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

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

The lake

Holland Lake covers 407 acres in Montana, across Missoula County. It is a lake: 90.2% of it is 130 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 140 feet (42.7 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 140 ft (42.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.2% of the water is 130 feet or shallower. We hold 31 depth contour lines for this water.

Lower Holland Lake waterfall spraying mist (52517305211).jpg
Forest Service - Northern Region · Public domain
  • 0–10 ft: 17.4% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 110–120 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 120–130 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 130–140 ft: 9.8% of the water

Stocking: 4,491,531 fish, 1995–2025

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 4,491,531 fish released into this water from 1995 to 2025.

  • Cutthroat Trout: 710,486 in 1934–1969
  • Rainbow Trout: 148,458 in 1931–1966
  • Brook Trout: 2,500 in 1945

2 more species on the stocking list.

3 target fish, led by Cutthroat Trout

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

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

Holland Lake near Holland Falls (7184739665).jpg
Forest Service Northern Region from Missoula, MT, USA · Public domain
  • Holland Lake Boating Site — Concessionaire. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/flathead/recarea/?recid=66994

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.