Medicine Lake fishing

Fishing at Medicine Lake has Northern Pike and Cutthroat Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.5 times a year since 2011, most often in May and June. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

June 6, 2025

Plants on record

22

Since 2011

Species recorded

2

Average size

1.8 in

Elevation

2,060.7 ft

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How Medicine Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the third week of May. In 2025 it was May 5, 2025, earlier than usual.

No plants recorded in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023.

Fish at Medicine Lake

Fishing Medicine Lake is most likely to be for Northern Pike. Northern Pike accounts for 20 of 22 plants on record, ahead of Cutthroat Trout.

Around the dates Medicine Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 56.4°F in May, 66.8°F in June, 73.1°F in July. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Northern Pike 20 plants
Plants
20 of 22
Last stocked
June 6, 2025
Average length
1.7 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Northern Pike guide.

Cutthroat Trout 2 plants
Plants
2 of 22
Last stocked
July 29, 2024
Average length
2.6 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Cutthroat Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 867,0182011
  • 532,7012012
  • 3,0302013
  • 514,3052016
  • 195,5622018
  • 11,0942020
  • 106,2112022
  • 3002024
  • 446,3972025

Stocking history

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Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
June 6, 2025 Northern Pike 12,397 3.01 in report
May 7, 2025 Northern Pike 182,000 1.02 in report
May 5, 2025 Northern Pike 252,000 1.02 in report
July 29, 2024 Cutthroat Trout 300 2.32 in report
June 16, 2022 Northern Pike 1,211 2.3 in report
May 17, 2022 Northern Pike 105,000 0.5 in report
June 9, 2020 Northern Pike 3,784 3.43 in report
June 8, 2020 Northern Pike 7,310 3.88 in report
June 19, 2018 Northern Pike 4,586 3.56 in report
June 19, 2018 Northern Pike 2,476 3.36 in report
May 22, 2018 Northern Pike 188,500 0.75 in report
May 26, 2016 Northern Pike 14,305 2.04 in report
May 3, 2016 Northern Pike 500,000 0.37 in report
July 29, 2013 Cutthroat Trout 3,030 2.8 in report
May 31, 2012 Northern Pike 32,201 2.64 in report
May 7, 2012 Northern Pike 381,500 0.37 in report
May 1, 2012 Northern Pike 119,000 0.37 in report
June 23, 2011 Northern Pike 30,724 2.63 in report
June 23, 2011 Northern Pike 9,294 2.58 in report
May 20, 2011 Northern Pike 291,000 0.37 in report
May 20, 2011 Northern Pike 32,000 0.37 in report
May 16, 2011 Northern Pike 504,000 0.37 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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