Turtle River

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 1,400 fish in the published allocation.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:32 pm-12:32 am solunar major today

1 species

1,400 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		1,400

When to fish Turtle River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:09 am-12:09 pm and 10:32 pm-12:32 am	4:27-5:27 am and 4:38-5:38 pm
Tomorrow	10:56 am-12:56 pm	5:43-6:43 am and 4:55-5:55 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)

Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom
Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge

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
Larimore Dam	4.5 mi	2026 season
English Coulee Pond	12 mi	2026 season
Kolding Dam	13 mi	2026 season
Niagara Dam	17 mi	2026 season
Fordville Dam	21 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.