North Dakota outdoors: The lure of big fish stories

Greg Power Fisheries Division Chief Photo by Ashley Peterson, NDGF
Greg Power Fisheries Division Chief Photo by Ashley Peterson, NDGF

I’m comfortable considering myself “old.” I remember when North Dakota had a closed fishing season, I bought my fishing license at a gas station, with a trout stamp, and signed my name on the side so as not to mark the stamp’s beautiful artwork.

With that I reference the point of view of Greg Power, fisheries division chief, who began with the Game and Fish Department while I was at Wakefield Eleme…