Dickey Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout

Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic Grayling
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at North Dickey Boat Ramp.

The lake

Dickey Lake covers 606 acres in Montana, across Lincoln County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 36 depth contour lines for this water.

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Forest Service - Northern Region · Public domain
  • 0–5 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 7.5% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 25.8% of the water

5 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass

  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Cutthroat Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Arctic Grayling — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

Stocking: 2,211,255 fish, 1997–2026

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 2,211,255 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

  • Rainbow Trout: 459,251 in 2006–2026
  • Brook Trout: 221,022 in 1924–1977
  • Cutthroat Trout: 74,780 in 1938–1946
  • Arctic Grayling: 60,000 in 1970

4 more species on the stocking list.

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Forest Service - Northern Region · Public domain

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • North Dickey Boat Ramp — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/kootenai/recarea/?recid=70944

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2022. The latest reading is from 2022, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.