Antelope Pond in Beaverhead County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Antelope Pond belongs to Beaverhead County, Montana. The bank is 6,621 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 8 acres — small enough to read in one session. For supplies, West Yellowstone is 31 miles out. Ashton lies 42 miles off, Saint Anthony another 47 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Antelope Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Beaverhead County: rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout and Arctic grayling. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The shape of Antelope Pond decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 59°F on average, January about 13°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Antelope Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Swan Lake is 1.1 miles distant. Treat access at Antelope Pond as something to verify.