North One Horse Lake Fishing in Missoula County, Montana

• Overview

  You will find North One Horse Lake in Missoula County, Montana. The water sits 7,835 feet up. About 6 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Missoula County. For supplies, Lolo is 9.2 miles out. Stevensville follows at 13 miles, then Orchard Homes at 16 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on North One Horse Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Missoula County: rainbow trout, brook trout, cutthroat trout and northern pike. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On North One Horse Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 57°F in August and bottom out at 20°F in December. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. North One Horse Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Reed Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at North One Horse Lake for certain.