Lake Sakakawea

At a glance

Area

119,974 ha (296,462 acres)

Who lives here

• Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatusStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)
• Bluegill Lepomis macrochirusStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)
• Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytschaStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)
• Northern pike Esox luciusStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)
• Paddlefish Polyodon spathulaStocked · 2018 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)
• Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)
• Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieuStocked · 2020 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)
• Walleye Sander vitreusStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)
• Yellow perch Perca flavescensStocked · 2019 · Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information)

Not listed doesn't mean no fish.

Getting on the water

No public access site is listed for this water yet.

Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.

The rules

Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.

HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.

Official regulations: North Dakota Game and Fish Department

What's biting

Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.

From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.

About this page

Sources and licences:

• U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR); U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2025: counties and states · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
• Fish stocking: North Dakota Game and Fish Department (Fish Stocking Information) · North Dakota Game and Fish Department (used with permission)

The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.