Beardsley Lake fishing

Fishing at Beardsley Lake has Rainbow Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about once a year since 2014, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

May 13, 2025

Plants on record

12

Since 2014

Species recorded

1

Average size

2.2 in

Elevation

2,706.9 ft

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How Beardsley Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the fourth week of April. In 2025 it was May 13, 2025, later than usual.

Boulware Reservoir (16.9 mi), Silvertip Reservoir (31.2 mi), South Sandstone Reservoir (34.8 mi), and Spotted Eagle Lake (34.8 mi) were stocked more recently. Boulware Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Silvertip Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, and Spotted Eagle Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout.

Fish at Beardsley Lake

Fishing Beardsley Lake is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. All 12 plants on record are Rainbow Trout.

Around the dates Beardsley Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 43.4°F in April, 56.2°F in May, 67.8°F in June. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout 12 plants
Plants
12 of 12
Last stocked
May 13, 2025
Average length
2.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 2,0002014
  • 2,0002015
  • 2,0002016
  • 2,0002017
  • 2,0002018
  • 2,0002019
  • 2,0002020
  • 2,0002021
  • 2,0002022
  • 2,0002023
  • 2,0002024
  • 2,0002025

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 13, 2025 Rainbow Trout 2,000 2.26 in report
May 23, 2024 Rainbow Trout 2,000 1.78 in report
May 19, 2023 Rainbow Trout 2,000 2.27 in report
April 27, 2022 Rainbow Trout 2,000 2 in report
June 7, 2021 Rainbow Trout 2,000 2.51 in report
April 22, 2020 Rainbow Trout 2,000 4.42 in report
April 24, 2019 Rainbow Trout 2,000 1.88 in report
May 2, 2018 Rainbow Trout 2,000 2.01 in report
April 12, 2017 Rainbow Trout 2,000 1.98 in report
April 5, 2016 Rainbow Trout 2,000 1.9 in report
April 7, 2015 Rainbow Trout 2,000 1.8 in report
April 15, 2014 Rainbow Trout 2,000 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.

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