07/21/2026
Fishing Report
Flathead lake
Whitefish bite starting to get better everyday. Reports from Skiddo Bay, Finley point, Yellow Bay, Rollins and Elmo on south end lake. Delta, Sommers bay and Carolin point some numbers of fish! Try little deeper 50 to 70'. Jt Tackle, Zimmers, Bone Collector and Mr. Jim Rileys jisgs all work well, try green flys tied in above tipped with maggots. Perch bite been good on south end try 15 to 30' water. Lake trout bite been good around Elmo Bay and Shelter Isands. Smallmouth bass action has been great all over the lake!
Blanchard lake
Crappie fishing in later evening been good, try top water for bass.
Rodgers Lake
Try early or late for Grayling small spinners or leech pattern flys can be good.
Syliva lake
Good Cutthroat action casting small spoons or spinners
McGregor lake
Still producing lake trout 120 to 140' water. Try jigging small tubes or twister tails. Try trolling small flatfish or Flicker shads for rainbows
Smallmouth try tubes and crawfish patterns.
Middle Thompson
Salmon bite been good for great fish up to 18" trolling has been productive. Small Dodges and mico hoochies has been good tipped with corn and maggots. Perch bite been good with live leeches along w**d beeds.
Dickey lake
Salmon bite still good for 12 to 14" fish. Jigging and trolling has been working well. Good bass along the Hwy side with ned rigs and tubes.
Flathead river and Forks
Doing well fly fishing early mornings try hoppers, ants, purple haze and humpys. Spin fishing try little cleos, panther Martins and Kamloop.
Lower Flathead river above Flathead lake.
Pike action been good very early in mornings in deep w**d beds. Bass action also good in Fennon and Church try crappie action late in evening.
Lake Mary Ronan
Perch bite picking up a little but still pretty slow, salmon bite ok early in mornings with are very nice 12 to 14".
Lower Stillwater
Good pike action north end try spinnerbaits and jerk baits. Lots of perch a few decent size fis up to 12"
Hubbart Reservoir
Lots of smallmouth bass action, try tubes jigs, swimbaits aor crawfish ned rigs.
Swan river near Ferndale
Good pike action above the spillway. Try big spoons or spinnerbaits or dead baits.
Swan Lake
Try north end for rainbows and lake trout. Troll small spoons or flatfish along shore lines.
South try deep w**d for pike with swimbaits and jerkbaits. Lake trout try along the hwy side with flashers and spinner flys.
Noxon Reservoir
Bass and walleye action has been good. Try do around Martin creek bay area and the Islands down around the dam. Look for walleye in 15 to 25' water with jigs and crawlers or leeches.
