Fishing lakes in North Dakota

North Dakota has 407 lakes recorded in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, covering a combined 2922 km². The largest is Lake Sakakawea at 1199.74 km². Anglers can find Rainbow Trout, Crappie, Yellow Perch across these waters.

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Top fish species in North Dakota

Rainbow Trout257 lakes
Crappie257 lakes
Yellow Perch257 lakes
Flathead Catfish257 lakes
Northern Pike257 lakes
Smallmouth Bass257 lakes
Largemouth Bass257 lakes
Channel Catfish257 lakes
Bluegill / Sunfish257 lakes
Brown Trout257 lakes
White Bass257 lakes
Walleye257 lakes

Top 300 largest lakes

Lake Sakakawea
1199.74 km² · 47.784, -102.322
Devils Lake
322.46 km² · 48.046, -98.998
Lake Sakakawea
71.96 km² · 47.562, -102.449
Audubon Lake
64.22 km² · 47.602, -101.182
Pelican Lake
56.14 km² · 48.148, -99.165
Long Lake
53.87 km² · 46.734, -100.060
Lake Alice
43.86 km² · 48.347, -99.112
Lake Irvine
43.68 km² · 48.293, -99.150
Dry Lake
38.06 km² · 48.280, -98.973
East Devils Lake
36.98 km² · 47.970, -98.640
Lake Darling
34.54 km² · 48.580, -101.617
Horsehead Lake
30.00 km² · 47.046, -99.788
Lake Ashtabula
22.14 km² · 47.160, -98.012
Chain Lake
19.30 km² · 48.338, -99.059
Stump Lake
17.61 km² · 47.877, -98.361
Upper Des Lacs Lake
17.29 km² · 48.840, -102.110
Mikes Lake
17.16 km² · 48.303, -99.024
Long Lake
16.61 km² · 46.673, -100.228
Lake Tschida
13.50 km² · 46.610, -101.882
Swan Lake
12.14 km² · 47.958, -98.446
McKenna Lake
11.72 km² · 46.486, -99.804
Chase Lake
10.98 km² · 47.008, -99.442
Round Lake
10.46 km² · 48.480, -100.197
Jamestown Reservoir
10.39 km² · 47.022, -98.736
Dry Lake
9.77 km² · 46.082, -99.427
White Lake
9.75 km² · 48.388, -102.457
Alkaline Lake
9.48 km² · 46.672, -99.564
Alkali Lake
9.45 km² · 46.772, -99.841
Cranberry Lake
9.33 km² · 48.142, -99.768
Hurricane Lake
9.03 km² · 48.424, -99.504
Morrison Lake
8.15 km² · 48.247, -98.832
Pipestem Lake
7.91 km² · 46.975, -98.812
Long Lake
7.90 km² · 48.633, -99.721
Lake George
7.88 km² · 46.740, -99.495
Island Lake
7.64 km² · 48.574, -99.691
McKenna Lake
7.20 km² · 46.522, -99.808
McHugh Slough
6.91 km² · 48.119, -98.263
Goose Lake
6.82 km² · 46.549, -100.006
Arrowwood Lake
6.82 km² · 47.290, -98.838
Mud Lake
6.80 km² · 48.227, -99.569
Grass Lake
6.71 km² · 48.526, -99.664
Powers Lake
6.66 km² · 48.535, -102.622
Rush Lake
6.51 km² · 48.382, -100.220
Sweetwater Lake
6.46 km² · 48.215, -98.824
Metigoshe Lake
6.38 km² · 48.979, -100.354
Jim Lake
6.16 km² · 47.183, -98.818
Girard Lake
