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Devils Lake 45th Annual Chamber Walleye Tournament Designed for Family, Fun & Fish

May 19, 2021

It’s on! It’s live! It’s in person! It’s the 45th Annual Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce Walleye Tournament. The two-day 125-boat community event combines homecoming and fun with a serious competition. Teams fish Friday and Saturday, June 25 – 26 for the $6,500 guaranteed first prize. Cash payout is more than 100-percent of team entry fees; dozens of valuable prizes and cash have also been donated by local merchants. Sunday, June 27 is reserved if weather shuts down a tournament day. Johnnie Candle, tournament director, said, “It…

The Seasons are Changing on Devils Lake

March 17, 2021

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“Better safe than sorry,” veteran Devils Lake, North Dakota ice guide Zippy Dahl said after closing out his 26th year on the ice. His 10 guides operate under the apt title of Perch Patrol. “This was an extremely busy winter, with clients filling most every day from Christmas through the first week of March,” he said. Business was solid due to the continued Canadian border closure and shaky ice conditions in much of the traditional ice fishing belt. “Our ice shaped up early and…

Devils Lake Mid-Summer = Hot Fishing Now

July 29, 2020

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“Social Distancing” to Devils Lake fishing guides is up close and personal while lifting a walleye in the net. It’s arranging clients so they can easily watch their slip-bobbers. And, high-fiving when they catch any of the lake’s popular summer-time species: walleyes, northern pike and white bass. Life is returning to normal, with business about “even” right now compared to a year ago, according to Suzie Kenner, Devils Lake Tourism executive director. “Travelers need to take the time to…

Devils Lake: The Fish are Waiting for You!

April 9, 2020

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Devils Lake fishing is a dream-maker. It’s the reason so many out-of-area visitors plan vacations, trips, family fishing or guide trips and lodging in advance. Those plans are temporarily on hold during the coronavirus travel and stay-at-home restrictions. But, it’s like the stock market, don’t wait. Those dreams will become realities in a few months. Those who push back their mid-May and early-June trips to later in the year may also compete with many others trying to do the same.…

From Ice to Open Water – The Time is Now on Magical Devils Lake

March 11, 2020

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When the Devils Lake ice sheet eases away from shore sometime in the latter weeks of April, the rush is on. Anglers drop everything and travel from everywhere to intercept walleyes and northern pike which have been doing the same program for centuries. Pike and walleyes are hurrying upstream to perform their spring spawning rituals. Fishermen are there to take a few of these for a fish dinner. For decades, Devils Lake has provided a bounty for spring shoreline fishermen.…

Devils Lake 45th Annual Chamber Walleye Tournament Designed for Family, Fun & Fish

The Seasons are Changing on Devils Lake

Devils Lake Mid-Summer = Hot Fishing Now

Devils Lake: The Fish are Waiting for You!

From Ice to Open Water – The Time is Now on Magical Devils Lake

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