Montana Fishing Report

Best Fishing Stream Name Today
1 Saint Marys Lake, MT 3
2 Seeley Lake, MT 3
3 Placid Lake, MT 3
4 Lindbergh Lake, MT 3
5 Lake Inez, MT 3
6 Stansfield Lake, MT 3
7 Thompson Falls Reservoir, MT 2
8 Arapooish Pond, MT 2
9 Noxon Reservoir, MT 2
10 McDonald Lake, MT 2
11 Tetrault Lake, MT 2
12 Bull Lake, MT 2
13 Sophie Lake, MT 2
14 Loon Lake: Lake, MT 2
15 Hungry Horse Reservoir, MT 2
16 Kilbrennan Lake, MT 2
17 Canyon Ferry Lake, MT 2
18 Glen Lake, MT 2
19 Baker Creek, MT 2
20 Dailey Lake, MT 2
21 Crow Creek, MT 2
22 Lake Creek, MT 2
23 Libby Creek, MT 2
24 Callahan Creek, MT 2
25 Helena Valley Reservoir, MT 2
26 Lake Helena, MT 2
27 Hauser Lake, MT 2
28 Jocko River, MT 2
29 Prickly Pear Creek, MT 2
30 Bighorn River, MT 2
31 East Gallatin River, MT 2
32 Tobacco River, MT 2
33 Red Lodge Creek, MT 2
34 Pipe Creek, MT 2
35 Carters Pond, MT 2
36 Ruby River Reservoir, MT 2
37 Dickey Lake, MT 2
38 Deadmans Basin Reservoir, MT 2
39 Rosebud Creek, MT 2
40 Bailey Reservoir, MT 2
41 Blanchard Lake, MT 2
42 Bean Lake, MT 2
43 Ross Fork Creek, MT 2
44 Newlan Creek Reservoir, MT 2
45 Missouri River, MT 2
46 Lake Sutherlin, MT 2
47 Yellowstone River, MT 2
48 Sweet Grass Creek, MT 2
49 Shields River, MT 2
50 Coopers Lake, MT 2
51 Norwegian Creek, MT 2
52 Fish Creek, MT 1
53 Flathead Lake, MT 1
54 Echo Lake: Flathead, MT 1
55 Willow Creek: Jefferson River, MT 1
56 Bitterroot River, MT 1
57 Threemile Creek, MT 1
58 Cottonwood Creek: Clark Fork River, MT 1
59 Jefferson River, MT 1
60 Clark Fork River, MT 1
61 Hyalite Creek, MT 1
62 Ben Hart Creek, MT 1
63 Holter Lake, MT 1
64 Ennis Lake, MT 1
65 East Fisher Creek, MT 1
66 Cedar Creek, MT 1
67 Kootenai River, MT 1
68 Fortine Creek, MT 1
69 Willow Creek Reservoir, MT 1
70 Upsata Lake, MT 1
71 Smith Lake, MT 1
72 Pishkun Reservoir, MT 1
73 Eyraud Lakes, MT 1
74 Big Spring Creek, MT 1
75 Eureka Reservoir, MT 1
76 Broadview Pond, MT 1
77 Stillwater River: Yellowstone River, MT 1
78 Big Hole River, MT 1
79 Tongue River, MT 1
80 Bair Reservoir, MT 1
81 Big Sandy Creek, MT 1
82 Black Bear Creek, MT 1
83 Bunker Creek, MT 1
84 Jackson Creek, MT 1
85 Martinsdale Reservoir, MT 1
86 Dearborn River, MT 1
87 Flat Creek, MT 1
88 Spring Creek: Jocko River, MT 1
89 Armstrong Spring Creek, MT 1
90 Valley Creek, MT 1
91 Whitefish River, MT 1
92 American Fork, MT 1
93 Warm Spring Creek: Judith River, MT 1
94 Bearpaw Lake, MT 1
95 Browns Lake, MT 1
96 Sixteenmile Creek, MT 1
97 Danaher Creek, MT 1
98 Judith River, MT 1
99 Porcupine Creek, MT 1
100 Madison River, MT 1
101 Mill Creek, MT 1
102 Hound Creek, MT 1
103 Tenderfoot Creek, MT 1
104 Teton River, MT 1
105 Clear Creek, MT 1
106 North Fork Smith River, MT 1
107 Cherry Creek, MT 1
108 Cottonwood Creek: Shields River, MT 1
109 Mission Creek, MT 1
110 Monture Creek, MT 1
111 Arrastra Creek, MT 1
112 Warren Creek, MT 1
113 Young Creek, MT 1
114 Nevada Creek, MT 1
115 Ashley Creek, MT 0
116 Painted Rocks Lake, MT 0
117 Sylvan Lake, MT 0
118 Flathead River: Upper, MT 0
119 Swan Lake, MT 0
120 Upper Stillwater Lake, MT 0
121 Lake McDonald, MT 0
122 Rainy Lake, MT 0
