Montana Fishing Report

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

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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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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

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