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North Dakota Lakes With Common Carp

19 counted North Dakota lakes list Common Carp 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	Lake Audubon	McLean	16,612 acres	59.4 ft
4	Jamestown Reservoir	Stutsman	2,054 acres	36.2 ft
5	Trenton Lake	Williams	1,010 acres	8.1 ft
6	Beaver Lake	Logan	1,005 acres	7.9 ft
7	Grass Lake	Richland	936 acres	13.3 ft
8	Pipestem Reservoir	Stutsman	836 acres	27 ft
9	Lake Isabel	Kidder	814 acres	11.8 ft
10	Juanita Lake	Foster	733 acres	9.9 ft
11	Lone Tree Lake (Englevale)	Ransom	630 acres	12 ft
12	Nelson Lake	Oliver	581 acres	33.4 ft
13	Lake LaMoure	LaMoure	432 acres	31.4 ft
14	Lake Elsie	Richland	390 acres	19.9 ft
15	Sweet Briar Lake	Morton	278 acres	29.9 ft
16	Cedar Lake	Slope	246 acres	14.2 ft
17	Heckers Lake	Sheridan	245 acres	25.4 ft
18	Cottonwood Lake	LaMoure	204 acres	8 ft
19	Silver Lake	Sargent	148 acres	11.1 ft

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