5.92 km² · 48.072, -100.000
Kunkel Lake
5.84 km² · 47.041, -99.639
Mud Lake
5.83 km² · 46.942, -99.704
Goose Lake
5.36 km² · 46.114, -99.466
Cottonwood Lake
5.06 km² · 48.435, -102.590
Horseshoe Lake
4.96 km² · 48.428, -100.260
Buffalo Lodge Lake
4.91 km² · 48.328, -100.757
Smoky Lake
4.86 km² · 48.168, -100.253
Sibley Lake
4.70 km² · 46.955, -99.736
Lake Bertha
4.67 km² · 46.760, -97.504
Hobart Lake
4.56 km² · 46.922, -98.134
Lake Tewaukon
4.52 km² · 46.000, -97.352
Lake Ibsen
4.38 km² · 48.260, -99.401
Demicks Lake
4.32 km² · 47.887, -103.022
Dill Slough
4.31 km² · 46.138, -97.917
Willow Lake
4.13 km² · 48.925, -100.146
Mud Lake
4.11 km² · 46.263, -99.387
Krueger Lake
3.94 km² · 47.770, -100.502
Beaver Lake
3.87 km² · 46.396, -99.607
Turtle Lake
3.86 km² · 47.535, -100.971
Sibley Lake
3.76 km² · 47.516, -98.352
Swan Lake
3.72 km² · 46.088, -97.109
McPhail Slough
3.62 km² · 46.975, -99.679
Antelope Lakes
3.61 km² · 47.965, -100.117
Miller Lake
3.61 km² · 48.837, -103.963
Spring Lake
3.59 km² · 47.945, -98.820
Rice Lake
3.58 km² · 46.039, -100.080
Lake Ilo
3.57 km² · 47.343, -102.668
Harriet Lake
3.47 km² · 47.118, -100.186
Green Lake
3.44 km² · 46.203, -99.461
Lake Ardoch
3.41 km² · 48.242, -97.314
Lake Henry
3.40 km² · 46.772, -99.668
Twin Lakes
3.35 km² · 46.405, -98.268
Carpenter Lake
3.35 km² · 48.961, -99.977
Big Muddy Lake
3.33 km² · 46.925, -99.738
Lake Isabel
3.32 km² · 46.819, -99.750
Lake Laretta
3.31 km² · 48.068, -98.171
Lake Josephine
3.28 km² · 47.181, -100.000
Dutton Slough
3.28 km² · 46.604, -100.331
Edward Arthur Patterson Lake
3.27 km² · 46.859, -102.856
Lake Louise
3.19 km² · 47.051, -99.452
Lake Etta
3.17 km² · 46.827, -99.775
Antelope Lakes
3.10 km² · 47.954, -100.079
Kislingbury Lake
3.09 km² · 46.049, -99.328
Des Moines Lake
3.08 km² · 47.133, -99.645
Rice Lake
3.08 km² · 46.990, -100.290
Lake Coe
3.03 km² · 47.696, -98.697
Miller Lake
3.02 km² · 46.241, -99.201
Horseshoe Lake
2.98 km² · 47.848, -98.790
Lake Lemer
2.88 km² · 48.077, -100.344
Fox Lake
2.83 km² · 46.959, -98.353
Baumgartner Lake
2.82 km² · 46.165, -100.202
Senger Lake
2.82 km² · 46.129, -100.056
Mud Lake
2.81 km² · 47.052, -99.347
Round Lake
2.80 km² · 48.032, -100.277
Lake Williams
2.80 km² · 47.528, -100.834
Middle Des Lacs Lake
2.79 km² · 48.663, -102.079
Eckelson Lake
2.78 km² · 46.924, -98.301
Long Lake
2.76 km² · 48.082, -99.869
South Lake
2.73 km² · 47.102, -99.610
Grass Lake
2.70 km² · 46.099, -97.239
Salt Lake
2.65 km² · 47.320, -100.274
Cherry Lake
2.65 km² · 47.639, -98.677
Gullys Slough
2.65 km² · 46.047, -97.053
