Tosse Slough

Fishing and stocking

Black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 4,375 fish in the published allocation. One of 14 stocked waters on the Sargent County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:31 pm-12:31 am solunar major today

3 species

4,375 fish allocated

What swims here

Black crappie 1 allocation

Bluegill 1 allocation

Yellow perch 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	Black crappie	adult	8
2026 season	Bluegill	adult	29
2026 season	Yellow perch	adult	4,338

When to fish Tosse Slough

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:08 am-12:08 pm and 10:31 pm-12:31 am	4:26-5:26 am and 4:37-5:37 pm
Tomorrow	10:54 am-12:54 pm	5:39-6:39 am and 4:57-5:57 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 panfish (black crappie on the season program here)

Long telescoping pole	reach the pockets without spooking the school
Ultralight rod and small jigs	1/32 to 1/64 oz jigs under a float; 2 to 4 lb line
Live bait	waxworms, crickets, and redworms out-fish everything for bluegill

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
Shriner Lake	5.7 mi	2026 season
Elm Lake	6.2 mi	2026 season
Lake Tewaukon	6.4 mi	2026 season
Haus Lake	6.7 mi	2026 season
Marquette Slough	7.5 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.