Nodak Charters

Nodak Charters guides channel catfish on the Red River of the North out of Grand Forks, a stretch the company calls one of the nation’s best fisheries for the species. Trips are sold strictly by the clock rather than by half or full day, with three lengths posted: four hours at 350 dollars, six hours at 450 dollars and eight hours at 550 dollars. Monday through Friday bookings are discounted 50 dollars, which pushes anglers with flexible schedules off the weekend crowd. The operation runs as a trophy fishery and applies its own release policy, returning catfish over 24 inches to the river unless a fish would stand as a state record. That approach reflects how the Red is managed further north as well, where large channel cats are the main attraction for travelling anglers. Grand Forks sits roughly midway along the North Dakota side of the river, giving access to a long run of holes both upstream and downstream of the city.