Lake Zahl
2.53 km² · 48.556, -103.671
Belcourt Lake
2.52 km² · 48.877, -99.759
Connia Slough
2.51 km² · 47.975, -100.640
Goose Lake
2.49 km² · 48.414, -99.923
Twin Lakes
2.48 km² · 48.544, -99.766
Red Lake
2.46 km² · 48.237, -100.116
Crooked Lake
2.45 km² · 47.667, -100.888
Juanita Lake
2.43 km² · 47.554, -98.736
Kilgore Lake
2.34 km² · 48.164, -100.142
Balch Slough
2.34 km² · 46.787, -99.167
Weller Slough
2.32 km² · 47.396, -101.192
Walther Slough
2.32 km² · 46.200, -100.376
Cherry Lake
2.31 km² · 47.064, -99.871
Lake Helen
2.30 km² · 47.235, -100.059
Johnson Lake
2.28 km² · 47.675, -98.524
Silver Lake
2.28 km² · 48.194, -99.254
Coal Mine Lake
2.28 km² · 47.684, -100.167
Lake George
2.26 km² · 47.395, -98.951
Pearl Lake
2.24 km² · 47.032, -99.356
Lords Lake
2.20 km² · 48.781, -100.198
Hutchinson Lake
2.17 km² · 47.175, -100.097
Shell Lake
2.16 km² · 48.185, -102.109
Lake Hoskins
2.16 km² · 46.040, -99.451
Lone Tree Lake
2.15 km² · 46.421, -97.959
Lake Jessie
2.14 km² · 47.551, -98.288
Salt Alkaline Lake
2.13 km² · 46.945, -99.533
Nelson Lake
2.13 km² · 47.076, -101.220
Deer Lake
2.13 km² · 47.152, -99.597
Lake Upsilon
2.12 km² · 48.966, -99.845
Twin Lakes
2.11 km² · 47.965, -99.097
Silver Lake
2.09 km² · 46.119, -97.193
Barnes Lake
2.08 km² · 47.234, -99.277
Pudwill Lake
2.07 km² · 46.162, -99.461
Willow Lake
2.06 km² · 47.281, -99.819
Horseshoe Lake
2.05 km² · 48.330, -99.803
Peterson Lake
2.04 km² · 47.527, -100.804
Bisek Lake
2.01 km² · 46.104, -97.174
Upper Lostwood Lake
1.98 km² · 48.570, -102.439
Blue Lake
1.97 km² · 47.545, -100.757
Twin Lakes
1.96 km² · 47.213, -100.130
Lake Taayer
1.95 km² · 46.124, -97.962
Sheyenne Lake
1.91 km² · 47.700, -100.207
Spiritwood Lake
1.90 km² · 47.074, -98.587
North Lake
1.90 km² · 48.366, -100.776
North Washington Lake
1.89 km² · 47.756, -98.711
Buffalo Lake
1.88 km² · 46.931, -99.789
Lake Richard
1.87 km² · 47.846, -100.364
Lake George
1.87 km² · 48.102, -100.383
Wood Lake
1.86 km² · 46.072, -98.927
Runner Slough
1.83 km² · 46.879, -99.134
Battema Lake
1.83 km² · 48.054, -100.108
Rush Lake
1.83 km² · 48.905, -98.683
Stacks Slough
1.82 km² · 46.091, -97.008
Petrified Lake
1.80 km² · 48.087, -99.956
Carpenter Lake
1.75 km² · 48.241, -101.911
Long Alakline Lake
1.74 km² · 47.242, -99.830
Lower Lostwood Lake
1.72 km² · 48.535, -102.458
Lake Nettie
1.71 km² · 47.616, -101.015
Mud Lake
1.70 km² · 47.813, -100.230
Pelican Lake
1.70 km² · 47.306, -100.366
Long Lake
1.67 km² · 48.005, -99.261
Free Peoples Lake
1.67 km² · 47.909, -98.731
Twin Lakes
