Maple River Lake is a reservoir in North Dakota, near Dickey County.
Maple River Lake is a reservoir in Dickey County, North Dakota, and covers about 215 acres and holds roughly 669 acre-feet.
The best plan at Maple River Lake is to choose one arm or shoreline and work it from shallow cover to the first deep break.
Fish listed for Maple River Lake include Northern Pike, Walleye, and Yellow Perch.
On this 215-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.
Within this open North Dakota reservoir, 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.
To keep things simple on this midsize, open reservoir in Dickey County, try this for northern pike: cover weed edges and shallow points with a spoon, spinnerbait, or minnow-shaped lure.
Around this Dickey 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 midsize Dickey County reservoir, 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.
Within this Dickey County reservoir with open water, 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.
Around this North Dakota reservoir of midsize size, 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.