T_boy
06-11-2009, 03:35 PM
Area streams: Most are flowing fast and high and they are heavily colored. Belt Creek is muddy and bank-full; Shonkin fished OK until the last storm. Little Prickly Pear is flowing hard and is discolored. Any fishing at all would require beadhead nymphs or crawlers dredged through holes.
Ackley Lake: This lake is fishing well and the water is clearing up. Boat anglers are doing well pulling rainbow-colored Rapalas. Shore fishermen are using orange or chartreuse Power Bait.
Big Spring Creek: Lewistown’s thriller is still running high and offering very little dry fly action. But nymphing is producing some strikes. Try Zug Bugs or chartreuse beadhead Copper Johns in 16s and 18s.
Canyon Ferry: A few rainbows are still being picked up on the north end from shore. Jigs and worms are the bait of choice. Anglers trolling cowbells tipped with night crawlers and crankbaits are taking rainbows on the west side of Cemetery Island. Walleye fishing continues to be spotty with some good catches being report along the east shore from Goose Bay to Confederate. The walleye are being caught on both bottom bouncers and jigs in 10 to 20 feet of water. River flows into the reservoir are high and boaters should beware of floating debris, especially on the south end of the reservoir.
Carter Ponds: This area 6½ miles north of Lewistown has just been stocked with both small and larger fish and they are biting. Most anglers are using Panther Martin and Mepps lures.
East Fork Reservoir: Anglers are still taking lots of perch and a few smaller northern pike.
Fort Peck Lake: Fishing is good. The Dry Arm and Bear, Duck, Haxby creeks and the Pines all are producing good catches of walleye. Anglers are using Lindy rigs, worm harnesses and jigs and fishing all different depths of water. Anglers using squid and flashers and evil eye flutter spoons are taking lake trout in 60 to 70 feet of water. Walleye fishermen are catching a few pike as they chase the walleye.
Hauser: Rainbow fishing has been fair for anglers trolling cowbells tipped with a crawler around Black Sandy and the Causeway. Anglers drifting jigs with worms on them are taking rainbows are being caught from shore below Canyon Ferry Dam. Walleye fishing is inconsistent on Lake Helena and the Causeway while trolling bottom bouncers and a leech or perch colored crankbaits. Walleye action has been best in the evening hours.
Holter: Rainbow fishing is good for anglers trolling cowbells tipped with a crawler throughout the reservoir. A few rainbows are being caught from shore at Log Gulch and Departure Point while using worms or marshmallows. A few walleye are being caught around the Gates of the Mountains. Most action has been while using chartreuse jigs drifting with the current.
Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir: No Report. Troy Humphrey, FWP, Helena
Missouri River below Holter Dam: At 7,310 cubic feet per second, the river remained too high for safe wading Wednesday morning. But the Bureau of Reclamation was planning to cut back releases from Holter to about 5,700 cfs. The river becomes more fishable day by day. Big trout will be eating on top: take patterns imitating caddis, PMD’s, pseudos and March browns.
Missouri River at Fred Robinson Bridge: Anglers are mostly catching catfish using either stinkbait, cut bat or minnows.
Contributing to this report were Rex Dennis of Great Falls; Troy Humphrey of Fish, Wildlife & Parks in Helena; The Trout Shop; Dave Snyder at Don’s Store in Lewistown; .and Gene Moore of the Lakeridge Motel in Fort Peck.
Ackley Lake: This lake is fishing well and the water is clearing up. Boat anglers are doing well pulling rainbow-colored Rapalas. Shore fishermen are using orange or chartreuse Power Bait.
Big Spring Creek: Lewistown’s thriller is still running high and offering very little dry fly action. But nymphing is producing some strikes. Try Zug Bugs or chartreuse beadhead Copper Johns in 16s and 18s.
Canyon Ferry: A few rainbows are still being picked up on the north end from shore. Jigs and worms are the bait of choice. Anglers trolling cowbells tipped with night crawlers and crankbaits are taking rainbows on the west side of Cemetery Island. Walleye fishing continues to be spotty with some good catches being report along the east shore from Goose Bay to Confederate. The walleye are being caught on both bottom bouncers and jigs in 10 to 20 feet of water. River flows into the reservoir are high and boaters should beware of floating debris, especially on the south end of the reservoir.
Carter Ponds: This area 6½ miles north of Lewistown has just been stocked with both small and larger fish and they are biting. Most anglers are using Panther Martin and Mepps lures.
East Fork Reservoir: Anglers are still taking lots of perch and a few smaller northern pike.
Fort Peck Lake: Fishing is good. The Dry Arm and Bear, Duck, Haxby creeks and the Pines all are producing good catches of walleye. Anglers are using Lindy rigs, worm harnesses and jigs and fishing all different depths of water. Anglers using squid and flashers and evil eye flutter spoons are taking lake trout in 60 to 70 feet of water. Walleye fishermen are catching a few pike as they chase the walleye.
Hauser: Rainbow fishing has been fair for anglers trolling cowbells tipped with a crawler around Black Sandy and the Causeway. Anglers drifting jigs with worms on them are taking rainbows are being caught from shore below Canyon Ferry Dam. Walleye fishing is inconsistent on Lake Helena and the Causeway while trolling bottom bouncers and a leech or perch colored crankbaits. Walleye action has been best in the evening hours.
Holter: Rainbow fishing is good for anglers trolling cowbells tipped with a crawler throughout the reservoir. A few rainbows are being caught from shore at Log Gulch and Departure Point while using worms or marshmallows. A few walleye are being caught around the Gates of the Mountains. Most action has been while using chartreuse jigs drifting with the current.
Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir: No Report. Troy Humphrey, FWP, Helena
Missouri River below Holter Dam: At 7,310 cubic feet per second, the river remained too high for safe wading Wednesday morning. But the Bureau of Reclamation was planning to cut back releases from Holter to about 5,700 cfs. The river becomes more fishable day by day. Big trout will be eating on top: take patterns imitating caddis, PMD’s, pseudos and March browns.
Missouri River at Fred Robinson Bridge: Anglers are mostly catching catfish using either stinkbait, cut bat or minnows.
Contributing to this report were Rex Dennis of Great Falls; Troy Humphrey of Fish, Wildlife & Parks in Helena; The Trout Shop; Dave Snyder at Don’s Store in Lewistown; .and Gene Moore of the Lakeridge Motel in Fort Peck.