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Lake Sakakawea

🛶 Lake fishing  North Dakota · 🌅 04:51 - 🌇 20:48

Lake Sakakawea is a lake in North Dakota. The fish here are ranked by weather, water temperature and season, see the likely catch below.

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Conditions right now

Weather
🌦️ Light rain
Water temp (est.)
17.8°C
Air temp
13.2°C
Wind
6.9 m/s
Pressure
1005.0 → stable
Clouds
99.0%

Water temperature is an estimate based on weather and season.

Best times today

🌇 Dusk 19:33–21:33 🌙 Night 21:33–04:06

Local time at the spot, from the most likely species' daily rhythm.

Next hours

07:00
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13.0°
08:00
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14.0°
09:00
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15.0°
10:00
🌦️
16.0°
11:00
⛅
17.0°
12:00
🌦️
18.0°
13:00
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18.0°
14:00
⛅
19.0°
15:00
🌧️
20.0°
16:00
⛅
18.0°
17:00
⛅
18.0°
18:00
🌤️
19.0°

Likely catch now (13 species)

Common Carp
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
20%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, peak season.
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Channel Catfish
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
17%
Active through the night, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Walleye
Walleye
Sander vitreus
14%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, overcast lifts the bite.
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Muskellunge
Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
7%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Brook Trout
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
7%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Brown Trout
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
6%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
6%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Largemouth Bass
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
6%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Black Crappie
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
4%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, overcast lifts the bite.
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Northern Pike
Northern Pike
Esox lucius
4%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, overcast lifts the bite.
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Rainbow Trout
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
4%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, overcast lifts the bite.
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Bluegill
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
3%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 18 degrees, peak season.
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Lake Trout
Lake Trout
Salvelinus namaycush
2%
Slow during the night, overcast lifts the bite.
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Tips right now

Technique Start with a ledger bait for common carp, the most likely catch right now.
Timing This is a prime window for common carp at night. Fish hard now.
Colour Low light: try red, yellow and strong scent for common carp.
Lure Ledger bait for common carp: Boilies or corn.
Depth The water temperature suits the fish. Fish actively at normal depths and edges.

Fishing permit

A state fishing license is required to fish here. Licenses are issued by each state:

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About this water

Lake Sakakawea

Lake Sakakawea is a large reservoir in the north central United States, impounded in 1953 by Garrison Dam, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam located in the Missouri River basin in central North Dakota. Named for the Shoshone-Hidatsa woman Sacagawea, it is the largest man-made lake located entirely within North Dakota, the second largest in the United States by area after Lake Oahe, and the third largest in the United States by volume, after Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

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