Fishing near Dickinson, ND

Set along the Heart River in Stark County, Dickinson puts open water within a short drive of downtown. Edward Arthur Patterson Lake (Dickinson Reservoir) sits less than 2 miles west, while the Heart River winds through the Badlands toward Lake Tschida. The marquee trip is Lake Sakakawea, roughly 45 miles north, where trophy walleye, pike, and smallmouth dominate.

Top waters to fish near Dickinson

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Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Channel Catfish

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Northern Pike

River Carpsucker

Carpiodes carpio

Shorthead Redhorse Sucker

Moxostoma macrolepidotum

Smallmouth Bass

Walleye

Sander vitreus

White Sucker

Catostomus commersonii

Black Buffalo

Ictiobus niger

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Sauger

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