Lake Ashtabula

Fishing and stocking

Stocked through the 2026 season program: walleye; 549,680 fish in the published allocation. One of 11 stocked waters on the Barnes County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:34 pm-12:34 am solunar major today

1 species

549,680 fish allocated

What swims here

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	Walleye	fingerling	549,680

When to fish Lake Ashtabula

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:12 am-12:12 pm and 10:34 pm-12:34 am	4:29-5:29 am and 4:40-5:40 pm
Tomorrow	10:58 am-12:58 pm	5:44-6:44 am and 4:58-5:58 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 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
Hatchery Kids Pond	9.2 mi	2026 season
Sanborn Lake	13 mi	2026 season
Olson WPA	14 mi	2026 season
Middle Eckelson	18 mi	2026 season
Moon Lake	18 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.