Burnt Bacon Lake in Park County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Burnt Bacon Lake is one of the Park County listings for Montana. It lies 8,973 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 13 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. For a base, Red Lodge sits 23 miles out. Beyond it, Absarokee at 37 miles and Cody at 45 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Burnt Bacon Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Park County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, brook trout, california golden trout and brown trout. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Burnt Bacon Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 47°F and January at 13°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in mid June, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at mid June and the freeze at late October. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Burnt Bacon Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Thiel Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Burnt Bacon Lake.