Western North Dakota Public Fishing Waters
(Does not include the Missouri River System)

(1) Adams County

• Bolke Dam - 5 miles east, .5 miles north, .5 miles west, .5 miles north of Lemmon, South Dakota (trout - no ramp).
• Mirror Lake - South side of Hettinger (walleye, perch, bluegill - fishing pier).
• North Lemmon - 5 miles north of Lemmon, South Dakota (trout, bluegill,largemouth bass - fishing pier).

(4) Billings County - No Public Waters.

(5) Bottineau County

• Carbury Dam - 1 mile south, 1 mile west of Carbury (pike, perch - fishing pier).
• Lake Metigoshe - 9 miles north, 4 miles east, 1 mile north of Bottineau (pike, walleye, bluegill - fishing pier).
• Long Lake - 8 miles north, 7 miles east, 1 mile south, 1 mile east, .5 miles south, .3 miles east of Bottineau (pike, walleye, perch).
• Loon Lake - 9 miles north, 4 miles east, 2 miles south, 2 miles east, .5 miles north of Bottineau (perch - no ramp).
• Pelican Lake - 9 miles north, 8 miles east, .5 miles southwest of Bottineau (pike, perch).
• Strawberry Lake - 4 miles north, 2.5 miles east, .5 miles south of Carbury (trout- fishing pier).

(6) Bowman County

• Bowman-Haley Dam - 11 miles south, 8 miles east, 2 miles south of Bowman (walleye, perch, smallmouth bass- fishing pier).
• Gascoyne Lake - 1.5 miles northwest of Gascoyne (pike).
• Holocek Dam - 12 miles south, .5 miles west of Rhame (trout - no ramp).
• Kalina Dam - 2 miles west, 1 mile south, 1 mile west, 1 mile south of Bowman (pike, perch, bluegill - no ramp).
• Lutz Dam - 2.5 miles south, 2 miles west of Griffin (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass - no ramp).
• Spring Lake - 1 mile south, 4 miles west of Rhame (pike, perch).

(7) Burke County

• Northgate Dam - 6 miles north, 1 mile west, 2 miles north, .5 miles west of Bowbells(walleye, bluegill, trout - fishing pier).
• Powers Lake - Southeast side of Powers Lake (pike, perch - fishing pier).
• Smishek Lake - 4 miles northwest of Powers Lake (pike, perch, bluegill - fishing pier).

(8) Burleigh County

• Cottonwood Park Pond - On the west side of Cottonwood soccer complex in south Bismarck (trout - no ramp).
• Grass Lake - 5 miles north, 3.5 miles east of Wilton (perch - no ramp).
• Lake Harriet (Arena Lake) - 8 miles west, 1 mile south of Tuttle (pike, perch - no ramp).
• Long Lake - 1 mile south, 2.5 miles east of Moffit (pike, perch - no ramp, fishing pier).
• McDowell Dam - 4 miles east, 1 mile north of Bismarck on ND Highway 10 (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• OWLS Pond - Just west of Bismarck Game and Fish office (trout, perch, bluegill - no ramp, fishing pier).
• Wilton City Pond - South side of Wilton (trout - no ramp).

(12) Divide County

• Baukol-Noonan Dam - 2 miles east, .5 miles south of Noonan (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• Baukol-Noonan East Mine Pond - 2 miles east, .5 miles south of Noonan (trout, bluegill, perch).
• Skjermo Lake - 3 miles west, 4 miles northwest of Fortuna (pike, perch - fishing pier).

(13) Dunn County

• Dvorak Dam - 3.5 miles south, 5 miles east, .5 miles north of Manning (perch - no ramp).
• Lake Ilo - 1 mile west, 1 mile south of Dunn Center (pike, perch - fishing pier).

(15) Emmons County

• Baumgartner Lake - 6 miles south of Linton (pike, perch - no ramp).
• Braddock Dam - 2 miles southwest of Braddock (pike, bluegill, perch).
• Hague WMA - 2 miles west of Hague (perch, pike - no ramp).
• Jake's Lake - 13 miles south, 1 mile east of Strasburg (pike, perch - no ramp).
• Miller Lake - 8 miles south, 1 mile east of Strasburg (perch - no ramp).
• Rice Lake - 8 miles south of Strasburg (pike, perch, walleye).
• Senger Lake - 1 mile north, 6 miles east of Strasburg (perch - no ramp).

(17) Golden Valley County

• Beach City Pond - Southwest side of Beach (bluegill, trout - no ramp).
• Camels Hump Dam - Northeast of Sentinel Butte - I-94 Exit 18 (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass).
• Odland Dam - 7 miles north of Beach (perch, bluegill, walleye - fishing pier).

(19) Grant County

• Heart Butte Reservoir (Lake Tschida) - 15 miles south of Glen Ullin (walleye, perch, crappie - fishing pier).
• Raleigh Reservoir - 3.5 miles west, .25 miles south of Raleigh (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• Sheep Creek Dam - 4 miles south, .5miles west of Elgin (walleye, bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).

