Cottonwood Park Pond

Fishing and stocking

Northern pike water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 2,086 fish in the published allocation. One of 6 stocked waters on the Burleigh County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:46 pm-12:46 am solunar major today

1 species

2,086 fish allocated

What swims here

Northern pike 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	Northern pike	adult	2,086

When to fish Cottonwood Park Pond

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:23 am-12:23 pm and 10:46 pm-12:46 am	4:41-5:41 am and 4:52-5:52 pm
Tomorrow	11:09 am-1:09 pm	5:55-6:55 am and 5:10-6:10 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 muskie and pike (northern pike on the season program here)

Large bucktails and gliders	big profile baits; finish every cast with a figure-eight
Steel or heavy fluoro leader	non-negotiable; pike and muskie cut everything else
Oversized landing net	a stocked muskie fishery deserves a proper release tool

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
OWLS Pond	3.1 mi	2026 season
Little Heart Pond	6.1 mi	2026 season
McDowell Dam	7.8 mi	2026 season
Porsborg Dam	9.3 mi	2026 season
Fish Creek Dam	22 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.