Sheep Creek Dam

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 2,100 fish in the published allocation.

Grant County · North Dakota · see it on the national map

program 2026 season

best window 10:50 pm-12:50 am solunar major today

1 species

2,100 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		2,100

When to fish Sheep Creek Dam

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:27 am-12:27 pm and 10:50 pm-12:50 am	4:45-5:45 am and 4:56-5:56 pm
Tomorrow	11:13 am-1:13 pm	5:59-6:59 am and 5:15-6:15 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)

Slip bobber and jig	1/32 oz marabou jig or waxworm suspended at cruising depth
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

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
Heart Butte Reservoir	19 mi	2026 season
Blickensderfer Dam	21 mi	2026 season
Mott Watershed Dam	23 mi	2026 season
Castle Rock Dam	26 mi	2026 season
North Lemmon	27 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.