(21) Hettinger County

• Blickensderfer Dam - 4 miles south, 1 mile east, .5 miles south of Mott (walleye, perch, bluegill - no ramp).
• Castle Rock Dam - 2 miles west, 1.5 miles south, 1.5 miles west of Mott (trout, bluegill).
• Indian Creek Dam - 1.5 miles west,2 miles south, 2 miles west, 3 miles south of Regent (walleye, bluegill, smallmouth bass-fishing pier).
• Larson Lake - .5 miles north, 2 miles east of Regent (pike, crappie).
• Mott Watershed Dam - North side of Mott (bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).

(25) McHenry County

• Bentley Lake - 3 miles west of Drake (pike, perch - no ramp).
• Buffalo Lodge Lake - 1 mile east, 3 miles north, 2 miles east of Granville (pike, walleye, perch - fishing pier).
• Cottonwood Lake - 2.5 miles north of Butte (pike, perch - fishing pier).
• George Lake - 13 miles north, 3 miles east of the junction of U.S. Highway 52 and ND Highway 14 (pike, perch - fishing pier).
• Round Lake - 6 miles north, 4.5 miles east of Drake (perch, walleye - no ramp).

(27) McKenzie County

• Arnegard Dam - .5 miles west, 3 miles north, 1.5 miles southwest of Arnegard (pike, perch - fishing pier).
• Leland Dam - 11 miles south, 8 miles west, 8 miles south, 2 miles southeast, 1.5 miles east, 1 mile north of Alexander (bluegill, largemouth bass, trout).
• Sather Dam - 11 miles south, 8 miles west of Alexander (bluegill, largemouth bass, trout - fishing pier).
• Watford City Park Pond - Southeast side of Watford City (trout, catfish -no ramp, fishing pier).

(28) McLean County

• Brush Lake - 3 miles north of Mercer (pike, perch, walleye - fishing pier).
• Camp Lake - 17.5 miles north, 2 miles east of Turtle Lake (pike, perch - no ramp).
• Camp Loop Pond - 3 miles southwest of Riverdale on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' downstream campground (trout - no ramp).
• Crooked Lake - 10 miles north, .2 miles east, .1 mile south of Turtle Lake (pike, walleye, perch - fishing pier).
• Custer Mine - 4 miles east, 2 miles south of Garrison (trout).
• Lake Audubon - North of Coleharbor (walleye, perch, smallmouth bass - fishing pier).
• Lake Brekken - 1.5 miles north of Turtle Lake (walleye, perch, bluegill - fishing pier).
• Lake Holmes - 1 mile northeast of Turtle Lake (walleye, perch, bluegill).
• Lightning Lake - .5 miles east of Turtle Lake (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• Long Lake - 13 miles north, 4 miles east, 2 miles north, 1.5 miles west of Turtle Lake (pike).
• Painted Woods Creek - 5 miles southeast of Washburn (pike, walleye - no ramp).
• Riverdale City Pond - North side of Riverdale (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass- no ramp, fishing pier).
• Riverdale Spillway Lake - 2 miles west, .5 miles south, 1 mile east of Riverdale (walleye, perch, crappie - fishing pier).
• Strawberry Lake - 17.5 miles north, 2 miles east of Turtle Lake (pike, walleye, perch - fishing pier).
• Triangle Y Pond - 4 miles west, 1.5 miles south, 1 mile west, 1 mile south, 1 mile west, .5 miles south of Garrison (perch, bluegill - no ramp, fishing pier).
• Turtle Lake - 4.5 miles west, 1 mile north of Turtle Lake (pike - no ramp).
• Weishaur WPA - 8 miles north, 8 miles west, 1 mile north of Turtle Lake (perch - no ramp).

(29) Mercer County

• Beulah Mine Pond - 2 miles north, 2.5 miles east, .5 miles north of Beulah (perch - no ramp).
• Harmony Lake - 6 miles north, 1 mile west of Hazen (bluegill, largemouth bass, trout - fishing pier).

(30) Morton County

• Crown Butte Dam - 4 miles west on access road on north side of I-94 Exit 147 (largemouth bass, crappie, trout - fishing pier).
• Danzig Dam - 2 miles north, 1 mile west, .5 miles north of Bluegrass - I-94 Exit 120 (pike, walleye, catfish).Fish Creek Dam - 8 miles south, 2 miles east, 1 mile south of I-94 Exit 134 (trout, crappie, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• Fish Creek Dam - 8 miles south, 2 miles east, 1 mile south of I-94 Exit 134 (trout, crappie, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• Gaebe Pond - 1.5 miles west of New Salem (trout, bluegill, perch - no ramp, fishing pier).
• Harmon Lake - 8 miles north of Mandan on ND Highway 1806 (trout - no ramp).
• Krieg's Pond - .5 miles east of Hebron(trout, bluegill - no ramp).
• Nygren Dam - 6 miles north, 1 mile east, 3 miles north, .5 miles east of Flasher (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• Porsborg Dam - Northwest Mandan (perch, crappie, trout - no ramp).
• Sweet Briar Dam - 18 miles west of Mandan - I-94 Exit 134 (walleye, perch, largemouth bass - fishing pier).

