Mott Watershed Dam

Fishing and stocking

Stocked through the 2026 season program: rainbow trout; 700 fish in the published allocation. One of 5 stocked waters on the Hettinger County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 9:52-11:52 pm solunar major today

1 species

700 fish allocated

What swims here

Rainbow trout 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	Rainbow trout		700

When to fish Mott Watershed Dam

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:29-11:29 am and 9:52-11:52 pm	3:47-4:47 am and 3:58-4:58 pm
Tomorrow	10:16 am-12:16 pm and 10:40 pm-12:40 am	5:02-6:02 am and 4:17-5:17 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 trout (rainbow trout on the season program here)

Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom

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
Castle Rock Dam	4.6 mi	2026 season
Blickensderfer Dam	5.6 mi	2026 season
Larson Lake	9.3 mi	2026 season
Indian Creek Dam	15 mi	2026 season
Sheep Creek Dam	23 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.