Sibley Lake

Fishing and stocking

Walleye water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 100,500 fish in the published allocation. One of 25 stocked waters on the Kidder County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:42 pm-12:42 am solunar major today

1 species

100,500 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	100,500

When to fish Sibley Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:19 am-12:19 pm and 10:42 pm-12:42 am	4:36-5:36 am and 4:47-5:47 pm
Tomorrow	11:05 am-1:05 pm	5:51-6:51 am and 5:05-6:05 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)

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
Jigging raps and blade baits	vertical over deep structure in the cold months

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
Lake No. 5	2.7 mi	2026 season
McPhail WMA	3.2 mi	2026 season
Horsehead Lake	6.3 mi	2026 season
Lake Isabel	9.4 mi	2026 season
Cherry Lake	9.8 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.