Gipsy Lake in Meagher County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Meagher County, Gipsy Lake is a Montana water. Land around it is mixed forest. About 7 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Meagher County list. Townsend is the closest town at 19 miles. Billings is the closest city, 139 miles away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Gipsy Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Public occurrence data for Meagher County names rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, white sucker and largemouth bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Gipsy Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 60°F and January near 20°F on the long-run figures. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Gipsy Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Hidden Lake, 3.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Gipsy Lake before loading the car.