This will be my last walleye fishing report from Devils Lake until ice fishing season starts up here. I’ll be headed back to Lake Sakakawea for the last little bit of August and into September. After that it will be river time! Well, the bug hatch we had last week on Devils Lake is finally wearing off. The walleyes have definitely responded to that change and the bite has picked up tremendously. You will still have to sort through a ton of fish to find your quality eaters, however. The presentation remains nothing fancy for me. My go to of a slow death rig with a chunk of crawler has been best! Prop rigs and spinners are also doing good. Fish are still relating to the mud adjacent to structure like humps, points, and old shorelines. Depth hasn’t been a huge factor. It seems like you can get walleyes in super shallow all the way out to 20 plus feet if you want. I’m still taking bookings for October on the Missouri River near Bismarck for big autumn walleyes. It’s going to be a great fall season. Like I’ve told everyone who has booked already, if it’s an eighth as good as last fall it will be unreal! We are also taking bookings for the upcoming ice fishing season up on Devils Lake. We have openings as of now but don’t wait too long if you want to join us. No group is too big or too small!

Mike Peluso is a Dakota Edge Outdoors contributing writer and a licensed ND fishing guide specializing in walleyes on the state’s premier waters.

Featured Photo: Bin to Win. Some work went into catching keepers, but the bite has improved on Devils Lake for walleyes in the past week. DEO Photo by Mike Peluso.