Juanita Lake Fishing in Foster County, North Dakota

• Overview

  Juanita Lake lies in Foster County, North Dakota. The bank is 1,444 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to roughly 600 acres, so plan for one area rather than the whole. Shoreline length is close to 6.5 miles, and each section fishes a little differently. Nearest place of any size is Carrington, 20 miles away. The nearest city of size is Fargo, 103 miles away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Juanita Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shape of Juanita Lake decides where the fish sit. Overhanging branches shade fish that would otherwise sit deeper.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 69°F; by January the average is down near 5°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Juanita Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Stony Lake at 2.3 miles is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish Juanita Lake.