Hubbart Reservoir fishing

Fishing at Hubbart Reservoir is on a reservoir, stocked with Rainbow Trout and Kokanee Salmon. It is stocked about 2.1 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

June 6, 2024

Plants on record

29

Since 2011

Species recorded

2

Average size

3 in

Elevation

3,420.8 ft

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir

A 90-foot concrete-arch dam built starting in 1909 as part of the Flathead Project's Camas Division irrigation system on the Flathead Indian Reservation; the reservoir it impounds covers about 480 acres and irrigates roughly 10,000 acres of farmland.

Sources: water_type , shore_notes

How Hubbart Reservoir is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of May. In 2024 it was May 7, 2024, about when it usually is.

Little Mcgregor Lake (8.3 mi), Mcgregor Lake (9 mi), Rogers Lake (10.5 mi), and Little Bitterroot Lake (12.3 mi) were stocked more recently. Little Mcgregor Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Mcgregor Lake is also stocked with Kokanee Salmon and Rainbow Trout, and Little Bitterroot Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout and Kokanee Salmon.

Fish at Hubbart Reservoir

Fishing Hubbart Reservoir is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. Rainbow Trout accounts for 17 of 29 plants on record, ahead of Kokanee Salmon.

Around the dates Hubbart Reservoir is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 52.2°F in May, 41.5°F in April, 60.2°F in June, 58.4°F in September. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout 17 plants
Plants
17 of 29
Last stocked
June 6, 2024
Average length
3.5 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Kokanee Salmon 12 plants
Plants
12 of 29
Last stocked
May 7, 2024
Average length
2.3 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Kokanee Salmon guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 65,0142011
  • 70,2252012
  • 65,0002013
  • 13,5002014
  • 68,0192015
  • 66,8502016
  • 60,2882017
  • 16,0622018
  • 64,6482019
  • 65,9242020
  • 60,6002021
  • 63,9522022
  • 32,6962023
  • 40,3262024

Stocking history

Showing 15 of 29 plants Showing 29 plants

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
June 6, 2024 Rainbow Trout 15,000 3.25 in report
May 7, 2024 Kokanee Salmon 25,326 2.37 in report
May 30, 2023 Rainbow Trout 14,990 3.02 in report
May 11, 2023 Kokanee Salmon 17,706 2.95 in report
May 25, 2022 Rainbow Trout 13,952 3.45 in report
May 17, 2022 Kokanee Salmon 50,000 2.5 in report
April 29, 2021 Rainbow Trout 13,500 3.2 in report
April 9, 2021 Kokanee Salmon 47,100 3 in report
June 10, 2020 Rainbow Trout 15,000 3.26 in report
April 13, 2020 Kokanee Salmon 50,924 2.01 in report
June 26, 2019 Rainbow Trout 15,000 3.23 in report
April 22, 2019 Kokanee Salmon 49,648 2 in report
May 25, 2018 Rainbow Trout 16,062 3.75 in report
June 26, 2017 Rainbow Trout 15,000 3.61 in report
May 8, 2017 Kokanee Salmon 45,288 2.27 in report
September 13, 2016 Rainbow Trout 2,103 4.13 in report
June 18, 2016 Rainbow Trout 14,400 3.03 in report
April 5, 2016 Kokanee Salmon 50,347 1.81 in report
May 12, 2015 Rainbow Trout 16,269 3.55 in report
April 15, 2015 Kokanee Salmon 51,750 2 in report
June 16, 2014 Rainbow Trout 13,500 3.59 in report
May 24, 2013 Rainbow Trout 15,000 3.53 in report
May 6, 2013 Kokanee Salmon 50,000 2 in report
May 25, 2012 Kokanee Salmon 55,000 2.5 in report
May 22, 2012 Rainbow Trout 15,225 3.62 in report
May 31, 2011 Rainbow Trout 4,028 4.26 in report
May 31, 2011 Rainbow Trout 2,766 4 in report
May 24, 2011 Kokanee Salmon 50,000 2 in report
May 4, 2011 Rainbow Trout 8,220 3.57 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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