Wood Lake fishing

Fishing at Wood Lake has Cutthroat Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.3 times a year since 2011, most often in June and July.

Last stocked

May 21, 2026

Plants on record

21

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

5 in

Elevation

6,475.1 ft

Access and facts

Nearest town
Augusta

Marked on FWP's Choteau-area recreation map as "Wood Lake Picnic Site," a developed day-use site along the Benchmark Road corridor southwest of Augusta, near Nilan Reservoir.

Sources: shore_notes , nearest_town

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How Wood Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the third week of June. In 2026 it was May 21, 2026, earlier than usual.

Willow Creek Reservoir (13.3 mi) and Nilan Reservoir (17.6 mi) were stocked more recently.

Fish at Wood Lake

Fishing Wood Lake is most likely to be for Cutthroat Trout. All 21 plants on record are Cutthroat Trout.

Around the dates Wood Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 51.6°F in June, 61.1°F in July, 42.1°F in May. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Cutthroat Trout 21 plants
Plants
21 of 21
Last stocked
May 21, 2026
Average length
5 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Cutthroat Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 3,0002011
  • 2,7002012
  • 4,2002013
  • 3,0002014
  • 4,0002015
  • 4,0002016
  • 4,0002017
  • 8,0002018
  • 8,5722019
  • 4,0002020
  • 5,8002021
  • 4,0002022
  • 4,0002023
  • 4,0002024
  • 2,4752025
  • 2,7002026

Stocking history

Showing 15 of 21 plants Showing 21 plants

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 21, 2026 Cutthroat Trout 2,700 4.73 in report
June 3, 2025 Cutthroat Trout 2,475 4.42 in report
June 19, 2024 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 3.85 in report
July 4, 2023 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 5.06 in report
June 15, 2022 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 4.97 in report
July 27, 2021 Cutthroat Trout 1,800 2.88 in report
June 8, 2021 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 4.81 in report
June 3, 2020 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 5.06 in report
July 2, 2019 Cutthroat Trout 4,572 5.59 in report
June 19, 2019 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 5.02 in report
July 3, 2018 Cutthroat Trout 2,000 9.19 in report
July 3, 2018 Cutthroat Trout 2,000 5.21 in report
July 3, 2018 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 5.21 in report
June 7, 2017 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 5.23 in report
June 15, 2016 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 4.97 in report
June 19, 2015 Cutthroat Trout 4,000 4.46 in report
June 12, 2014 Cutthroat Trout 3,000 4.63 in report
July 29, 2013 Cutthroat Trout 1,200 2.8 in report
June 27, 2013 Cutthroat Trout 3,000 5.69 in report
June 13, 2012 Cutthroat Trout 2,700 5.87 in report
June 27, 2011 Cutthroat Trout 3,000 5 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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