North Dakota’s darkhouse spearfishing season opens on most state waters whenever ice-up occurs. Legal fish are northern pike and nongame species.
Spearing regulations require possessing a valid fishing license (age 16 and older), and people first must first register online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov.
Spearers and anglers are reminded that materials used to mark holes must be in possession as soon as a hole greater than 10 inches in diameter is made in the ice.
All waters open to hook and line fishing are open to darkhouse spearing except:
East Park Lake, West Park Lake, Lake Audubon – McLean County.
Heckers Lake – Sheridan County.
Lake Ashtabula – Barnes and Griggs counties.
Larimore Dam – Grand Forks County.
McClusky Canal.
New Johns Lake – Burleigh County.
Red Willow Lake – Griggs County.
Whitman Dam – Nelson County.
Wood Lake – Benson County.
Check out the North Dakota 2020-22 Fishing Guide for more information.
