Beast Reservoir Fishing in Valley County, Montana

• Overview

  In Montana, Beast Reservoir falls inside Valley County. What surrounds it is lake country bush. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. On size it sits at the modest end of our Valley County list. The closest town, Glasgow, is 25 miles distant. Malta lies 56 miles off, Wolf Point another 60 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Beast Reservoir

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Valley County include Chinook salmon, northern pike, cisco, walleye and yellow perch. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Beast Reservoir gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 15°F and July at about 72°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Climate figures give an open season running early April to late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Beast Reservoir follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Collins Reservoir is 0.7 miles distant. Check the position on Beast Reservoir before loading the car.