123 Dutchman Creek, MT 0
124 Big Creek: Bitterroot River, MT 0
125 Lolo Creek, MT 0
126 Saint Regis River, MT 0
127 Gold Creek, MT 0
128 Gallatin River, MT 0
129 Trout Creek, MT 0
130 Squaw Creek, MT 0
131 West Fork Bitterroot River, MT 0
132 Burdette Creek, MT 0
133 Cache Creek, MT 0
134 Five Mile Creek, MT 0
135 Deep Creek, MT 0
136 Glacier Creek, MT 0
137 Swan River, MT 0
138 Racetrack Creek, MT 0
139 Nilan Reservoir, MT 0
140 Georgetown Lake, MT 0
141 Echo Lake, MT 0
142 Lake Koocanusa, MT 0
143 Handkerchief Lake, MT 0
144 East Fork Reservoir, MT 0
145 Lion Lake, MT 0
146 Skyles Lake, MT 0
147 Little Bitterroot Lake, MT 0
148 Rainbow Lake, MT 0
149 Beaver Lake, MT 0
150 Highwood Creek, MT 0
151 Tenmile Creek, MT 0
152 Boulder River: Jefferson River, MT 0
153 Big Otter Creek, MT 0
154 Little Whitetail Creek, MT 0
155 Tin Cup Creek, MT 0
156 Kootenai Creek, MT 0
157 Sleeping Child Creek, MT 0
158 Boulder River, MT 0
159 Lost Creek, MT 0
160 Spotted Bear River, MT 0
161 Little Boulder River, MT 0
162 Little Salmon Creek, MT 0
163 Diversion Lake, MT 0
164 Rock Creek, MT 0
165 Big Salmon Creek, MT 0
166 Skalkaho Creek, MT 0
167 Nez Perce Fork, MT 0
168 Gordon Creek, MT 0
169 Post Creek, MT 0
170 Brewster Creek, MT 0
171 Grasshopper Creek, MT 0
172 Roaring Lion Creek, MT 0
173 Burnt Fork Bitterroot River, MT 0
174 East Fork Bitterroot River, MT 0
175 Rock Creek: Bitterroot River, MT 0
176 South Fork Lolo Creek, MT 0
177 Cameron Creek, MT 0
178 Warm Springs Creek: East Fork Bitterroot River, MT 0
179 Flint Creek, MT 0
180 Bison Creek, MT 0
181 South Fork Spanish Creek, MT 0
182 Belt Creek, MT 0
183 Flathead River: Lower, MT 0
184 Quintonkon Creek, MT 0
185 Cut Bank Creek, MT 0
186 Two Medicine River, MT 0
187 Middle Fork Rock Creek, MT 0
188 Fisher River, MT 0
189 Pleasant Valley Fisher River, MT 0
190 Ruby River, MT 0
191 Warm Springs Creek: Clark Fork River, MT 0
192 Ashley Lake, MT 0
193 Spar Lake, MT 0
194 Howard Lake, MT 0
195 Kintla Lake, MT 0
196 Whitefish Lake, MT 0
197 Loon Lake, MT 0
198 Salmon Lake, MT 0
199 South Boulder River, MT 0
200 East Rosebud Creek, MT 0
201 East Fork Fiddler Creek, MT 0
202 Little Prickly Pear Creek, MT 0
203 Smith River, MT 0
204 Sun River, MT 0
205 Beaverhead River, MT 0
206 Swamp Creek, MT 0
207 Middle Fork Milk River, MT 0
208 Big Beaver Creek, MT 0
209 East Fork Bull River, MT 0
210 Willow Creek: Big Hole River, MT 0
211 Beaver Creek: Noxon Reservoir, MT 0
212 Wise River, MT 0
213 Nelson Spring Creek, MT 0
214 Poindexter Slough, MT 0
215 Rattlesnake Creek, MT 0
216 Boulder Creek, MT 0
217 Gardner River, MT 0
218 Cottonwood Creek: Blackfoot RIver, MT 0
219 Bluewater Creek, MT 0
220 Big Sheep Creek, MT 0
221 Little Blackfoot River, MT 0
222 North Fork Sun River, MT 0
223 Big Birch Creek, MT 0
224 Crystal Lake, MT 0
225 Reservoir Lake, MT 0
226 Fort Peck Lake, MT 0
227 Hebgen Lake, MT 0
228 South Sandstone Reservoir, MT 0
229 Bloody Dick Creek, MT 0
230 West Fork Gallatin River, MT 0
231 Prospect Creek, MT 0
232 South Fork Birch Creek, MT 0
233 West Rosebud Creek, MT 0
234 West Fork Stillwater River, MT 0
235 Alder Creek, MT 0
