Oly Lake Fishing Guide, Carbon County, Montana

• Overview

  Look for Oly Lake in Carbon County, Montana. It stands 9,685 feet above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 4 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Carbon County list. Red Lodge sits 26 miles from the bank. Absarokee lies 33 miles off, Columbus another 44 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Oly Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. 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. Across Carbon County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, brook trout and sauger. The county list is broader than any single water. Anyone new to Oly Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 13°F in January and 47°F in August. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid June. From about mid June to around late October, expect open water on the long-run figures. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Oly Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Medicine Lake, 0.7 miles out. Nothing here settles the position at Oly Lake for certain.