Montana Fishing Report

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

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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!

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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.

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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

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