Fishing Lake Norway in Griggs County, North Dakota

• Overview

  Lake Norway is a Griggs County water, in North Dakota. Elevation runs to 1,421 feet. Roughly 114 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 2.0 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Larimore is the closest town at 37 miles. The nearest city of size is Fargo, 85 miles away. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lake Norway

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Griggs County list bluegill, largemouth bass and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Lake Norway responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 69°F and January reads 5°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about mid November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Expect Lake Norway to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lake Silver sits 0.6 miles off and takes the overflow. Rules at Lake Norway are worth checking on the day.