Lake Alice in Towner County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Towner County end of North Dakota holds Lake Alice. The land about it is pine and birch. The water covers around 3.5 sq miles, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. The perimeter runs near 9.5 miles, so plan the walk before you start. By surface area it heads our Towner County listings. Cando sits 11 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Devils Lake is 20 miles away, with Fort Totten at 26 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Lake Alice

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Towner County, recorded fish include northern pike and fathead minnow. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Lake Alice the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 68°F in July and bottoms out near 5°F in January. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. On Lake Alice that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Chain Lake at 2.5 miles is the sensible second choice. Treat Lake Alice as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.