1.67 km² · 47.882, -98.119
Alkali Lake
1.66 km² · 48.582, -103.588
Kandt Lake
1.65 km² · 47.814, -100.462
Kandiotta Lake
1.65 km² · 46.144, -97.490
Sink Lake
1.61 km² · 47.114, -99.656
Shin Bone Lake
1.61 km² · 47.861, -98.701
School Lake
1.60 km² · 46.777, -99.248
Lake Addie
1.60 km² · 47.531, -98.287
Lake LaMoure
1.60 km² · 46.299, -98.287
Gunderson Lake
1.59 km² · 48.295, -99.973
Round Lake
1.59 km² · 48.891, -104.046
Medicine Lake
1.57 km² · 47.693, -98.745
Sand Slough
1.57 km² · 48.341, -100.086
Broken Bone Lake
1.55 km² · 48.349, -99.804
Stink Lake
1.53 km² · 46.884, -99.425
Stink Lake
1.51 km² · 46.625, -99.937
Sucker Lake
1.50 km² · 48.927, -99.969
Tappen Slough
1.49 km² · 46.941, -99.646
Borg Lake
1.49 km² · 46.219, -97.409
Long Lake
1.48 km² · 48.100, -100.292
Tschetter Lake
1.47 km² · 46.001, -99.355
Brock Slough
1.47 km² · 47.075, -99.542
Rusten Slough
1.46 km² · 47.542, -98.872
Rugh Lake
1.46 km² · 47.774, -97.960
Lake Elsie
1.46 km² · 46.045, -96.932
Boundary Lake
1.45 km² · 48.995, -100.211
Lake Fedge
1.44 km² · 46.197, -97.398
Bond Lake
1.44 km² · 47.084, -99.594
Olsen Slough
1.44 km² · 47.856, -98.181
Pelican Lake
1.44 km² · 47.530, -100.767
Grass Lake
1.43 km² · 47.223, -100.709
Schwahn Lake
1.42 km² · 46.140, -100.275
Guss Lake
1.41 km² · 48.461, -99.740
Grass Lake
1.40 km² · 46.060, -96.925
Lake Geneva
1.38 km² · 46.841, -100.020
Bunker Lake
1.36 km² · 47.252, -100.362
Stony Lake
1.35 km² · 46.953, -99.679
Golden Lake
1.33 km² · 47.568, -97.638
Salt Lake
1.32 km² · 46.119, -99.292
Bartons Lake
1.31 km² · 47.848, -101.495
Rock Lake
1.30 km² · 48.816, -99.222
Kreiser Lake
1.30 km² · 46.133, -97.219
Beaver Lake
1.29 km² · 48.864, -102.640
Sunday Lake
1.28 km² · 47.186, -99.325
Willard Lake
1.28 km² · 46.065, -96.944
Clear Lake
1.28 km² · 46.926, -100.185
Jones Lake
1.28 km² · 48.022, -98.386
Arnies Lake
1.27 km² · 46.587, -99.100
Sanborn Lake
1.27 km² · 46.946, -98.185
Coldwater Lake
1.25 km² · 46.008, -99.071
Trautman Slough
1.25 km² · 46.825, -99.182
School Section Lake
1.24 km² · 48.945, -99.997
Twin Lakes
1.24 km² · 48.607, -104.014
Crooked Lake
1.22 km² · 47.627, -101.030
Bromley Lake
1.22 km² · 48.056, -100.316
Hilles Lake
1.21 km² · 46.187, -98.928
Davis Lake
1.21 km² · 48.150, -100.103
Round Lake
1.20 km² · 47.146, -99.488
Dead Buffalo Lake
1.20 km² · 46.903, -99.771
Moesner Lake
1.20 km² · 47.797, -100.542
Legreid Lake
1.19 km² · 47.933, -99.646
Thompson Lake
1.19 km² · 48.649, -102.401
Loon Lake
1.19 km² · 48.935, -100.309
Harker Lake
1.18 km² · 46.827, -99.721
Lake Trenton
