Fishing Bittner Lakes in Rolette County, North Dakota

• Overview

  Within Rolette County, North Dakota, you have Bittner Lakes. The ground round it is mixed forest. At about 50 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 1.7 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Bottineau sits 15 miles from the bank. Deloraine is 16 miles away, with Boissevain at 18 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Bittner Lakes

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Rolette County include bluegill, northern pike, white bass, yellow perch and johnny darter. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Bittner Lakes repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 65°F and January at 1°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Expect Bittner Lakes to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Cauldwell Lake, 0.7 miles out. None of that is settled for Bittner Lakes in what we hold.