Montana Fishing Report

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