Last stocked
September 14, 2023
Plants on record
7
Since 2011
Species recorded
1
Average size
1.8 in
Elevation
3,950.5 ft
Access and facts
- Water type
- reservoir
Formed in 1897 when Flathead Valley farmers built a diversion dam on Ashley Creek for irrigation; the Ashley Irrigation District was watering more than 1,600 acres by 1909, opening the west valley to dairy farming.
Sources: water_type , shore_notes
How Ashley Lake is stocked
The first plant of the year usually falls in the third week of September. In 2023 it was September 14, 2023, about when it usually is.
No plants recorded in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2020.
Loon Lake (1.2 mi), Little Bitterroot Lake (7.5 mi), Rogers Lake (9.6 mi), Bootjack Lake (11 mi), and Foy Lake (12.4 mi) were stocked more recently.
Fish at Ashley Lake
Fishing Ashley Lake is most likely to be for Cutbow. All 7 plants on record are Cutbow.
Around the dates Ashley Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 57.2°F in September. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo
Cutbow 7 plants
- Plants
- 7 of 7
- Last stocked
- September 14, 2023
- Average length
- 1.8 in
Fish stocked per year
- 36,0002011
- 38,3542017
- 38,0002018
- 38,0002019
- 32,0002021
- 37,6962022
- 31,2062023
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2023 | Cutbow | 31,206 | 2.5 in | report |
| September 27, 2022 | Cutbow | 37,696 | 1.65 in | report |
| September 18, 2021 | Cutbow | 32,000 | 2.1 in | report |
| September 10, 2019 | Cutbow | 38,000 | 1.53 in | report |
| September 22, 2018 | Cutbow | 38,000 | 1.75 in | report |
| September 5, 2017 | Cutbow | 38,354 | 1 in | report |
| September 24, 2011 | Cutbow | 36,000 | 2 in | report |
Species stocked here
Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.