Danzig Dam is a reservoir in Morton County, North Dakota.
Danzig Dam is a reservoir in Morton County, North Dakota, and covers about 165.6 acres, reaches about 11.1 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 738 acre-feet.
Danzig Dam can be broken down in a few passes: shallow cover, the first break, and the deepest useful water. With little deep water in Danzig Dam, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Danzig Dam include Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Northern Pike, Walleye, and Yellow Perch.
On this 165.6-acre water, try this for walleye: work a jig and minnow, a live-bait rig, or a small crankbait along points and the first drop.
Near the 11.1-foot deep point, try this for yellow perch: keep a small jig tipped with a minnow or worm close to the bottom on a flat beside deeper water.
Before leaving this midsize, shallow reservoir in Morton County, try this for northern pike: cover weed edges and shallow points with a spoon, spinnerbait, or minnow-shaped lure.
Within this midsize Morton County reservoir, try this for black bullhead: soak a worm or small piece of cut bait on the bottom in quiet water after sunset.
On this shallow North Dakota reservoir, other targets listed here include Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig.
Across this midsize reservoir in Morton County, make one shallow pass and one deeper pass on the same shoreline; that shows whether fish are tight to cover or using the first break.
Around this Morton County reservoir with shallow water, in spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace.
While checking this midsize, shallow reservoir in Morton County, a medium spinning rod with 8- to 10-pound line handles most jigs and small casting baits; add a stronger outfit and a proper leader when northern pike are the target.
While checking this midsize, shallow reservoir in Morton County, record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.