Montana Fishing Report

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