Ruger Park Pond

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout and white bass water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 238 fish in the published allocation. One of 3 stocked waters on the Ramsey County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:38 pm-12:38 am solunar major today

2 species

238 fish allocated

What swims here

Rainbow trout 1 allocation

White bass 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		100
2026 season	White bass	adult	138

When to fish Ruger Park Pond

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:15 am-12:15 pm and 10:38 pm-12:38 am	4:32-5:32 am and 4:43-5:43 pm
Tomorrow	11:01 am-1:01 pm	5:48-6:48 am and 5:00-6:00 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 trout (rainbow trout on the season program here)

Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Ultralight spinning rod	6 to 7 ft ultralight, 4 lb line; long casts from the bank
Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell

For the striped bass and hybrids (white bass on the season program here)

Medium-heavy rod	7 ft with 15 lb line minimum; hybrids hit like freight
Flutter spoons and swimbaits	match the shad; count down to suspended fish
Live or cut shad	the reservoir standard where legal

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
Devils Lake	8.7 mi	2026 season
Fenster Lake	14 mi	2026 season
Wood Lake	15 mi	2026 season
Free Peoples Lake	16 mi	2026 season
Irvine-Alice-Mikes Complex	19 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.