1.17 km² · 48.060, -103.837
Jarvis Lake
1.16 km² · 48.924, -99.853
Lake Ordway
1.16 km² · 47.502, -100.943
Round Lake
1.15 km² · 46.917, -98.205
Cottonwood Lake
1.14 km² · 48.587, -103.443
Flat Lake
1.13 km² · 47.997, -100.308
Elm Lake
1.12 km² · 46.008, -97.133
North Salt Lake
1.12 km² · 48.538, -97.341
Sweet Briar Lake
1.11 km² · 46.870, -101.271
Long Lake
1.10 km² · 48.261, -99.787
Swan Lake
1.09 km² · 47.289, -99.761
Becker Lake
1.09 km² · 46.007, -100.371
North Golden Lake
1.09 km² · 47.594, -97.632
Long Lake
1.04 km² · 48.925, -100.256
North Lake
1.04 km² · 48.870, -103.965
Doyles Lake
1.04 km² · 46.369, -99.512
Little Horseshoe Lake
1.02 km² · 48.912, -99.987
Alkali Lake
1.01 km² · 47.647, -100.637
Lake Vernon
1.01 km² · 47.977, -101.519
Dahl Slough
1.01 km² · 47.819, -98.173
Cavanaugh Lake
1.01 km² · 48.257, -98.890
Rose Lake
0.99 km² · 48.047, -98.181
Berreth Lake
0.98 km² · 46.210, -100.407
Mc Cone Lake
0.97 km² · 48.940, -104.018
Sheep Lake
0.97 km² · 48.181, -99.556
Island Lake
0.97 km² · 46.901, -98.392
Moran Lake
0.96 km² · 46.040, -97.020
Kee Lake
0.95 km² · 46.846, -98.286
Omild Slough
0.95 km² · 47.740, -98.003
Weber Slough
0.94 km² · 46.819, -99.124
Brush Lake
0.92 km² · 47.529, -100.727
Fish Lake
0.92 km² · 48.109, -99.561
Blue Lake
0.91 km² · 47.100, -98.665
Lueck Lake
0.90 km² · 46.029, -97.042
Purdy Lake
0.89 km² · 48.948, -99.898
Goose Lake
0.89 km² · 47.835, -99.902
Hartley Lake
0.88 km² · 48.996, -100.187
Murach Lake
0.87 km² · 46.121, -97.279
Ranch Lake
0.87 km² · 47.126, -99.535
Lyde Lake
0.86 km² · 48.936, -100.060
South Washington Lake
0.86 km² · 47.724, -98.690
Long Lake
0.85 km² · 47.721, -100.858
Pheasant Lake
0.85 km² · 46.018, -98.670
Berkland Slough
0.85 km² · 47.840, -98.182
Duck Lake
0.85 km² · 48.925, -100.396
Woodhouse Lake
0.85 km² · 47.310, -100.010
Johns Lake
0.85 km² · 47.381, -100.483
Lake George
0.84 km² · 47.410, -98.962
South Twin Lake
0.84 km² · 47.657, -98.704
Golden Rush Lake
0.84 km² · 47.567, -97.654
Waterloo Lake
0.84 km² · 48.527, -98.104
Shallow Alkali Lake
0.84 km² · 47.780, -101.406
Bentley Lake
0.83 km² · 47.917, -100.441
Pelican Lake
0.83 km² · 47.598, -100.677
Bird Lake
0.83 km² · 46.989, -99.708
Chicago Lake
0.83 km² · 47.070, -99.442
Pursian Lake
0.83 km² · 46.685, -99.988
Mitchell Lake
0.82 km² · 47.172, -100.300
Cottonwood Lake
0.82 km² · 47.878, -100.673
Fresh Lake
0.81 km² · 46.636, -99.621
Willow Lake
0.80 km² · 47.273, -97.926
Nygaard Slough
0.80 km² · 47.542, -101.025
Clear Lake
0.80 km² · 46.232, -99.427
Ebel Lake
0.78 km² · 47.803, -100.505