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May 18, 2009

Trout Stocked in State Waters

North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently stocked roughly 54,000 rainbow and 7,000 brown trout in more than 50 waters throughout the state.

The catchable trout measure 10-14 inches long, according to Jerry Weigel, fisheries production and development supervisor. Included in the total were 3,500 one-pound rainbows from a state hatchery in Wyoming.

“After the tough winter it is nice to get catchable fish back into many of the state’s proven fisheries,” Weigel said. “Trout lakes across the state were full with water, resulting in very good stocking conditions.”

In addition to the Turtle River, counties with fishing waters receiving trout were:

• Adams – North Lemmon
• Barnes – Blumers Pond, Moon Lake
• Bottineau – Strawberry Lake
• Bowman – Lutz Dam, Holocek Dam
• Burke – Northgate Dam
• Burleigh – McDowell Dam, Owls Pond, Wilton City Pond
• Cass – North Woodhaven Pond
• Cavalier – Langdon City Pond
• Divide – Baukol-Noonan Dam, Baukol-Noonan East Mine Pond
• Golden Valley – Beach City Pond, Camels Hump Lake
• Grant – Raleigh Reservoir, Sheep Creek Dam
• Hettinger – Castle Rock Dam
• McIntosh – Blumhardt Dam
• McKenzie – Sather Dam, Watford City Park Pond
• McLean – Custer Mine, Lightning Lake, Riverdale City Pond, Riverdale Spillway Lake
• Mercer – Harmony Lake
• Morton – Crown Butte Dam, Fish Creek Dam, Gaebe Pond, Harmon Lake, Nygren Dam, Porsborg Dam
• Mountrail – Stanley Pond
• Oliver – Sportsmen’s Pond
• Renville – Glenburn Pond
• Richland – Mooreton Pond
• Rolette – Hooker Lake
• Slope – Davis Dam
• Stark – Dickinson Dike, Belfield Pond, Slater Pond
• Ward – Pathways Pond, Velva Sportsmen’s Pond
• Williams – Iverson Dam, Kettle Lake, Kota-Ray Dam, McGregor Dam

To find out more about North Dakota trout lakes, contact your local Game and Fish office, or visit the fishing link at the Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov.

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