Mirror Lake

Fishing and stocking

Channel catfish and walleye water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 10,354 fish in the published allocation.

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program 2026 season

best window 9:53-11:53 pm solunar major today

2 species

10,354 fish allocated

What swims here

Channel catfish 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	Channel catfish	adult	354
2026 season	Walleye	fingerling	10,000

When to fish Mirror Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:31-11:31 am and 9:53-11:53 pm	3:48-4:48 am and 3:59-4:59 pm
Tomorrow	10:17 am-12:17 pm and 10:41 pm-12:41 am	5:02-6:02 am and 4:18-5:18 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 walleye (walleye on the season program here)

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
Medium spinning rod	6.5 to 7 ft medium, 8 lb line; sensitivity beats power here

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
North Lemmon	23 mi	2026 season
Indian Creek Dam	24 mi	2026 season
Cedar Lake	26 mi	2026 season
Shadehill Reservoir SD	26 mi	May 14
Castle Rock Dam	26 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.