Glen Lake fishing: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout

Target species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Glen Lake.

The lake

Glen Lake covers 309 acres in Montana, across Lincoln County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 30 feet (9.1 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Stocking: 5,729,437 fish, 1992–2024

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 5,729,437 fish released into this water from 1992 to 2024.

  • Rainbow Trout: 1,968,756 in 1988–2008
  • Cutthroat Trout: 377,500 in 1925–1956

3 more species on the stocking list.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 30 ft (9.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 36 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 4% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 29.8% of the water

2 target fish, led by Cutthroat Trout

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

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Glen Lake website myfwp.mt.gov/fishMT/fas/39753961

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 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2023.

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.