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@@argon62 very nice, I’ve been considering adding a crescent ultra lite for a more “throw and go” style kayak

@@chriswalls5831 frozen goldeye

@@Jack-e5q4i howdy! If you look through the videos on my channel, I have a few “how to” videos that should help with bank fishing the red! They are a couple years old, but some good information to take away from them.

@TheRiverAddict okay thanks!

@@tyelde475 I’m from Fargo, but this video was in GF. Fishing has been great on all stretches of the red river this year. The high water has been great asset to the fishing

@@TheRiverAddictgood to know! I mainly fish from shore and all my spots have been flooded out. Gonna give it a shot Saturday!

@tyelde475 good luck! 👍

@@northernbassalliance1442 love to hear it

@@tuckerindabum442 absolutely

@@user-rp3tx2xq9j Brad does, he’s inactive for the most part.He has a great series of “chalk talks” on there though.Lots of good information in those videos. His CZcams is “Captain Brad Durick”

@@user-rp3tx2xq9j I’m not entirely sure where in GF Brad gets them. I’ll usually just catch them if I need some

@TheRiverAddict dang there's not many where am at so it's hard to find em

@@Csteph205 thank you so much!

@@nodakzac thanks buddy, appreciate it!

@@CajunRobFishing I got it off Amazon for $60 I’m not positive on the brand sorry about that

@@TheRiverAddict thanks I just got a used ocean blue Moken 12.5. Have you done a video on your upgrades or mods on your yak? Thx

@@CajunRobFishing if you look wayyy back in my videos I have a video for my Scotty mount on my perception outlaw. I still use that exact set up on this kayak. Other than that I just have a couple rod holders haha. Keep it pretty basic

I put a goat but apparently some don't see it?!🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️😆

@@eduffy4937 thanks for the report brother 💪🏼

Anywhere on the red is full of cats. I stuck a 13, 15, 16 and 21lbr yesterday. Find a hole, cast some goldeye out there and bam fish on.

@@northernbassalliance1442 it’s a rush catching them in the kayak, them power poles are nice too. Tough to get them to stick in the soft bottom of the red, but they’re nice forsure

@@jasondueck7257 thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words brother! Hope to make my way up towards you one of these days

@@matthewhawn9070 I agree! I’ve seen video of the river up there and it’s a night and day difference. Hopefully sooner then later I can make my way up there! Thanks for watching Mathew

@@SluSharkND never trust a clean uglystik. Thanks for watching slushark

@@kourtsdad I usually catch goldeye the day beforehand just to save time. But catfish are usually near a source of bait, so there’s always goldeye nearby if I need to catch some. And frogs are a very popular bait on the red river, I just usually stick to goldeye and suckers because it’s the easiest for me to acquire.

@@TheRiverAddict Cool! I was wondering about suckers, since I won’t be near either river to catch bait before my daughter and I give it a shot. I hope you don’t mind, we’re planning to try the first place you were at on the video. 🙄

@@kourtsdad great spot to bring the kids, lots of medium sized fish there. The water might be high and the water might be fast but I bet you’ll have good luck. Tons of goldeye right under that bridge

@@southernutopia Thankyou brother, I appreciate the kind words. Have a good one buddy

@@redrivermudmonster4962 Thankyou so much

@@user-sm7cx6fx2v It wouldn’t be too difficult if you got a roof rack. It’s around 85lbs, I have a truck now so I don’t have to car top anymore, but I use to car top with my perception outlaw. They are fairly similar in weight, if I remember correctly the moken is about 15lbs heavier.

@@XJStryker just because I move it from boat to boat or sometimes don’t want a fishfinder with if I’m fishing familiar water. It’s not in the way when paddling, you’re able to slide up and down track to your liking.

It’s a magical place.

@@TheRiverAddict yeah I been fishing a lot on the red and sheyenne a bit lately because I live in Horace so it’s a 5 min load up the kayak and go trip

Never been to scheels in grand forks, cabelas up there is pretty cool. Fargo I’d say Fleet farm, scheels, Walmart, runnings.

