Fishing Kookoo Lake in Carbon County, Montana

• Overview

  Kookoo Lake is a Carbon County water, in Montana. It lies 10,253 feet above sea level. About 5 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Carbon County. Red Lodge lies 17 miles from the water. The big place round here is Billings, 70 miles distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Kookoo Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Carbon County: rainbow trout, brook trout, sauger, walleye and channel catfish. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Kookoo Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 46°F, the coldest about 13°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid June. The lid tends to go about mid June and return around late October. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Kookoo Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Triangle Lake at 0.2 miles is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Kookoo Lake in what we hold.