Trouble is , if you ’ re a hunter , you have to decide . But no matter what , fall is good time in the Dakotas to get outside . •
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cally south of Mandan about 50 miles . We ’ d hunt grouse along the Cannonball River in the morning , break for lunch , then head to Froelich Dam for a warm fall afternoon .
It was a time when the small lake was displaying walleye magic the likes of which you enjoyed only in dreams . Again , lifting the rod into 100 walleyes an afternoon was common for several years .
That too , has changed , but the point remains that something mystic happens after lake temps dip into the upper 60s after a summer high of high 70s .
For big water like lakes Oahe , Sakakawea and Devils Lake , we put away bottom bouncers and reached for the jig
box . It was time for big baits . That meant live bait like 5-inch chubs or crankbaits in shallow shorelines once again , just like last spring . ( It ’ s noted here that at least 3 of the recent walleye records in the Dakotas were caught from Lake Oahe ... in the fall .
Me , well , I like casting . It means actively hunting for fish , for walleyes , pike among them . You ’ re engaged all the way . I ’ m searching for fish and the rod is in my hand , not the rod holder .
Devils Lake is good like that , as are other many water holes spread across the Dakotas .
Trouble is , if you ’ re a hunter , you have to decide . But no matter what , fall is good time in the Dakotas to get outside . •
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