Montana Fish Report

There’s a great bite here on king salmon to five pounds. Guide Danny Layne took four trips on Pedro this past week and clients were treated to a very good and fast king salmon bite. Target depths were from 60- to 140-feet with most fish coming off Blank Peak and across Fleming Bay. Effective lures this past week, rolled threadfin shad or anchovies,  Uncle Larry's glow hoochies, Vance's Sockeye Slammers, and an old favorite pink/blue Wee-Tads all trolled behind either U/V Slingblades or 8-inch hotspot watermelon dodgers. Rainbow trout are also falling for small lures, Hummdingers, Uncle Larry's Spinners and Slim Willies in tandem with a nightcrawler. Work the top 30 feet for rainbows to five pounds. Carlene Moore from Ceres landed a beautiful bow that tipped the scale at 5.2 pounds while trolling off Blank Peak. (209) 586-2383