All waters · North Dakota · Lake Sakakawea
Lake Sakakawea, ND
Reservoir in McLean County, North Dakota. At ~178,000 acres North Dakota's largest body of water, the third-largest reservoir in the United States, formed by Garrison Dam on the Missouri River. A blue-ribbon walleye factory that also produces trophy chinook salmon, smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch and channel catfish over its ~180-mile length of submerged points, flats and coulee bays.
Overall bite score
Scored 2 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes
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 Sakakawea, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
No representative live USGS water-temp gauge on the reservoir pool, so the bite score uses the seasonal baseline. Main ramps: Lake Sakakawea State Park (Pick City), Fort Stevenson State Park (Garrison), Indian Hills, Van Hook and Deepwater Bay. Walleye/sauger combined 5/day (10 possession), no statewide minimum length; smallmouth + largemouth combined 5/day; chinook salmon 5/day. Verify on the gf.nd.gov regulations page.
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