ND Game & Fish Department Fish Stocking Report
Des Moines Lake -- Kidder County
November 2026
2025
Walleye
49,400
Fingerling
2024
Walleye
50,000
Fingerling
2022
Walleye
51,000
Fingerling
2021
Walleye
75,200
Fingerling
2020
Walleye
80,850
Fingerling
2019
Walleye
50,000
Fingerling
2018
Walleye
50,400
Fingerling
2017
Walleye
42,650
Advanced Fingerlings
2017
Northern Pike
40,800
Fingerling
- Fry are newly hatched fish -- Fingerlings are young fish from 1" to 3" in length -- Advanced Fingerlings are young fish from 4 - 10" in length -- Catchables are young Trout from 8 - 10" in length -- Smolts are young Salmon from 4" - 6" in length