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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/3/2021
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Tongue River Reservoir
A hot summer day in Montana was not going to stop my son Matt and me from getting a few hours in on a lake that is highly regarded for its bass and pike fishing. We drove fro...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/22/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I flew to Billings for a quick weekend visit with my son and DIL and as luck would have it Matt and I found time to get away for a morning of fishing. Deadman’s Reservoir (seems like a ver...
By: MontanaMatt406
Posted: 6/9/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Francis on the Montana Hi-Line. Wifd variety of fish, but I didn't catch any! Only one other boater out on the 1300 acre lake and a few wind surfers. Was moderately windy but nothing too ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/25/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Montana is known as “Big Sky” country but I think it should also be called “Big Fish” country.
I got the opportunity to go fishing with my son Matthew on Nilan Reservoir in central Montana, near t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/23/2019
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
NOTE - Not a fishing report!
Every year I take a three day hunting trip to visit my son Matt and DIL Veronica. Matt and I go hunting pheasants with his dog, Murphy. This year was another three days...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/11/2019
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/6/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This is not a fishing report!
I got to go hunting with my son Matt, a bonus hunt around Great Falls before pheasant opens in a week. We loaded up Murphy, his Brittany, and went in search of quail a...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/1/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers 3 days of fishing the Pishkun Reservoir in central Montana, at the foothills of the Glacier National park. Amazing scenery and some incredible fish to be had!
The first two days...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/30/2019
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I fished both Saturday and Sunday in Montana with a friend. Noxon reservoir was a bust on Saturday as we both got skunked. There was a big bass tourney going on, water temps were in the 70's and havi...
By: MontanaMatt406
Posted: 7/7/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished on the Blackfoot River outside of Bonner, MT, roughly a 30 minute drive from Missoula. Bought a new flyrod from Costco earlier in the week and wanted to try it out. Used nymphs with little suc...
By: ara263
Posted: 7/6/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/19/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This report actually covers several days of fishing while on our 2 week vacation to Montana. We did the usual visits to Yellowstone, Museum of the Rockies, Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, etc. an...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/28/2018
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
*This is NOT a fishing report!
I got to spend the weekend visiting my son and DIL in Great Falls, Montana for our annual three day weekend of pheasant hunting. I look forward to this trip immensely...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/22/2017
Species: pheasant
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
THIS IS NOT A FISHING REPORT!
Montana Pheasant Hunting 2017
It was my second annual trip to visit to go pheasant hunting with my son Matthew. The drive to Great Falls left rainy Seattle behind ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/28/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Not a secret spot here. I just couldn't find Montana in the area fished.
I gave this report a 4 not because of abundant fish but because we had never fished the lake before, still caught fish, and h...
By: ElginFishing
Posted: 7/17/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Joined a friend of mine in Montana and fished the Clark Fork River. Hooked onto some nice fish using the God's Tooth spoon 50/50 gold pattern set on fast action. First day I fished the bank and seco...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/12/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Holter Lake -
Day 2 fishing with my son Matt in (his) new boat, My old 15 foot Klamath. We picked a launch 4 miles down from the dam launch. It put us right on top of some fishy spots that unfortu...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Off fishing in Big Sky County, visiting my son and DIL . I brought my 15 foot Klamath boat over to transfer ownership to my son Matt. Time for me to thin the herd.
We drove 2 hrs north of Great Fa...
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 8/5/2016
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
While fishing back at home has been tough, fishing abroad has remained good.
This is a combination report for Montana and Minnesota.
I was fortunate enough to have a booked guided trip on the Ye...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/10/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Location: Tiber Reservoir (Lake Elwell)
Another day of fishing in Big Sky Country. Matt and I decided to try a large reservoir. Tiber, north of Great Falls. Over 33,000 acres, 27 miles long, and sa...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/9/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 2
This report is for Lower Holter Lake
I got to fish with my son Matt this weekend. Hooked up my 15 foot Klamath so we could try a couple lakes this year. We decided to fish lower Holter lake (actu...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/1/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
REPORT ALERT! This is NOT a fishing report…
That said, it was a cool weekend for myself as my wife and I visited our son and DIL in Great Falls, Montana. My pontoon was left there in the spring and...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/18/2015
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got to fish in Montana! After years of visiting my son at college, this year I loaded the pontoon on top of the truck and drove it out to Great Falls. We planned to fish the Missouri River, wh...
By: soberg
Posted: 1/17/2014
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Did my Montana sales route Wed through Today (Fri) and I was hopeing to get time to fish Canyon Ferry Lake. Things did not work out for me to have the extra time in that area. My news yrs resalution i...
By: nvan
Posted: 9/14/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the tide waters of the Coquille River out of Bandon, OR. Over a three day period we boated 4 nice Kings. 17#, 19, 22 and 22.5#'s. My daughter caught the 19 and 22.5. Cut plug herring was...