Lake · Bottineau, Manitoba, North Dakota
Metigoshe Lake
At a glance
- Area
- 638 ha (1,577 acres)
Who lives here
- Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatusStocked · 2017 · 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)
- Northern pike Esox luciusOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Manitoba Wildlife and Fisheries Branch (Manitoba Lake Information for Anglers). Contains information licensed under the Manitoba Open Data Licence
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Manitoba Wildlife and Fisheries Branch (Manitoba Lake Information for Anglers). Contains information licensed under the Manitoba Open Data Licence
- Yellow perch Perca flavescensOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Manitoba Wildlife and Fisheries Branch (Manitoba Lake Information for Anglers). Contains information licensed under the Manitoba Open Data Licence
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Walleye | Fingerling | 72,800 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Walleye | Fingerling | 35,100 |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Walleye | Fingerling | 115,900 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Walleye | Fingerling | 83,000 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Walleye | Fingerling | 57,000 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Walleye | Fingerling | 44,000 |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Walleye | Fingerling | 92,800 |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 4,200 |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 15,900 |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 8,460 |
| May 4, 2022 | Walleye | Adult | 353 |
| May 3, 2022 | Walleye | Adult | 169 |
| Aug 17, 2021 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 7,152 |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 1,376 |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 16,764 |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Walleye | Adult | 947 |
| Apr 7, 2021 | Walleye | Adult | 1,043 |
| Aug 11, 2020 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 10,004 |
| Aug 11, 2020 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 8,241 |
| Aug 11, 2020 | Walleye | Advanced Fingerlings | 18,117 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 49.
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)
- Fish species lists: Manitoba Wildlife and Fisheries Branch (Manitoba Lake Information for Anglers). Contains information licensed under the Manitoba Open Data Licence · Manitoba Open Data Licence (OpenMB Information and Data Use Licence, https://www.gov.mb.ca/legal/copyright.html, checked 2026-10-18): "The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes". Item 593e253698a648e88789a661832b2ac0 (Manitoba_Government): licenseInfo "Manitoba Open Data Licence".
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.