Echo Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Lake Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Echo Lake.

The lake

Echo Lake covers 862 acres in Montana, across Flathead County. It is a lake: 90.1% of it is 48 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 9 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. 90.1% of the water is 48 feet or shallower. We hold 115 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–3 ft: 17.4% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 13.4% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 14% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 13.3% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 5% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 48–51 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 51–54 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 54–57 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 57–60 ft: 7.7% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Cutthroat Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

Also recorded here: Northern Pike, Burbot.

Stocking: 5,513,793 fish, 1994–2025

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 5,513,793 fish released into this water from 1994 to 2025.

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  • Rainbow Trout: 1,624,879 in 1993–2012
  • Brook Trout: 265,610 in 1940–1954
  • Largemouth Bass: 241,964 in 1928–2012
  • Lake Trout: 30,019 in 1949–1953
  • Cutthroat Trout: 23,935 in 1940–1942

5 more species on the stocking list.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2023.

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1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Echo Lake website myfwp.mt.gov/fishMT/fas/39754619

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.

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.