Krieg's Pond

Fishing and stocking

Stocked through the 2026 season program: channel catfish, rainbow trout, and yellow perch; 1,185 fish in the published allocation. One of 8 stocked waters on the Morton County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 9:51-11:51 pm solunar major today

3 species

1,185 fish allocated

What swims here

Channel catfish 1 allocation

Rainbow trout 1 allocation

Yellow perch 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	Channel catfish	adult	50
2026 season	Rainbow trout		700
2026 season	Yellow perch	adult	435

When to fish Krieg's Pond

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:28-11:28 am and 9:51-11:51 pm	3:46-4:46 am and 3:57-4:57 pm
Tomorrow	10:14 am-12:14 pm and 10:38 pm-12:38 am	5:01-6:01 am and 4:15-5:15 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% 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 Mountain Time (MDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked through the 2026 season program

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the catfish (channel catfish on the season program here)

Medium-heavy rod	7 ft medium-heavy, 15 to 20 lb line, sturdy reel
Circle hooks on a slip-sinker rig	2/0 to 5/0 circles on a Carolina rig; let them load up
Cut bait and prepared baits	fresh cut shad or chicken liver; scent is everything

For the trout (rainbow trout on the season program here)

Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points

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
Glen Ullin Reservoir	10 mi	2026 season
Danzig Dam	20 mi	2026 season
Heart Butte Reservoir	21 mi	2026 season
Gaebe Pond	28 mi	2026 season
Hazen Creek	33 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.