Holland Lake fishing

Fishing at Holland Lake is on a natural lake, stocked with Kokanee Salmon and Cutthroat Trout. It is stocked about 1.6 times a year since 2011, most often in May and July. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

September 30, 2025

Plants on record

24

Since 2011

Species recorded

2

Average size

4.5 in

Elevation

4,033.4 ft

Access and facts

Water type
natural lake
Nearest town
Seeley Lake
Facilities
camping

A 413-acre natural lake in the Flathead National Forest at the base of the Swan Range, with a campground and a trailhead into the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Seeley Lake is about 20 miles south.

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How Holland Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the second week of May. In 2025 it was September 30, 2025, later than usual.

No plants recorded in 2018.

Fish at Holland Lake

Fishing Holland Lake is most likely to be for Cutthroat Trout. Cutthroat Trout accounts for 13 of 24 plants on record, ahead of Kokanee Salmon.

Around the dates Holland Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 47.4°F in May, 67.9°F in July, 38.2°F in April, 57.8°F in June. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Cutthroat Trout 13 plants
Plants
13 of 24
Last stocked
September 30, 2025
Average length
6.4 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Cutthroat Trout guide.

Kokanee Salmon 11 plants
Plants
11 of 24
Last stocked
April 23, 2024
Average length
2.3 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Kokanee Salmon guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 54,4992011
  • 57,4292012
  • 50,4882013
  • 3,5002014
  • 50,4002015
  • 50,2812016
  • 25,7802017
  • 50,7752019
  • 55,0002020
  • 20,6002021
  • 64,9992022
  • 27,0502023
  • 15,7502024
  • 7,6502025

Stocking history

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Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 30, 2025 Cutthroat Trout 7,650 5.52 in report
October 16, 2024 Cutthroat Trout 5,750 5.23 in report
April 23, 2024 Kokanee Salmon 10,000 2.5 in report
June 2, 2023 Cutthroat Trout 5,000 4.69 in report
May 17, 2023 Kokanee Salmon 22,050 2.7 in report
October 3, 2022 Cutthroat Trout 10,000 2.21 in report
May 27, 2022 Cutthroat Trout 5,000 4.97 in report
May 6, 2022 Kokanee Salmon 49,999 2.25 in report
September 14, 2021 Cutthroat Trout 15,600 1.9 in report
May 13, 2021 Cutthroat Trout 5,000 4.57 in report
July 8, 2020 Cutthroat Trout 5,000 5.65 in report
April 29, 2020 Kokanee Salmon 50,000 2.5 in report
May 4, 2019 Kokanee Salmon 50,775 2 in report
June 13, 2017 Kokanee Salmon 25,780 2.35 in report
April 13, 2016 Kokanee Salmon 50,281 1.86 in report
May 4, 2015 Kokanee Salmon 50,400 1.9 in report
May 22, 2014 Cutthroat Trout 3,500 9.02 in report
August 28, 2013 Cutthroat Trout 5,488 4.1 in report
June 11, 2013 Kokanee Salmon 45,000 3 in report
July 10, 2012 Cutthroat Trout 1,129 12.9 in report
July 5, 2012 Cutthroat Trout 1,300 13.2 in report
May 8, 2012 Kokanee Salmon 55,000 2.5 in report
July 7, 2011 Cutthroat Trout 4,499 8.87 in report
May 19, 2011 Kokanee Salmon 50,000 2 in report
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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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