Montana Fish Report

Fishing pressure has been very light, especially during mid week. Several reports of quality fall fishing came in from several different areas.
Fast action lures have been the ticket, fast meaning 2.7 to 3.3 mph. Seems like the Speedy Shiners are best this week, also the “Moose Looks” wobbler, has been another great fast action lure. It looks a lot like a shiner but has a nice balance of scale texture and paint.

Fish have been caught deep, below 25 ft. While others have reported all their hookups in the top 20 ft., just depends where your are. Best Brown this week came in at 5.3 lbs. along with lots of Browns and Rainbows in the 2.2 to 3.5 lb. range.

Fish are feeding on smelt mostly. The smelt are large this year. We saw several over 3” inside the fish we checked. Ripping pin minnows or Rapalas have bagged some beauties along the east shore. Bank fishing the Branch has been super. Several limits reported drifting crawler bopper rigs, or roe down deep right next to the powerhouse.  http://www.almanorfishingadventures.com