Montana Fishing Report

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