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Top FIVE Outdoor Activities Pam Burke ~ Havre Daily News
#1 Fishing Along with the Milk River, which runs along the Hi-Line from the U.S.-Canadian border north of Rudyard east to the Missouri River just past Glasgow, the area offers a wealth of fishing opportunities in a myriad of small reservoirs. The trout waters and walleye fisheries are stocked every year or two, said Cody Nagel, Montana
“Visit Fishing Access Site.” Each Chapter of Walleyes unlimited has Fish, Wildlife and Parks fish bioloabout local ponds, reservoirs, lakes gist for the Havre area. of the pages provides different online access to their live streamand rivers, including access and Though the area has seen light boating information, restrictions search options and a little bit difing video of the lake and their drought conditions, the area waters ferent information and maps, so it weather station providing up to the and amenities, maps, and stocking are holding their own, said Lance might be worthwhile to look at minute reports on weather condiupdates. Go online to http://fwp. Breen FWP fisheries technician, tions at http://www.fresnowalleyes. mt.gov, scroll over the “Fishing” both pages. though rains would be required to link near the top of the page and com/fresnocam.html. For anyone planning to go fishhelp keep the waters healthy. See sidebar for a list of most ing at Fresno Reservoir, about 13 from the drop-down box choose Fortunately, significant rainfall either “Montana Fishing Guide” or area reservoirs. miles west of Havre, the Fresno across the area in early July helped boost water levels. The FWP website has much of the information This is a list of many area reser- 2 — large mouth bass, blue gill, unique for the area — walleye, voirs with 5 to 350 acre feet of black crappie, rainbow trout perch, black crappie, tiger muskies water, recommended by Fish, • Fresno Reservoir, and the dam and channel catfish. Wildlife and Parks fish biologist tailwaters, 13 miles west of Havre • Sentinel, Taint and Lark reserCody Nagel, within a few minutes’ off U.S. Highway 2 — black crapvoirs, south of Malta — rainbow to a few hours’ drive of Havre. Most pie, lake whitefish, northern pike, trout. of the reservoirs are stocked, each rainbow trout, walleye and yellow • Nelson Reservoir, west of body of water has public access perch. and some have minor amenities. • Beaver Creek Reservoir, Bear Malta — black crappie, burbot, Not all are listed on the fwp.mt.gov Paw Lake and Normandy Coulee channel catfish, lake whitefish, website, so interested fishers may Pond, all connected by Beaver smallmouth bass, walleye and yelneed to contact local fishing license Creek in Beaver Creek Park, 10-plus low perch. agents or the Havre FWP office at miles south of Havre off Montana There is also a developed fishing 406-265-6177 between 11 a.m. and 2 Secondary Highway 232 — rainbow access site on Marias River at p.m. weekdays for help locating and brook trout, as well as walleye, Loma Bridge, about 60 miles south waters. northern pike, smallmouth bass and of Havre along U.S. Highway 87, • Bailey Reservoir, 8 miles south yellow perch. with burbot, channel catfish, goldof Kremlin — northern pike, crap • Faber, Grasshopper and Kuhr pie, walleye and perch. reservoirs, south of Chinook — rain- eye, brown trout, bigmouth buffalo, mountain whitefish, rainbow trout, • Reser, Dry Fork, Anita, North bow trout. Faber and Salmo reservoirs, west • Cow Creek Reservoir, 45 miles sauger, shovelnose sturgeon and walleye. of Havre and north of U.S. Highway south of Chinook off Lloyd Road,
Reservoir Fishing Locations