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Walleye Spawning (2024)

Walleye spawning is underway. Learn more about this annual effort in this week's NDO News.


North Dakota Outdoors Weekly Show

Walleye Spawning on Lake Sakakawea 2024

Walleye do not reproduce naturally in most North Dakota lakes, so to provide the stellar walleye fishing opportunities found in the state, eggs are collected from walleye annually then hatched and raised at the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery for stocking lakes. Learn more about this process in this week's NDO Webcast.

North Dakota Outdoors Podcast

Guests: Aaron Larsen, Department conservation biologist, and Emily Joynt, environmental scientist with North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Aaron Larsen, Department conservation biologist, and Emily Joynt, environmental scientist with North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, about the importance of wetlands for water quality, carbon sequestration, recreation and more in celebration of American Wetlands Month. 

North Dakota Game and Fish Blogs

Behind the Badge

In this week's Behind the Badge, warden Jonathan Tofteland recalls a case where honest mistake and intentional misconduct intermix.

The Drift