Roller coaster rides with the temperatures...

-30 one day and the next day 30 above...we have certainly seen some up and down weather of late. Obviously, stable weather is important in fishing. The crazy thing is that we are still catching some fish! There are days that are slower, but we have had some pretty good days mixed in too! Pike, walleyes, perch, and we even had a group catch a bunch of crappies!!

It is getting to be that time of year where the days are getting longer and the weather should start cooperating....so keep drilling and moving! Remember to use caution around current areas (culverts, bridges, etc).

Overall, life is good! Lastly, there is no magical secret spot right now, rather the key is to keep moving, trying different spots, depths, etc.

Avoid areas that have had a lot of people fishing them. Good luck!!

Not much has changed....

We continue to work, drill holes, and cover water. Seems like we have to keep moving and mixing it up. One day we are shallow the next day we are deep. It also seems like the more we change it up, the better we do.

Most days we are fishing Walleyes early and late and perch during the middle of the day. We are starting to slide out a bit deeper to catch our perch (25-50 ft).

Compared to many other places around, Devils Lake is still fishing pretty well! 

As always, those who cover water and drill the most holes, will usually get the best results!

Probably the best report is to try to fish places that have had less people fishing on them. Look for areas that may hold "fresh fish", as they will be more aggressive!

Good luck!!

We keep drilling away!!

We believe in the saying "the harder you work the luckier you get"!! 

We have been fishing all over the Devils Lake basin and drilling lots and lots of holes and all the hard work is putting some big smiles on our clients faces!

We have caught perch in 4 ft of water all the way out to 50 ft...so the bottom line is that they can be anywhere at anytime, so cover different depths.

We have had some solid Walleyes bites early and late as well. Seems like the 10-18 ft range has been the ticket! 

Pike fishing continues to be fantastic, with many fish being caught in 4-8 ft of water.

Hali's, buckshots, tungstens, shiver minnows, and a minnow/hook bobber set-up has all produced. Be prepared to mix it up and figure out what they want. 

Overall, life is good! Weather has been good and travel on the lake is pretty easy, good luck to all!!

Persistence is the key...

The bite seems to be picking up!! We are catching pike,walleyes,and perch. Seems like our locations,depths,and even presentations vary daily, but at the end of the day we are producing some respectable bags!

Walleyes have been caught most consistently in 8-25 ft of water, seems like early and mid afternoon are the best windows. Perch are kind of the wild card fish, with days where we catch good numbers of them and other days we just do so so. Overall, we are doing pretty well on perch through hard work and persistence. Pike fishing is phenomenal right now. We are catching them in  numbers and size. Water is clear so we have been sight fishing them and spearing some too.

Ice is still good, just use caution around current areas and breakers!!!!

Good luck to all in the tournament this weekend!

Find the flurry...

The bite has been hit and miss. Seems like there are days that they will go and there are days they just look at your lure. Somewhat tricky to predict what causes aggressive fish one day and negative fish the next. 

We are constantly looking for the next flurry...Whether it be perch, walleye, or pike, our augers are getting quite the workouts.

Bites seem to vary a quite a bit as well. We have caught fish as shallow as 6 and as deep as 40. Seems like the walleye action is best in the 8-24 ft range  in the morning and afternoon and the perch action is best in 14-36 ft.

As far as lures go...buckshots, halis, tungsten jigs, forage minnows, and dropper rigs have all produced. More importantly than the lure is location, so cover water and find that active school!

Weather has been very pleasant! It is nice  to be able to fish outside in January and hole hop if you want!

Good luck to all!!

Mark

Fish are cooperating!!

We have had some excellent perch,pike,and walleye bites this past week!

Seems like we are constantly moving and working depths from 6-50 ft, but we are putting smiles on our clients faces!

Weather is finally warming up which is so needed! We will continue to search all the holes we can think of and even try a few random places here and there cause you never know where the next bite will produce....

What we know...perch bites are up and down but if you are willing to move and work a bit, positive results are happening. Walleyes are best early and from 3pm to dark. Seems like areas are changing constantly, one night hot and the next just so so.

Pike are all over and water clarity is great. Sight fishing, tip ups, and spearing had been full of excitement!

Clients are really liking our new lodge The Fish Rehab!! Check it out at www.brysguideservice.com

There are videos and pictures, it is beautiful!

Devils lake bite...

Fishing on Devils Lake has been a bit tougher than last year but we at Bry's Guide Service have been working hard looking for new bites. The last week we have been targeting Walleyes in the mornings and evenings and Perch in the middle of the day; often times getting limits of "eater" sized Walleyes. Perch have been more plentiful on sunny days but still gettin em' on overcast days. Both Walleyes and Perch have been a bit "finicky" and require more coaxing. We've been fishing 4-40 FOW for both Perch and Walleyes with the shallower water having a more aggressive bite.