@@TheRiverAddict thanks, Jon! Might head down in a couple days. I appreciate it!

This means alot thankyou. No end in site on my side!

@@TheRiverAddict hey I’ve got a noob question: I was fishing over by the bridge by the greenway right behind Joe blacks (I live in grand forks) and I just couldn’t keep the bait on my hook. Every time I would reel in for a bait check, my bait would get snagged off by all the river weeds and such. You got any tips?

@@mrgorrila30 what were u using for bait

@@TheRiverAddict I use the chicken liver balls in light current. But I tried those precut suckers and that’s what I lost in the heavy current through the weeds. I hooked the bait through the scales, not the meat, if that makes sense. Gonna try the live suckers tonight and cut them up and see how they stick

@@mrgorrila30 chicken liver can be tough to keep on the hook in general, with the high water and all the extra debris floating around I’m sure it’s even more difficult. I’d stick to fresh or frozen cutbait, and you should be good to go.

I fish anywhere from whapeton to forks usually. Planning on exploring further north after the spawn

I’d say if you find a spot 10-15 miles up any of the connected tributaries during the floods you’d be in pretty good shape for fishing. Sheyenne, wild rice, elm, goose, Forrest, maple, buffalo, red lake river, park river, all decent options. They still flood pretty good too when the red floods, but there’s definitely fishing to be had.

@@TheRiverAddict thanks man As I said, I fish in what equates to a saltwater gheenoe soil tend to enjoy the smaller river a good bit more. Most tiles the fish this far north are smaller in connecting trips of main rivers but at times that doesn't seem to matter much and seems a lot of spawning cats push up trips as well. What's some advice on walleye fishing these rivers? Areas, tackle, etc I fish cats here but have a hard time with walleyes when I can't see 2" through the water. I'm used to fishing walleyes in ne mn where I can see down 15-20ft.lol

@@eduffy4937 in my experience, targeting walleyes on the river is more of a seasonal thing then anything else. You forsure can catch them throughout the summer, but when that water reaches 45 degrees in the spring and low 60s-50s in the fall is the best time. For rigs I use a 1/4-1/2 oz sinker, floro leader and a plain hook or floating jig. Both minnows and crawlers work well. Frogs and sucker minnows for the trophy walleyes. Many people also jig for them with plastics as well. Any dams, deep holes, rock piles, clam beds, river confluence areas, bridges Are all good spots to find walleyes

@@TheRiverAddict awesome thanks man. I appreciate the feedback

You’re a genius slushark, reaching out to portajon now thankyou

Thanks for watching slushark happy Sunday

Thanks Mike I appreciate the sub and the great stories. Glad I could help you relive some good memories. Hope you have a good weekend!

@@TheRiverAddict The other small town that was near the wild rice river was Called Ada.My gramp probably knew every farmer in Norman County as he did alot of service calls to work on their Tractors an Equipment if they couldnt get it into the Shop in Perely so there were just endless spots we could fish at along both the Red River and The Wild Rice.One of my Aunts lived just outside of Hendrum and Her Husband worked at one of the Sugar Beet plants(cant remember which town it was in)and we would go to their cabin at Upper cormorant lake,it was very good fishing too.i always liked the river bank fishing cause i didnt need to have a boat,plus i could walk across the feild an be on the river bank catching catfish in 5 mins,lol.Cant even remember how many i hauled back to the house an cleaned so my gramma could cook them.Do u ever catch any flatheads out of the Red River,i cant remember ever catching one up there,we have alot of them in the rivers an lakes in the southern,illinois area along with the channel cats and Blue cats.im about 35-40 miles east of St,louis Mo in a small farming town called Highland.I wish our fishing was as good as up there,seems like ever since those asian carp got into all of our rivers down here that its had a adverse effect on our gamefish,we still have pretty decent whitebass and in the spring the walleyes an saugers come up into the kaskaskia river beneath both lake Carlyle and Shelbyville,but i dont think its anywhere near as good as it was back in the 80's and 90's.

