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Lake Oahe (ND), ND

Reservoir in Emmons County, North Dakota. The North Dakota arm of Lake Oahe, the second-largest reservoir on the Missouri River, backing up behind Oahe Dam in South Dakota. The ND stretch from Bismarck downstream to the state line offers deep, clear water for trophy walleye, chinook salmon, smallmouth bass, northern pike and white bass over long points and flooded river channels.

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Overall bite score

Scored 21 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled100
Pressure trendNOAAsteady60
SolunarComputedmoon 46% lit43
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed50
WindNOAA10
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

8 tracked species in Lake Oahe (ND), with the months each fishes best.

Walleyeabundant
Chinook Salmoncommon
Northern Pikecommon
Smallmouth Basscommon
White Basscommon
Channel Catfishpresent
Saugerpresent
Yellow Perchpresent

Water facts

TypeReservoir
CountyEmmons
StateNorth Dakota
WaterFreshwater

No representative live USGS water-temp gauge on the reservoir pool, so the bite score uses the seasonal baseline. ND ramps: Beaver Creek Bay, Cattail Bay, Fort Yates and Hazelton. Walleye/sauger combined 5/day (10 possession), chinook salmon 5/day, smallmouth + largemouth combined 5/day, northern pike 5/day. Verify on the gf.nd.gov regulations page.

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