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Best white bass lakes in North Dakota

37 North Dakota waters hold white bass, 35 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Hard-fighting schooling bass. Legendary spring river runs, then open-water surface blitzes chasing shad all summer.

1. Devils Lake — 55 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
2. Stump Lake — 75 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
3. Lake Ashtabula — 42 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
4. Dry Lake — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
5. Missouri River — 31 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
6. Heart Butte Reservoir (Lake Tschida) — 48 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
7. Lake Audubon — 59.4 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
8. Twin Lakes — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
9. Bowman-Haley Dam — 28 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
10. Goose Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
11. West Lake Napoleon — 11 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
12. Alkali Lake — 23 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
13. Sibley Lake — 28 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
14. Clear Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
15. Nelson Lake — 32 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
16. Trenton Lake — 8 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
17. Grass Lake — 13 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
18. Beaver Lake — 7 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
19. Cottonwood Lake — 13 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
20. Fox Lake — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
21. Riverdale Spillway Lake — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
22. Miller Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
23. Long Lake — 7 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
24. Cherry Lake — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
25. Round Lake — 51 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike

…plus 12 more North Dakota waters holding white bass.

When to fish white bass in North Dakota

• Spring 2–12 ft — The famous spawning run — fish stack in tributary rivers and below dams by the thousands.
• Summer 8–25 ft — Follow the shad — surface blitzes early and late, suspended schools over structure midday.
• Fall 6–25 ft — The best surface action of the year — gulls diving means white bass feeding.
• Winter 15–40 ft — Huge tight schools in deep basins and channel bends — vertical spoons.

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