@@mikeolson7188 they’re only channel catfish in the red river. They get so big because they don’t have to compete with other catfish species like the blues or flatheads. I’d really like to try for a flat head or big blue someday though.

@@TheRiverAddict There are some absolute monsters down here,both Blue Catfish and the Flatheads.i watched a guy catch one that weighed in over 60 pounds at a local bait shop below carlyle lake back in the 80's.My biggest Flathead i caught from the kaskaskis river weighed about 30 pounds,and yep,we ate em,but that was many,many yrs ago before the catch and release had gotten very popular.Matter of fact,about everything we caught from the white bass,sauger an Walleye,bluegills,crappie and all catfish were kept and cleaned to feed our family.never kept any Largemouths or ocassional snallmouth from any of the Larger corps of engineer lakes,and we never kept a Musky when we would catch them below Lake Shelbyville, in the winter months the musky can be caught in the tailwaters of a couple of the lakes down here.

Sure do! Perely has a great stretch of river

@@TheRiverAddict Thats awesome,wish my Grandparents were still with us so i could take gramp fishin.

I was catching these walleye on size 5-6 circle hooks, same hooks I use for catfishing. Normally I’ll use like a size 2 walleye hook or small floating jig or octopus hook with a flathead minnow or crawler for walleyes. The walleyes were just very aggressive and hungry this day because of the prespawn, they’ll hit about anything when the water temps 45-50 degrees

@@TheRiverAddict Thanks, I am still learning how to fish the Red.

Welcome to town man! Hope you enjoy your time here. I don’t use an anchor no, I use a piece of rebar or a strong stick to pin myself to the bank. In some lake situations or lower current river spots I will throw my little anchor out. For catfishing on the red river I find it most effective just to pin myself to the bank that way my baits don’t drift around while the currents moving my kayak back and forth. Thanks for watching! If you have any questions let me know man. Welcome to North Dakota, Safe travels

@@TheRiverAddict thanks so much. What about river safety? Do you always wear a pdf? I don’t always when I’m fishing the coastal flats but wasn’t sure with the river. What about waders for cold water? I wear neoprenes but they are light. I have so many questions I could ask lol. Maybe I’ll see you on the water. I’ll be with my son bank fishing Fargo too.

@@Tea4Texas I always wear a PDF yeah, the red river doesn’t really fish well until temps reach 40-45 degrees in the spring I don’t usually wear waders. Lots of great public parks along the river in fargo that I’m sure you and the kid will have a blast at

@@TheRiverAddict awesome looking forward to it.

Thanks for watching buddy, been nonstop rain might have to hop on a lake soon

It’s a losing battle with the red river 😂 the mud is welded on that rod at this point

I ran across your channel watching some u tube fishin vids and when i saw the red river it immediately caught my attention,lol.i grew up in perely,Minn so the Red River was litterally in our backyard(an sometimes the house,lol).Use to go back every year to Visit my Grandparents and do a lil fishin with my gramp.Been many years since ive been back up to Minnesota,i miss that place,the fishing in Southern,illinois is def not as good as up there.Keep up the good work young man,hope the river stays in its banks,an u catch lotsa fish.

@@mikeolson7188 that’s cool man thanks for watching and the kind words. I love fishing the perley area, if you go to my channel and find the video titled “understanding current seams:channel catfish (bridge fishing) I bet you’ll recognize the spot 😂. Have a good day brother, make your way back up north one of these days.

@@TheRiverAddict oh yeah,and we used to have a city dump where everyone(150 population back then)would take their trash to an burn so when gramp was helpin clean up an burn i was fishing,lol.another spot we fished was the wild rice river,i think it was a bit north east if i remember correctly from perely.my Grandparents owned the Tractor dealership in Perely so i would go along on service calls with my Gramp an uncle.(my dad was oversea's in the Airforce,thats why i grew up with grandparents and My Aunt an Uncle)i do remember catching some decent wallys one day on the banks of the wild rice though.so many good spots up there.I do have Cousins up in Minneapolis but seldom get back up there due to work.i will have to watch the vid with the bridge near Perely.

Thankyou!