, falls on a Thursday. Snag-and-release of all paddlefish is required on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays, so opening day is snag-and-release only. Mandatory harvest of all snagged paddlefish is required on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, F...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has decided to wait at least a year before developing a lottery to issue tags for the paddlefish snagging season. While legislation passed in 2013 allows the Department to use a lottery system to issue paddlefish tags if and when needed, Game and Fish Department fisheries chief Greg Power said that after full review of the 2013 paddlefish season, and considering ongoing research on the paddlefish population, biologists have determined that a lottery is not necessary in 2014. “However, this ongoing p...
Fort Union Trading Post NHS is proud to announce that the Friends of Fort Union and Fort Buford received the 2013 National Park Service Midwest Region Partnership Award for their long term support of Fort Union Trading Post. For over 28 years, the Friends of Fort Union Trading Post have provided vital support to the park. The “Friends” have coordinated significant fund-raising efforts for park reconstruction and annual interpretive events. They have supported publication of books related to the...
North Dakota game wardens issued a record number of citations during the recent paddlefish snagging season. From opening day May 1until the season closed May 19, wardens cited more than 170 individuals as part of an annual saturation effort in Williams and McKenzie counties. Last year the citation total for a similar timeframe was 82. Robert Timian, enforcement chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said the agency has for many years brought in wardens from other areas of the state to help during the paddlefish snagging season....
Many things can bring a family together. For the Roth family that thing is Paddlefish season. Ilene Roth of Sidney, has been grilling and pickling paddlefish for as long as she can remember. Although she says the paddlefish are very good grilled, Ilene prefers to pickle them. She explained that paddlefish are perfect for pickling because they don’t have any bones, so you don’t have to wait for the bones to soften. She says it’s an easy process; it just takes a little patience. The very first ste...
North Dakota’s paddlefish snagging season opens May 1 and is scheduled to continue through the end of the month. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 36-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Legal snagging hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. One tag per snagger will be issued. Snagging is legal in all areas of the Yellowstone River in North Dakota, and in the area of the Missouri River lying west of the U.S. Highway 85 bridge to the Montana border, excluding that p...
Although it doesn’t feel like it, May is just around the corner which means so is paddlefishing season. People flock from all over the country to ‘fish’ for this unique species. Paddlefish, which are considered to be a prehistoric fish, can grow up to seven feet and as much as 200 pounds. Although they have cartilaginous bodies like a shark, they are not related. In fact there aren’t any other animals in North America like it. The name paddlefish is rather obvious when you look at the fish. Scie...
Whopper Club Only species listed and meeting minimum weight requirements will qualify for a patch and certificate. Only one application may be made for each species in a lifetime. Anglers receive a patch for the first whopper of a species, an Expert patch for a whopper of another species, and a Master patch for a whopper of a third species. After that only certificates will be awarded for whoppers of additional species. An application card must be filled out, giving weight and length of fish, da...