236 South Fork Musselshell River, MT 0
237 South Fork Dearborn River, MT 0
238 Canyon Creek: Little Prickly Pear River, MT 0
239 West Fork Trout Creek, MT 0
240 South Fork Sun River, MT 0
241 Canyon Creek: Big Hole River, MT 0
242 Moose Creek, MT 0
243 Beaver Creek: Milk River, MT 0
244 Cottonwood Creek: Mussellshell River, MT 0
245 Francis Creek, MT 0
246 Spring Creek: Rock Creek, MT 0
247 Graves Creek, MT 0
248 International Creek, MT 0
249 Youngs Creek, MT 0
250 Middle Fork Dearborn River, MT 0
251 Big Elk Creek, MT 0
252 Vermilion River, MT 0
253 Fishtrap Creek, MT 0
254 West Fork South Fork Sun River, MT 0
255 White River, MT 0
256 Big Pipestone Creek, MT 0
257 West Boulder River, MT 0
258 Sheep Creek, MT 0
259 Ranch Creek, MT 0
260 Steel Creek, MT 0
261 Badger Creek, MT 0
262 Blackfoot River, MT 0
263 Middle Fork Flathead River, MT 0
264 North Fork Flathead River, MT 0
265 West Fork Rock Creek, MT 0
266 Bartlett Creek, MT 0
267 Thompson River, MT 0
268 Bear Creek, MT 0
269 Meadow Creek, MT 0
270 Blue Joint Creek, MT 0
271 South Fork Milk River, MT 0
272 Landers Fork, MT 0
273 Emery Creek, MT 0
274 Flood Creek, MT 0
275 Hughes Creek, MT 0
276 North Fork Big Hole River, MT 0
277 Leigh Creek, MT 0
278 Saint Mary River, MT 0
279 West Fork Thompson River, MT 0
280 South Fork Madison River, MT 0
281 Belly River, MT 0
282 Seventeenmile Creek, MT 0
283 Kennedy Creek, MT 0
284 Morrell Creek, MT 0
285 Camas Creek, MT 0
286 Little Rock Creek, MT 0
287 Yakinikak Creek, MT 0
288 Kintla Creek, MT 0
289 Alice Creek, MT 0
290 McDonald Creek, MT 0
291 Bergsicker Creek, MT 0
292 Elk Creek, MT 0
293 Red Rock River, MT 0
294 Clearwater River, MT 0
295 Taylor Creek, MT 0
296 North Fork Musselshell River, MT 0
297 Grayling Creek, MT 0
298 Whale Creek, MT 0
299 Big Creek: Kootenai River, MT 0
300 Stillwater River: Flathead RIver, MT 0
301 Harrison Creek, MT 0
302 Yaak River, MT 0
303 Wigwam River, MT 0
304 Good Creek, MT 0
305 Quartz Creek, MT 0
306 Daly Creek, MT 0
307 Blodgett Creek, MT 0
308 Red Rock Creek, MT 0
309 Bull River, MT 0
310 Gorge Creek, MT 0
311 Logan Creek, MT 0
312 East Fork Yaak River, MT 0
313 East Fork North Fork Blackfoot River, MT 0
314 Akokala Creek, MT 0
315 Bowl Creek, MT 0
316 Warm Springs Creek: Big Hole River, MT 0
317 Tunnel Creek, MT 0
318 Beaver Creek: Missouri RIver, MT 0
319 Dry Fork North Fork Blackfoot River, MT 0
320 Bass Creek, MT 0
321 West Fork Poplar River, MT 0
322 Fossil Creek, MT 0
323 Little Thompson River, MT 0
324 Rock Creek: Smith River, MT 0
325 West Fork Yaak River, MT 0
326 West Fork Clearwater River, MT 0
327 Martin Creek, MT 0
328 North Fork Blackfoot River, MT 0
329 East Fork Rock Creek, MT 0
330 East Fork Lee Creek, MT 0
331 Keep Cool Creek, MT 0
332 Grave Creek, MT 0
333 Logging Creek, MT 0
334 Blue Sky Creek, MT 0
335 Copper Creek, MT 0
336 Gartside Reservoir, MT 0
337 Whitetail Reservoir, MT 0
338 Sylvia Lake, MT 0
339 Fort Peck Trout Pond, MT 0
340 Elk Lake, MT 0
341 Little Therriault Lake, MT 0
342 Brownes Lake, MT 0
343 Upper Red Rock Lake, MT 0
344 Upper Whitefish Lake, MT 0
345 Kersey Lake, MT 0



