Montana Fish Report

A 16 pound brown was caught here last week. Guide Rick Kennedy fished last weekend. Here is his report: The ramp is in good shape other than a little ice but nothing a 4x4 couldn’t handle. We launched about 6:30 AM and headed straight across from the ramp and started fishing the same area we hooked all the nice macks last year.  We made a couple quick passes before quickly switching over to Rapala’s and targeting browns. We gave this a couple hours without and hits. The lake was like glass. We switched back to Pro Troll Sting Fish and worked our way back into 60 feet of water. At 10:00 with still no fish in the box I was getting concerned that it was going to be one of those days. About then, we got a little breeze and a ripple on the water and that’s all it took. Before we knew it we had 5 macks in the box. The biggest was 10 pounds.The others weighed in at 9.5, 9, 5 and one that went about 2 to 3 pounds. All these fish were caught on a size 15 Pro Troll Sting Fish fishing the bottom in 60 feet of water. Three of these fish were stuffed with 6 inch Kokanee. The water temp started out around 37 however we found 42 degree water in the shallows behind the island. Rick Kennedy, www.fishtightlines.com, 888-975-0990.