Meadow Lake Fishing in Lewis and Clark County, Montana

• Overview

  Meadow Lake falls in Lewis and Clark County, part of Montana. It sits in pine and birch. Head to Lincoln, 14 miles away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Lethbridge, 176 miles distant. Nearest other option: Twin Lakes 1.9 miles, Parker Lake out at 2.4 miles, Two Point Lake 3.4 miles, Copper Lake out at 6.3 miles and Heart Lake 6.5 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Meadow Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Lewis and Clark County: rainbow trout, sockeye salmon, brown trout and yellow perch. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Meadow Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 18°F in January and 56°F in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Meadow Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Twin Lakes sits 1.9 miles off and takes the overflow. Treat access at Meadow Lake as something to verify.