Fishing Little Fred Burr Lake in Granite County, Montana

• Overview

  You will find Little Fred Burr Lake in Granite County, Montana. The ground round it is mixed forest. Surface area runs to about 6 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Granite County. The nearest place of any size is Anaconda, 17 miles away. For a city, Spokane is 221 miles off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Little Fred Burr Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Granite County: rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout and california golden trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Little Fred Burr Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 54°F for July and 19°F for December. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That shapes the year on Little Fred Burr Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Fred Burr Lake is 0.7 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Little Fred Burr Lake for certain.