Cabin Lake fishing

Fishing at Cabin Lake has Cutthroat Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.4 times a year since 2016, most often in July and August.

Last stocked

August 12, 2024

Plants on record

4

Since 2016

Species recorded

1

Average size

1.6 in

Elevation

5,921.9 ft

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How Cabin Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of August. In 2024 it was August 12, 2024, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2023.

Stony Lake (5.5 mi), Middle Thompson Lake (24.3 mi), and Lower Thompson Lake (24.5 mi) were stocked more recently. Stony Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout.

Fish at Cabin Lake

Fishing Cabin Lake is most likely to be for Cutthroat Trout. All 4 plants on record are Cutthroat Trout.

Around the dates Cabin Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 60°F in August, 61.4°F in July. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Cutthroat Trout 4 plants
Plants
4 of 4
Last stocked
August 12, 2024
Average length
1.6 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Cutthroat Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 1,2742016
  • 2,5002019
  • 6,5982022
  • 6,6002024

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
August 12, 2024 Cutthroat Trout 6,600 1.5 in report
July 25, 2022 Cutthroat Trout 6,598 1.31 in report
August 5, 2019 Cutthroat Trout 2,500 1.21 in report
August 25, 2016 Cutthroat Trout 1,274 2.2 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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