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

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

The lake

McGregor Lake covers 1,532 acres in Montana, across Flathead County. It is a lake: 93.3% of it is 200 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 220 feet (67.1 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 220 ft (67.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.3% of the water is 200 feet or shallower. We hold 30 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–20 ft: 13.5% of the water
  • 20–40 ft: 10% of the water
  • 40–60 ft: 9% of the water
  • 60–80 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 80–100 ft: 9% of the water
  • 100–120 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 120–140 ft: 9.8% of the water
  • 140–160 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 160–180 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 180–200 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 200–220 ft: 6.8% of the water

5 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

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

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch.

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

Stocking: 13,655,448 fish, 1997–2026

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 13,655,448 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

  • Rainbow Trout: 3,508,718 in 2007–2026
  • Cutthroat Trout: 2,143,270 in 1926–1969
  • Arctic Grayling: 2,112,200 in 1926–1957
  • Lake Trout: 125,136 in 1942–1953
  • Brook Trout: 4,000 in 1947

4 more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Mc Gregor Lake Boating Site — US Forest Service. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/kootenai/recarea/?recid=66105

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.