Newlan Creek Reservoir fishing: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout

Target species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Burbot
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Newlan Creek Reservoir.

The reservoir

Newlan Creek Reservoir covers 311 acres in Montana, across Meagher County. It is a reservoir: 91.6% of it is 70 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 87 feet (26.5 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 87 ft (26.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.6% of the water is 70 feet or shallower. We hold 58 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 11.7% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 9% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 8% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 5% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 75–80 ft: 4% of the water

Stocking: 2,069,716 fish, 1997–2026

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 2,069,716 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

  • Rainbow Trout: 1,164,479 in 2005–2025
  • Brown Trout: 58,615 in 2003–2022
  • Burbot: 83 in 1988

3 more species on the stocking list.

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

4 target fish, led by Cutthroat Trout

  • Cutthroat Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Newlan Creek Reservoir website myfwp.mt.gov/fishMT/fas/39754461

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.