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North Dakota Lakes With Yellow Perch

124 counted North Dakota lakes list Yellow Perch 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	Stump Lake	Nelson	17,681 acres	77.1 ft
5	Long Lake	Burleigh	16,934 acres	-
6	Lake Audubon	McLean	16,612 acres	59.4 ft
7	Lake Darling	Renville	9,432 acres	28.7 ft
8	Alkaline Lake	Kidder	6,306 acres	23.7 ft
9	Dry Lake	McIntosh	5,471 acres	24.1 ft
10	Lake Ashtabula	Barnes	5,178 acres	42.8 ft
11	Lake Harriet (Arena Lake)	Burleigh	3,853 acres	12 ft
12	Jamestown Reservoir	Stutsman	2,054 acres	36.2 ft
13	Lake Metigoshe	Bottineau	1,880 acres	23.3 ft
14	Twin Lakes	LaMoure	1,736 acres	40.3 ft
15	Goose Lake	Emmons	1,704 acres	-
16	Powers Lake	Mountrail	1,699 acres	9.7 ft
17	Buffalo Lodge Lake	McHenry	1,595 acres	12.2 ft
18	Rice Lake	Emmons	1,563 acres	31.3 ft
19	Sibley Lake	Kidder	1,305 acres	28 ft
20	Goose Lake	Wells	1,227 acres	21.7 ft
21	Lake Coe	Eddy	1,214 acres	16.5 ft
22	Trautman Slough	Stutsman	1,210 acres	23 ft
23	Lake Addie	Griggs	1,029 acres	36.6 ft
24	Beaver Lake	Logan	1,005 acres	7.9 ft
25	Lake Ilo	Dunn	1,000 acres	12.8 ft
26	Green Lake	McIntosh	994 acres	10.7 ft
27	Sibley Lake	Griggs	986 acres	15.5 ft
28	Grass Lake	Richland	936 acres	13.3 ft
29	Helen Lake	Kidder	934 acres	19.9 ft
30	Stink Lake	Stutsman	871 acres	22.3 ft
31	Carpenter Lake	Rolette	870 acres	16.5 ft
32	Lake Josephine	Kidder	853 acres	20.6 ft
33	Pipestem Reservoir	Stutsman	836 acres	27 ft
34	Kislingbury Lake	McIntosh	836 acres	21.3 ft
35	Lake Isabel	Kidder	814 acres	11.8 ft
36	Fox Lake	Barnes	805 acres	19.3 ft
37	Miller Lake	McIntosh	776 acres	16 ft
38	Willow Lake	Kidder	748 acres	11 ft
39	Gullys Slough	Richland	742 acres	14.9 ft
40	Round Lake	McHenry	737 acres	52.6 ft
41	Juanita Lake	Foster	733 acres	9.9 ft
42	Deer Lake	Kidder	690 acres	-
43	Lake Laretta	Nelson	683 acres	24 ft
44	Cherry Lake	Kidder	666 acres	10.7 ft
45	School Lake	Stutsman	655 acres	22 ft
46	Belcourt Lake	Rolette	635 acres	24.5 ft
47	Coal Mine Lake	Sheridan	635 acres	8.2 ft
48	Crooked Lake	McLean	634 acres	15.3 ft
49	Lone Tree Lake (Englevale)	Ransom	630 acres	12 ft
50	Lake Hoskins	McIntosh	574 acres	10.3 ft
51	Sheyenne Lake	Sheridan	570 acres	-
52	Spiritwood Lake	Stutsman	493 acres	54.7 ft
53	Cottonwood Lake	Williams	492 acres	13.7 ft
54	Lake Richard	Sheridan	455 acres	-
55	Coldwater Lake	McIntosh	443 acres	29.6 ft
56	Cavanaugh Lake	Ramsey	441 acres	14.1 ft
57	Upsilon Lake	Rolette	435 acres	25 ft
58	Lake LaMoure	LaMoure	432 acres	31.4 ft
59	Medicine Lake	Eddy	431 acres	16 ft
60	Mud Lake	Sheridan	422 acres	-
61	Rice Lake	Ward	421 acres	38.9 ft
62	Woodhouse Lake	Kidder	418 acres	20.9 ft
63	Arnies Lake	Logan	413 acres	-
64	Lake Holmes	McLean	413 acres	23.9 ft
65	Lake Elsie	Richland	390 acres	19.9 ft
66	Round Lake	Kidder	379 acres	20.1 ft
67	Sunday Lake	Stutsman	377 acres	-
68	Swan Lake	Kidder	371 acres	10 ft
69	Lake Geneva	Kidder	360 acres	12.6 ft
70	Loon Lake	Bottineau	354 acres	24.1 ft
71	Elm Lake	Richland	354 acres	-
72	Fresh Lake	Kidder	353 acres	15 ft
73	School Section Lake	Rolette	320 acres	12.3 ft
74	North Golden Lake	Steele	317 acres	12.6 ft
75	Round Lake	Barnes	308 acres	16.7 ft
76	Jarvis Lake	Rolette	304 acres	26.3 ft
77	Kee Lake	Barnes	301 acres	14.5 ft
78	Pelican Lake	McLean	300 acres	13 ft
79	Sweet Briar Lake	Morton	278 acres	29.9 ft
80	Horseshoe Lake	Richland	277 acres	19.5 ft
81	Long Lake	Bottineau	276 acres	24.3 ft
82	Island Lake	Barnes	266 acres	8.8 ft
83	Deer Lake	Stutsman	261 acres	12 ft
84	Cedar Lake	Slope	246 acres	14.2 ft
85	Lake Brekken	McLean	245 acres	18.8 ft
86	Heckers Lake	Sheridan	245 acres	25.4 ft
87	Cottonwood Lake	McHenry	239 acres	11.9 ft
88	Lueck Lake	Richland	238 acres	19.6 ft
89	Sanborn Lake	Barnes	234 acres	26 ft
90	Long Lake	McLean	231 acres	7.6 ft
91	Brush Lake	McLean	224 acres	21.8 ft
92	Clear Lake	McIntosh	213 acres	13.3 ft
93	Pheasant Lake	Dickey	205 acres	19.1 ft
94	Cherry Lake	Sheridan	197 acres	18 ft
95	Smishek Lake	Burke	195 acres	25.4 ft
96	Gascoyne Lake	Bowman	189 acres	7.2 ft
97	Lake Williams	Kidder	182 acres	30.5 ft
98	Martin Lake	Rolette	168 acres	15.9 ft
99	Clearwater Lake	Mountrail	166 acres	16.5 ft
100	Gordon Lake	Rolette	162 acres	28.3 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 124 counted lakes with Yellow Perch.

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