Tally Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout

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

The lake

Tally Lake covers 1,227 acres in Montana, across Flathead County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 450 feet (137.2 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Tally Lake Beach Area (7889852464).jpg
Forest Service Northern Region from Missoula, MT, USA · Public domain

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 450 ft (137.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 55 depth contour lines for this water.

Tally Lake Beach Area (7889853446).jpg
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  • 0–25 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 25–50 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 50–75 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 75–100 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 100–125 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 125–150 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 150–175 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 175–200 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 200–225 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 225–250 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 250–275 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 275–300 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 300–325 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 325–350 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 350–375 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 375–400 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 400–425 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 425–450 ft: 10.9% of the water

4 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

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

Also recorded here: Northern Pike.

Tally Gorge and Tally Lake from the air (7204766590).jpg
Forest Service Northern Region from Missoula, MT, USA · Public domain

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 60°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 42°F and the warmest is 76°F; the warmest monthly average is 70°F. These readings span 2016–2023.

Stocking: 3,523,616 fish, 1947–1986

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records list 3,523,616 fish released into this water from 1947 to 1986. The latest stocking on record is from 1986, more than three years ago.

  • Cutthroat Trout: 2,046,051 in 1934–1961
  • Arctic Grayling: 390,000 in 1954–1956
  • Rainbow Trout: 30,420 in 1949–1966
  • Lake Trout: 20,023 in 1985–1986

2 more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Tally Lake Boat — Concessionaire. website fs.usda.gov/recarea/flathead/recarea/?recid=67130

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.
  • 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.