Montana Fishing Report

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