What is Whacking Fatties? Fly fishing reports and forecasts for ~10,000 streams and lakes and rivers across North America and the United Kingdom.

What is the goal?

To better understand fly-fishing patterns, conditions to predict ferocity of fishable events and locations.

How do we do it?

Fly Fishing Reports and Forecasts. Throughout every day, we create 7 day fishing forecasts for ~10,000 streams and lakes.

What is the Fatty Factor?

A 5 star rating calculated per hour over every day per stream. We create a detailed forecast for each stream whereby every hour gets a 5 star Fatty Factor rating.

How is the Fatty Factor calculated?

The Fatty Factor is calculated using a fly-fishing success estimation model containing proprietary big data analytics. We consume data from near and real-time sources, satellites, and sensors; compile/compare, against historic datasets, to create the Fatty Factor. Location, season, and analytics improve the rating over time.

How is the Fatty Factor rated?

5 starts is the best while 0 starts is “Not Fatty”.

How to use Whacking Fatties Fishing Reports and Forecasts?

Consult the detailed stream information section of the fly-fishing reports and forecasts for the latest weather temperatures, wind speeds, cloud cover, gauge flows, and insect hatch patterns.

What do trout eat?

Check out the hatch recommendations for each stream in the detailed stream area. Investigate the hatch recommendations if you are interested in what do trout eat.

What kind of fish can I catch?

You tell us? Rainbow trout, brook trout, lake trout, bass, carp, etc. Currently, fresh water species. Salt water fly fishing? Fly fishing for carp is awesome. Tell us what you are after? Steelhead, grayling, tarpon, bass, bonefish, taimen, permit, salmon fishing?

How do I use the fishing maps?

We have a vast amount of geographic data for each stream. Click on the points to get more information. Green points represent fishing access such as put-ins and take-outs. Purple points represent bridges or stream crossings whereby often Google StreetView is available. Red points represent USGS Stream Gauges. Where available, we have graphs for Predictive Hydrograph 7 days, Water Temperature, Observed Height (ft.) 7 days, Observed Discharge (cfs) 7 days, and Duration Hydrograph. The Duration Hydrograph is a graphical presentation of recent daily streamflow, plotted over the long-term statistics of streamflow for each day of the year.

