Watford City Park Pond

Fishing and stocking

Bluegill, channel catfish, and 2 other species water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 1,120 fish in the published allocation.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:56 pm-12:56 am solunar major today

4 species

1,120 fish allocated

What swims here

Bluegill 1 allocation

Channel catfish 1 allocation

Cutthroat trout 1 allocation

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	Bluegill	adult	504
2026 season	Channel catfish	adult	75
2026 season	Cutthroat trout	adult	191
2026 season	Rainbow trout		350

When to fish Watford City Park Pond

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:33 am-12:33 pm and 10:56 pm-12:56 am	4:51-5:51 am and 5:01-6:01 pm
Tomorrow	11:19 am-1:19 pm	6:07-7:07 am and 5:18-6:18 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 (cutthroat trout on the season program here)

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
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom

For the panfish (bluegill on the season program here)

Small tubes and grubs	1 to 2 inch plastics for crappie around brush
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

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
Arnegard Dam	10 mi	2026 season
Kota-Ray Dam	31 mi	2026 season
East Spring Lake Pond	32 mi	2026 season
West Spring Lake Pond	32 mi	2026 season
Epping-Springbrook Dam	33 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.