Georgetown Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Arctic Grayling
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Grassy Point.

The lake

Georgetown Lake covers 2,873 acres in Montana, across 2 counties: Deer Lodge and Granite. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

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Stocking: 44,599,800 fish, 1997–2026

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 44,599,800 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

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  • Arctic Grayling: 21,919,553 in 1939–1978
  • Rainbow Trout: 15,567,236 in 2007–2026
  • Cutthroat Trout: 5,852,347 in 1942–1961
  • Brook Trout: 832,381 in 1951–2025

One more species on the stocking list.

Georgetown Lake, Granite County, Montana May 2017 22.jpg
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 78 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.5% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 12.8% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 15.7% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 13.2% of the water

4 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

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

4 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 4 boat ramps and 3 shore access points.

  • Grassy Point — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/bdnf/recarea/?recid=5760
  • Philipsburg Bay Boat Launch — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/bdnf/recarea/?recid=5745
  • Piney Boat Launch — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/bdnf/recarea/?recid=5745
  • Red Bridge Fishing Access — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/bdnf/recarea/?recid=5758

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Badger Bay Fishing Access — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/bdnf/recarea/?recid=5751
  • Pebble Beach Picnic Area — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/bdnf/recarea/?recid=5754
  • Sunnyside Fishing Access — USFS. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/bdnf/recarea/?recid=5756

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 7 places in this list: 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 4 public ramps are 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.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • 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.