Georgetown Lake — Georgetown Lake is closed to fishing until May 15. Try Rock Creek nearby. — Flint Creek Outdoors, Philipsburg.
Hauser Reservoir — The Causeway is open. People have been picking up a few walleye pitching some soft plastics tipped with worms. The trout bite is starting to pick up at York Bridge. Try marshmallows, spawn or Marabou jigs. For fly patterns, try Balanced Leeches, spawn patterns or Ice Cream Cones. — Sportsman’s Warehouse, Helena.
Holter Reservoir — The LOG has been producing some nice fish. Trout fishing has been great, and walleye fishing is picking up. Lower Holter is opening up quickly and anglers are starting to catch some fat rainbows. — Sportsman’s Warehouse, Helena.
Kootenai River — The discharge from Libby Dam was 4,000 cfs as of Monday and flows are expected to remain low until runoff begins. The water temperature at Libby Dam was 38 degrees. In-flows to Lake Koocanusa were 4,200 cfs. Hatches are midges, blue-winged olives, March browns, early caddis and little stoneflies. Patterns to use include Zebra Midges, Parachute Adams, Purple Haze, Bugmeister, Olive Sparkle Dun, purple Chubby, BH Prince, soft San Juan Worm, BH Pheasant Tail, BH Rubber-legged Stonefly, big streamers in white pink and olive, a Circus Peanut and black Conehead Buggers. — Linehan Outfitting, Troy.
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