Can I determine land ownership from the stream map?

Yes. Landownership data is included in the map. In the map legend, the type of ownership is shown while you hover or tap on the map. You will see public or private land. For public, it will tell you the agency such as Forest Service or State Park.

Does Whacking Fatties have private landowner information such as parcel boundaries?

Currently, we have landowner information for Montana only. If you drill down into the map, you will see parcel boundaries. Simply click on the parcel to see who owns the land and other related information.

How do I determine distance from one access to another?

In the map, the measure tool can be used to trace along a stream to measure between fishing access points.

Can I determine stream elevation?

In the fishing map, you can turn on the elevation profile for a stream. You are able to visually see how much elevation is dropped along a stream.

What other mapping data is available and useful to anglers?

We provide three different background maps: dark, light, and satellite. The light is useful for planning routes to fishing access points. The satellite is very useful for all sorts of detailed planning.

What gauges are included in the Stream Flow graph?

For each stream, we have included all gauges for the stream overlaid into one graph. This is great for analyzing flow data of the stream as a whole to help predict best fishing areas.

What is the Fatty Store?

Check out the Fatty Store for great deals on the best fly fishing gear available in the market. We make available only the highest quality fly fishing gear at deep discounted prices such as fly fishing rods, fly boxes, waders or wading boots, fly fishing reels, flies, and tackle. From time to time, we have promotions on fly fishing vacations, film tours, and fly fishing videos. Look for deals on fly fishing schools.

What about fly fishing forums?

We have a great fly fishing forum where anglers can post their own reports and pictures. At each detailed stream page, you can upload fish pictures and your own fishing reports. We encourage you to rate the stream. We are working on the capability to upload your own fishing videos.

Where do I find a professional recommended fishing guide, lodge, or fishing charter?

Whacking Fatties Pro Contributors are professionally vetted and approved. Pro Contributors provide the highest quality guided fishing experiences. Look for recommended fishing charters, lodges, fly fishing and tackle shops posted on detailed stream report pages. Fishing near me? Investigate Pro Contributors listed on specific detailed streams near you.

What is Fatty Information?

What is the best fly line? How to tie a fly? Fly lines explained? Fly fishing beginner? Fatty Information is a new section whereby we present practical fly fisherman knowledge such as fly fishing knots, fly patterns, tapered leader formulas, tippet rings, strike indicators, drift boats, nymph fishing, euro nymphing, knots for fly fishing, best fishing sunglasses, etc. Information on our favorite flies such as mop files, clouser, nymph fly, wet flies, muddler minnow, isonychia fly, mole fly, cdc and elk fly, trico fly, caddis fly, and flies for largemouth bass. As well as recommendations for best small stream fly rods. The tug is the drug!

What are Fatty Alerts?

Never miss a great day of fishing! Fatty Alerts are automated email notifications whereby you are sent an email ONLY when your favorite streams have a great forecast. First, you sign up for a Whacking Fatties account; then, choose your favorite streams to get alerts. Fatty Alerts include our long range forecast. Never miss great fishing weather or fishing forecast with Fatty Alerts. They are free!

What are we working on next?

We will be expanding to fresh water lakes for bass, carp, and other great fishing. We will be able to assist with planning the best dates and times for your next fly fishing for stripers adventure. Forecasting for salt-water locations are on the radar. Please contact us with your feedback. Tight lines!

With the goal of better understanding fly-fishing patterns and predicting location and ferocity of fishable events, Whacking Fatties presents the Fatty Factor: a fly-fishing success estimation model using proprietary big data analytics.

Whacking Fatties promotes responsible fishing via catch and release practice and water resources conservation.

Check out more:

The Fatty List: Top Daily Fly Fishing Reports broken down by nationwide, northeast, south, midwest, and northwest fly fishing regions

The Fatty Map: Today's Top Fishing Streams on a Map

Top Professional Contributors

Fishing Report Feed - find current fishing reports and updates

Fatty Photo Feed