5 public waters in the Missouri Slope & Badlands region — 5 lakes/reservoirs and 0 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a North Dakota licence.
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This 246-acre Missouri Slope reservoir in Adams and Slope counties offers a solid mixed bag for northern plains anglers. Northern Pike, Walleye, and Yellow Perch are the primary draws, with Black Bullhead adding variety for panfish enthusiasts. Common Carp are abundant here—a growing under-fished opportunity that mirrors the larger carp populations throughout North Dakota's James and Red rivers.
This 68-acre Adams County reservoir in the Missouri Slope & Badlands region offers solid panfish and pike action alongside a respectable walleye population. Channel catfish, bluegill, and yellow perch provide reliable summer and fall options, while northern pike and walleye appeal to anglers targeting larger species.
North Lemmon is a 52-acre Adams County reservoir in the Missouri Slope & Badlands with an unusually rich species roster: rainbow and brown trout, walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, yellow perch, and bluegill. This diversity—spanning cool-water salmonids and warm-water gamefish and panfish—makes it one of the region's most versatile small impoundments.
White Butte Reservoir (28 acres) sits in Adams County, North-Dakota, managed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Straddling Adams and Sioux counties in South Central North Dakota, Labow Lake is a 20-acre warm-water reservoir best known for largemouth bass and bluegill. This intimate impoundment is ideal for anglers targeting panfish and bass in a quiet James River Valley setting.
Across its mapped waters, Adams County holds 14 species on PiscaMaps, including Yellow Perch, Walleye, Bluegill, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Bullhead, Common Carp and Channel Catfish.
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Open the North Dakota map Join PiscaMapsOne North Dakota Game and Fish Department fishing licence covers every public water in the state, the Missouri River reservoirs and every water on NDGF's Fishing Waters list included — the resident annual is about $29 (including the required Fishing, Hunting & Furbearer Certificate), the non-resident annual about $73, with non-resident 3-day (~$53) and 10-day (~$63) options. No separate trout stamp is required. North Dakota residents 65 and older can buy a discounted senior licence for about $12, and anyone under 16 fishes free. Licences run 1 April to 31 March. Buy at gf.nd.gov.