Le Paul Slough Fishing in Dunn County, North Dakota

• Overview

  You will find Le Paul Slough in Dunn County, North Dakota. What surrounds it is rolling bush. At about 130 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The town to know is Killdeer, 6.3 miles out. Further out sit Dickinson (32 miles) and Belfield (40 miles). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Le Paul Slough

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Species logged across Dunn County include common carp. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Le Paul Slough the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 70°F for July and 11°F for January. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Le Paul Slough regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Mapping flags this water as intermittent: it can be dry for part of the year, so check before travelling. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Carp respond to sweetcorn or boilies fished patiently on the bottom near feeding areas. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Lake Ilo, 1.8 miles away. Ask locally about Le Paul Slough if anything is unclear.