Kota-Ray Dam is a reservoir in Williams County, North Dakota.
Kota-Ray Dam is a reservoir in Williams County, North Dakota, and covers about 32.7 acres, reaches about 26.2 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 333.3 acre-feet.
At Kota-Ray Dam, a point, weed edge, or small drop is more important than simply covering the whole shoreline.
Fish listed for Kota-Ray Dam include Bluegill, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, and Yellow Perch.
On this 32.7-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.
During an opening pass on this small, open reservoir in Williams County, 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.
While learning this small, open reservoir in Williams County, try this for bluegill: use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
Within this Williams County reservoir with open water, try this for largemouth bass: work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
On this Williams County reservoir with open water, other targets listed here include Rainbow Trout, and Brown Trout; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig.
Around this Williams County reservoir with open water, use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket.
On this Williams County reservoir with open 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.
For the first look at this small, open reservoir in Williams County, a light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control.
On a careful pass over this small, open reservoir in Williams 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.
On this open North Dakota reservoir, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
Around this small reservoir in Williams County, treat 26.2 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
Across this North Dakota reservoir of small size, move after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.