Pea Lake in Phillips County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Montana holds Pea Lake, in Phillips County. This is lake country bush country. With some 181 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. It is low-lying compared with other Montana water we list. Malta at 41 miles is the nearest place to stop. Regina sits 170 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Pea Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Phillips County list black crappie, northern pike, rainbow trout, walleye and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Pea Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 68°F and January near 9°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Pea Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Public mapping marks it as seasonal water rather than permanent. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Horseshoe Lake at 19 miles is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Pea Lake in what we hold.