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North Dakota Lakes With Black Crappie

20 counted North Dakota lakes list Black Crappie in North Dakota Game and Fish records. The largest is Lake Sakakawea at 350,520 acres. The deepest of them is Lake Oahe at 200 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake Sakakawea	McLean	350,520 acres	180 ft
2	Lake Oahe	Emmons	309,912.6 acres	200 ft
3	Devils Lake	Ramsey	110,763 acres	58.1 ft
4	Lake Ashtabula	Barnes	5,178 acres	42.8 ft
5	Jamestown Reservoir	Stutsman	2,054 acres	36.2 ft
6	Lake Metigoshe	Bottineau	1,880 acres	23.3 ft
7	Lake Tewaukon	Sargent	1,071 acres	9.5 ft
8	Trenton Lake	Williams	1,010 acres	8.1 ft
9	Grass Lake	Richland	936 acres	13.3 ft
10	Lake Josephine	Kidder	853 acres	20.6 ft
11	Pipestem Reservoir	Stutsman	836 acres	27 ft
12	Nelson Lake	Oliver	581 acres	33.4 ft
13	Upsilon Lake	Rolette	435 acres	25 ft
14	Lake LaMoure	LaMoure	432 acres	31.4 ft
15	Lake Elsie	Richland	390 acres	19.9 ft
16	Elm Lake	Richland	354 acres	-
17	Sweet Briar Lake	Morton	278 acres	29.9 ft
18	Pheasant Lake	Dickey	205 acres	19.1 ft
19	Silver Lake	Sargent	148 acres	11.1 ft
20	Sweetwater Lake	Barnes	48 acres	-

Source: North Dakota Game and Fish lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.