Murphy Lake fishing

Fishing at Murphy Lake is on a natural lake, stocked with Largemouth Bass. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2011, most often in July and August. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

August 8, 2024

Plants on record

13

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

1.8 in

Elevation

2,999.6 ft

Access and facts

Water type
natural lake
Facilities
camping

A small lake in Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln County, northwest of Dickey Lake, at 2,999 feet elevation. A ranger station and a campground sit on the lake's shore.

Sources: water_type , shore_notes

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How Murphy Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the last week of July. In 2024 it was August 8, 2024, later than usual.

No plants recorded in 2022.

Dickey Lake (4.1 mi) and Smokey Lake (9.7 mi) were stocked more recently.

Fish at Murphy Lake

Fishing Murphy Lake is most likely to be for Largemouth Bass. All 13 plants on record are Largemouth Bass.

Around the dates Murphy Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 69.4°F in July, 68.2°F in August. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Largemouth Bass 13 plants
Plants
13 of 13
Last stocked
August 8, 2024
Average length
1.8 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Largemouth Bass guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 16,3002011
  • 16,3002012
  • 16,3002013
  • 16,3002014
  • 16,3002015
  • 16,3002016
  • 16,3002017
  • 6,5002018
  • 4,1642019
  • 16,3002020
  • 16,3002021
  • 16,3002023
  • 18,1402024

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
August 8, 2024 Largemouth Bass 18,140 1.26 in report
August 17, 2023 Largemouth Bass 16,300 1.21 in report
July 29, 2021 Largemouth Bass 16,300 1.93 in report
July 22, 2020 Largemouth Bass 16,300 2.05 in report
August 16, 2019 Largemouth Bass 4,164 3.44 in report
July 14, 2018 Largemouth Bass 6,500 1.7 in report
August 17, 2017 Largemouth Bass 16,300 1.72 in report
August 4, 2016 Largemouth Bass 16,300 1.33 in report
July 30, 2015 Largemouth Bass 16,300 1.5 in report
August 14, 2014 Largemouth Bass 16,300 2 in report
July 17, 2013 Largemouth Bass 16,300 2.3 in report
July 25, 2012 Largemouth Bass 16,300 1.2 in report
July 27, 2011 Largemouth Bass 16,300 1.6 in report

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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