Montana Fish Report

On the southeast access to Lost Creek Lake, Joseph Stewart State Park, Lost Creek Marina, and Casey State Recreation Site are open to the public. Effective Aug.4, the Takelma boat ramp on the southwest access of the lake is closed due to fire activities related to the Miles/Sugar Pine fire. Call 541-878-2255 for most recent information.

Anglers will need to adjust for the hot weather, since the surface temperature at Lost Creek is 76F. Anglers targeting trout will need to fish deeper or fish upstream of the Highway 62 Bridge. Trolling a wedding ring spiked with a piece of worm or Gulp worm behind an oval egg sinker can produce very well at Lost Creek.

Some of the trout have external parasites called copepods. Fish parasites generally do not pose a threat to humans when fish are cooked, and copepods can be scraped off prior to cooking. Anglers are encourage to keep fish that have copepods while staying within the daily limit, since release simply allows the parasite to expand to other hosts.

Fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass should be good.

Both boat ramps are available.