(31) Mountrail County

• Stanley Pond - Northeast side of Stanley (trout, catfish - fishing pier).
• Stanley Reservoir - 1 mile south of Stanley (pike).
• White Earth Dam - 6 miles north of White Earth (pike, walleye, perch - fishing pier).

(33) Oliver County

• East Arroda Dam - 1 mile east of Fort Clark - ND Highway 200A (pike, crappie).
• Nelson Lake - 5 miles east, 3 miles south of Center (bluegill, crappie, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• Oliver County Sportsmen's Pond - 4 miles south, .5 miles west of Center (trout - no ramp).
• West Arroda Dam - 1 mile east of Fort Clark - ND Highway 200A (pike, crappie).

(38) Renville County

• Glenburn Pond - North side of Glenburn (trout, bluegill - no ramp).
• Lake Darling - 16 miles north, 13 miles west of Minot (pike, walleye, perch - fishing pier).

(42) Sheridan County

• Coal Mine Lake - 14 miles south, 5 miles east of Anamoose (pike, perch - fishing pier).
• Davis WPA - 8 miles south, 1 mile east of Denhoff (perch - no ramp).
• Lake Richard - 4.5 miles south of Drake (perch - no ramp).
• North (Hoffer) McClusky - 2 miles north, 1 mile west of McClusky (pike, perch - no ramp).
• Sheyenne Lake - 10 miles south, 1 mile east, 1 mile south of Anamoose (pike, perch - no ramp).
• South (Hoffer) McClusky - 2 miles north, 1 mile west of McClusky (pike, walleye, perch - fishing pier).
• Stober Lake - 4 miles west, 1 mile north of Goodrich (perch - no ramp).
• Wolf Lake - .5 miles south, 1.5 miles west of Martin (perch, pike - no ramp).

(43) Sioux County

• Froelich Dam - 9 miles north, 2 miles west of Selfridge (pike, walleye, perch).
• Larson Lake - 4 miles north, 1 mile west of Thunderhawk, South Dakota (bluegill, largemouth bass - no ramp).

(44) Slope County

• Cedar Lake - 13 miles north, 2 miles west of Reeder (pike, walleye).
• Davis Dam - 16 miles west, 4 miles north of Amidon (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass).

(45) Stark County

• Belfield Pond - Southwest side of Belfield (trout, perch, catfish - fishing pier).
• Dassinger Pond - 8 miles south, 1 mile east, 1 mile north of Gladstone (bluegill, largemouth bass - no ramp).
• Dickinson Dike - Southwest side of Dickinson (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• Dickinson Reservoir (Patterson Lake) - 2 miles west of Dickinson (walleye, crappie, catfish - fishing pier).
• Slater Pond - From I-94 Exit 84, .75 miles north, 1 mile east, .5 miles north, .5 miles east (perch, trout - no ramp).

(51) Ward County

• Hiddenwood Lake - 8 miles south of Makoti (pike, walleye, perch - fishing pier).
• Makoti Lake - 6 miles south of Makoti (pike, perch).
• Nelson-Landers Pond - .25 miles west, .5 miles south, .25 miles east of Kenaston (bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• North Carlson Lake - 10 miles east of Ryder (pike, perch).
• Rice Lake - 4 miles north, 7 miles east, 2 miles north of Ryder (pike, perch, walleye).
• South Carlson Lake - 10 miles east of Ryder (pike, perch - fishing pier).
• State Fair Pond - North end of state fair grounds (trout, bluegill - no ramp, fishing pier).
• Velva Sportsmen's Pond - 7 miles south, 1.5 miles west, 1 mile south, .5 miles west of Velva (trout).

(53) Williams County

• Blacktail Dam - 5 miles north, 5 miles west, 1 mile north of the junction of U.S. highways 2 and 85 (pike, perch, bluegill - fishing pier).
• Cottonwood Lake - 1 mile east, .5 miles north of Alamo (pike - fishing pier).
• East Spring Lake Pond - North side of Williston (trout - no ramp, fishing pier).
• Epping-Springbrook Dam - 1.5 miles east of Springbrook (pike, walleye, perch - fishing pier).
• Iverson Dam - 3 miles south, 1 mile west, 8 miles south, .5 miles east of Tioga (trout, largemouth bass - no ramp).
• Kettle Lake - 3 miles east, 2.5 miles north of Zahl (trout, largemouth bass- fishing pier).
• Kota-Ray Dam - 5 miles south, .5 miles east, 2 miles south of Ray (trout, bluegill, largemouth bass - fishing pier).
• McGregor Dam - 1 mile south of McGregor (walleye, trout, perch - fishing pier).
• McLeod (Ray) Reservoir - Southwest side of Ray (walleye, perch, pike - fishing pier).
• Tioga Dam - North side of Tioga (pike - fishing pier).
• Trenton Lake - South side of Trenton (pike, walleye, crappie - fishing pier).
• West Spring Lake Pond - North edge of Williston (trout - no ramp).