Edith Lake Fishing Guide, Meagher County, Montana

• Overview

  Set in Meagher County, Montana, this is Edith Lake. Everything around it is pine and birch. At 11 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Some 17 miles away sits Townsend, the nearest settlement. It is 137 miles to Billings, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Edith Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Meagher County names rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, white sucker and largemouth bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Edith Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 18°F in January and 55°F in July. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Edith Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Grace Lake sits 1.2 miles off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Edith Lake if anything is unclear.