Clark Lake

Fishing and stocking

Stocked through the 2026 season program: smallmouth bass and walleye; 16,228 fish in the published allocation. One of 17 stocked waters on the Stutsman County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:40 pm-12:40 am solunar major today

2 species

16,228 fish allocated

What swims here

Smallmouth bass 1 allocation

Walleye 1 allocation

Season program record

North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The North Dakota season shape statewide: reported by year.

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
2026 season	Smallmouth bass	adult	28
2026 season	Walleye	fingerling	16,200

When to fish Clark Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:17 am-12:17 pm and 10:40 pm-12:40 am	4:35-5:35 am and 4:46-5:46 pm
Tomorrow	11:03 am-1:03 pm	5:50-6:50 am and 5:04-6:04 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Central Time (CDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked through the 2026 season program

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the bass (smallmouth bass on the season program here)

Finesse jigs	for the fish that have seen everything else
Medium spinning or casting rod	6.5 to 7 ft medium; 10 to 12 lb line
Stick worms and soft plastics	weightless stick worms around cover; Texas rig in wood

For the walleye (walleye on the season program here)

Jigging raps and blade baits	vertical over deep structure in the cold months
Jig and minnow	1/8 to 1/4 oz round jigs tipped live or plastic; drag the bottom slowly
Crawler harness	slow-trolled over flats and breaks once water warms

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Round Lake	4.0 mi	2026 season
Sunday Lake	4.3 mi	2026 season
Barnes Lake	7.6 mi	2026 season
Geier Lake	8.4 mi	2026 season
Big Mallard Marsh	8.5 mi	2026 season

Records from North Dakota Game and Fish Department (official page). Placement from North Dakota Game and Fish Department coordinates. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: North Dakota fishing regulations.