Fishing near Williston, North Dakota

In Williams County, North Dakota, sits Williston. The town holds close to 26,977 people. From the door outwards: Lake Trenton near enough 12 miles, Epping Dam near enough 12 miles to the north-east, Blacktail Lake near enough 20 miles followed by Lake Zahl near enough 28 miles to the north. Lake Trenton has the kind of soft bottom that keeps weed thick into autumn. The freeze arrives properly here. The last open weekends of the year are usually the busiest. Most of this was built rather than formed. Bars and shallow humps are worth finding before you fish. Lake Trenton, the closest, runs to roughly 289 acres. Ice generally clears near early April in an average year. Open records for Williams County list northern pike, Iowa darter, black bullhead, bluegill and tadpole madtom. For a first trip out of Williston, Lake Trenton is the obvious one to try....