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Devils Lake, ND

Lake in Ramsey County, North Dakota. North Dakota's largest natural lake, a sprawling, ever-expanding closed-basin prairie lake near the city of the same name. Decades of rising water flooded farmland and roadbeds, creating a maze of timber, structure and bays that grows giant walleye, jumbo yellow perch, white bass and trophy northern pike. One of the Upper Midwest's premier multi-species and ice-fishing destinations.

66

Overall bite score

Scored 10 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled100
Pressure trendNOAArising60
SolunarComputedmoon 65% lit51
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed100
WindNOAA30
Cloud coverNOAA35
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

7 tracked species in Devils Lake, with the months each fishes best.

Northern Pikeabundant
Walleyeabundant
Yellow Perchabundant
Black Crappiecommon
White Basscommon
Bluegillpresent
Largemouth Basspresent

Water facts

TypeLake
CountyRamsey
StateNorth Dakota
WaterFreshwater

USGS gage 05056500 records lake elevation only (no live water-temp or flow series), so the bite score uses the seasonal baseline. Ramps: Grahams Island State Park, Six Mile Bay, Mission Bay, Lakewood/Woodland Resort. Walleye 5/day (10 possession), yellow perch 20/day, white bass 30/day, northern pike 5/day. Verify on the gf.nd.gov regulations page.

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