Lake Surrender Fishing Guide, Stillwater County, Montana

• Overview

  You will find Lake Surrender in Stillwater County, Montana. The surface lies 8,648 feet up. Surface area runs to about 11 acres — small enough to read in one session. Head to Absarokee, 33 miles away, for anything you forgot. It is 81 miles to Billings, the nearest city. If this one is busy: Cimmerian Lake at 0.4 miles, Dryad Lake 0.9 miles away, Ravin Lake at 1 mile, Needle Lake 1.3 miles away and Lake Pisce at 1.5 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lake Surrender

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Stillwater County include rainbow trout, california golden trout, brown trout and brook trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Lake Surrender for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 16°F and July at about 49°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice-out usually falls in early June, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early June and starts locking again about early November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Lake Surrender.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Cimmerian Lake sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Where Lake Surrender is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.