Kersey Lake fishing

Fishing at Kersey Lake is on a high alpine lake, stocked with Cutthroat Trout, Brook Trout, and Lake Trout. It is stocked once in 2014, most often in July. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brook Trout and dawn for Lake Trout.

Last stocked

July 28, 2014

Plants on record

Since 2014

Species recorded

Average size

2.3 in

Elevation

8,073.3 ft

Access and facts

Water type: high alpine
Facilities: camping

High-elevation (about 8,066 ft) lake in the Absaroka-Beartooth area, about 2 miles of trail from Cooke Pass; 4x4 vehicles can reach the lake's northwest corner. Campsites are available at the lake, though firewood is picked over.

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How Kersey Lake is stocked

Rock Island Lake (1.7 mi), Fossil Lake (5.1 mi), Upper Aero Lake (6.9 mi), Albino Lake (12.7 mi), and Glacier Lake (14.7 mi) were stocked more recently. Rock Island Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout, Fossil Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout, Upper Aero Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout, Albino Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout, and Glacier Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout.

Fish at Kersey Lake

Fishing Kersey Lake is most likely to be for Cutthroat Trout. The one plant on record is Cutthroat Trout.

Around the dates Kersey Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 58°F in July. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Cutthroat Trout 1 plant

Plants: 1 of 1
Last stocked: July 28, 2014
Average length: 2.3 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Cutthroat Trout guide.

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date	Species	Quantity	Avg. length	Source
July 28, 2014	Cutthroat Trout	23,000	2.3 in	report

Species found here

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

Brook trout : Listed as abundant and self-sustaining in FWP's Mountain Lakes Guide; not part of the recorded stocking history (only cutthroat trout has been stocked there). (source)
Lake trout : Described as a rare, self-sustaining population (FWP netted 5 fish, 13-22 inches, in 2018); not part of the recorded stocking history. (source)

Species stocked here

Cutthroat Trout (1)

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.