Clemons Coulee Reservoir fishing

Fishing at Clemons Coulee Reservoir has Rainbow Trout, Tiger Muskie, Walleye, Brook Stickleback, Lake Chub, and White Sucker on the stocking report. It is stocked about 2.1 times a year since 2015, most often in May and June. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and dawn, dusk, and night for Walleye.

Last stocked

June 18, 2025

Plants on record

23

Since 2015

Species recorded

2

Average size

4.7 in

Elevation

4,124.3 ft

Access and facts

Nearest town
Augusta

From Augusta, about 5 miles north on Highway 287, then roughly 2 miles west on Young Road, per Montana FWP directions.

Sources: nearest_town , shore_notes , speciesFound

How Clemons Coulee Reservoir is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the third week of June. In 2025 it was June 18, 2025, about when it usually is.

Pishkun Reservoir (8.7 mi), Nilan Reservoir (10.1 mi), Tunnel Lake (11.4 mi), and Willow Creek Reservoir (13.3 mi) were stocked more recently. Pishkun Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Nilan Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, and Willow Creek Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout and Tiger Muskie.

Fish at Clemons Coulee Reservoir

Fishing Clemons Coulee Reservoir is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. Rainbow Trout accounts for 21 of 23 plants on record, ahead of Tiger Muskie.

Around the dates Clemons Coulee Reservoir is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 60.1°F in June, 51.4°F in May, 69.1°F in July. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout 21 plants
Plants
21 of 23
Last stocked
June 18, 2025
Average length
4.4 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Tiger Muskie 2 plants
Plants
2 of 23
Last stocked
June 25, 2020
Average length
7.7 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Tiger Muskie guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 6042015
  • 1,0032016
  • 2,0152017
  • 2,0252018
  • 2,0312019
  • 3,5572020
  • 2,5332021
  • 2,5112022
  • 2,5242023
  • 2,6132024
  • 2,1322025

Stocking history

Showing 15 of 23 plants Showing 23 plants

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
June 18, 2025 Rainbow Trout 622 3.86 in report
June 18, 2025 Rainbow Trout 1,510 5.06 in report
June 27, 2024 Rainbow Trout 1,116 3.61 in report
June 27, 2024 Rainbow Trout 1,497 5 in report
June 14, 2023 Rainbow Trout 1,012 3.73 in report
June 14, 2023 Rainbow Trout 1,512 4.92 in report
June 16, 2022 Rainbow Trout 1,500 4.69 in report
June 16, 2022 Rainbow Trout 1,011 3.18 in report
June 16, 2021 Rainbow Trout 1,534 5.48 in report
June 16, 2021 Rainbow Trout 999 3.93 in report
June 25, 2020 Tiger Muskie 15 10.45 in report
June 16, 2020 Rainbow Trout 1,523 3.39 in report
June 16, 2020 Rainbow Trout 2,019 4.41 in report
July 8, 2019 Tiger Muskie 15 4.89 in report
June 12, 2019 Rainbow Trout 1,000 3.68 in report
June 12, 2019 Rainbow Trout 1,016 4.77 in report
June 4, 2018 Rainbow Trout 1,003 3.4 in report
June 4, 2018 Rainbow Trout 1,022 4.42 in report
May 25, 2017 Rainbow Trout 1,000 3.4 in report
May 25, 2017 Rainbow Trout 1,015 4.19 in report
June 2, 2016 Rainbow Trout 1,003 3.56 in report
June 17, 2015 Rainbow Trout 504 4.19 in report
June 17, 2015 Rainbow Trout 100 9.93 in report
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Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

  • Rainbow Trout : Listed in FWP's fishery status summary for this reservoir. (source)
  • Walleye : Listed in FWP's fishery status summary for this reservoir. (source)
  • Tiger Muskie : Listed in FWP's fishery status summary for this reservoir. (source)
  • Brook Stickleback : Listed in FWP's fishery status summary for this reservoir. (source)
  • Lake Chub : Listed in FWP's fishery status summary for this reservoir. (source)
  • White Sucker : Listed in FWP's fishery status summary for this reservoir. (source)

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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