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

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch

The lake

Lake Inez covers 298 acres in Montana, across Missoula County. It is a lake: 93.5% of it is 65 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 72 feet (21.9 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 72 ft (21.9 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.5% of the water is 65 feet or shallower. We hold 35 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 7% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 9.4% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 70–72 ft: 2% of the water

5 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.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Brook Trout, Pumpkinseed.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2021
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2021 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain

Stocking: 2,043,845 fish, 1996–2025

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 2,043,845 fish released into this water from 1996 to 2025.

  • Cutthroat Trout: 447,110 in 1932–1969
  • Largemouth Bass: 37,953 in 1928–1936
  • Rainbow Trout: 27,440 in 1932–1948

3 more species on the stocking list.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 66°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2019. The latest reading is from 2019, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

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.