MT · River
Basin Creek
Water conditions
No streamgage and no recent weather for this water yet — see the best-times below, which are computed from date and location.
Weather
Weather not yet loaded for this water.
Best times today
- Major period20:06–22:06
- Minor period00:46–01:46
- Major period08:41–10:41
Moonrise 01:16 · times UTC-7 (approx)
Recently stocked
- Cutthroat Trout · 3,000 · 1Sep 10, 1958
- Cutthroat Trout · 3,325 · 1Sep 11, 1953
- Cutthroat Trout · 17,400 · 1Sep 23, 1951
- Cutthroat Trout · 5,000 · 1Sep 13, 1951
- Brook Trout · 3,000 · 3Sep 12, 1951
- Brook Trout · 2,500 · 3Jul 1, 1951
- Cutthroat Trout · 3,060 · 2Oct 3, 1950
- Brook Trout · 1,800 · 4Jul 27, 1950
- Cutthroat Trout · 3,928 · 2Sep 8, 1949
- Cutthroat Trout · 14,730 · 2Aug 30, 1949
- Brook Trout · 8,688 · 3May 9, 1949
- Brown Trout · 25,000 · 2Jul 8, 1948
- Brook Trout · 4,600 · 2Sep 12, 1947
- Cutthroat Trout · 19,640 · 2Aug 20, 1947
- Brook Trout · 8,000 · 2Jun 27, 1947
- Cutthroat Trout · 970 · 4Jun 12, 1947
- Cutthroat Trout · 5,040 · 2Sep 9, 1946
- Brook Trout · 6,000 · 4Aug 28, 1946
- Brook Trout · 2,000 · 4Aug 28, 1946
- Brook Trout · 3,020 · 3Aug 14, 1946
- Brook Trout · 3,015 · 3Aug 14, 1946
- Cutthroat Trout · 600 · 4Jul 18, 1946
- Cutthroat Trout · 600 · 3Jul 18, 1946
- Brook Trout · 3,850 · 2May 8, 1946
- Brook Trout · 9,760 · 2Apr 30, 1946
- Brook Trout · 26,600 · 2May 8, 1944
- Brook Trout · 15,000 · 3Jun 17, 1943
- Rainbow Trout · 5,000 · 0Aug 29, 1941
- Cutthroat Trout · 20,000 · 99Jul 18, 1941
- Brook Trout · 15,000 · 0Apr 29, 1940
- Brook Trout · 1,560 · 3Aug 24, 1938
- Cutthroat Trout · 5,000 · 0Aug 6, 1934
- Brook Trout · 12,985 · 2Jul 6, 1934
- Cutthroat Trout · 27,100 · 1Sep 28, 1932
- Cutthroat Trout · 39,000 · 0Oct 27, 1931
- Cutthroat Trout · 8,500 · 0Sep 14, 1931
- Cutthroat Trout · 4,200 · 4Apr 6, 1931
- Cutthroat Trout · 40,000 · 1Sep 1, 1928
- Brook Trout · 3,200 · 1Jun 15, 1928
What to throw
Brook Trout
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → worked through riffles silver inline spinner
Why we say this: In-Fisherman summer brook trout
Brown Trout
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → twitched at dawn near cover natural shad jerkbait
Why we say this: In-Fisherman summer brown trout
Rainbow Trout
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → trolled over deeper water silver spoon
Why we say this: In-Fisherman summer trout guidance
Gear partners
Sonar and lake mapping earn their keep on a water like Basin Creek — find the depth and structure the bite is holding on, then match it to the picks above.
- Electronics & fish finders: Garmin · Bass Pro Shops — Fish finders, sonar & lake mapping
- Rods & reels: Abu Garcia (Pure Fishing) · Bass Pro Shops
- Boats & marine: Bass Pro Shops — Boats, trolling motors & marine gear
Nearby & related
Stocked nearby in the last two weeks
- Lake Sutherlin · Rainbow Trout · 124 miJun 30, 2026
Nearby waters
- Little Basin Creek 1 mi
- Blue Creek 3 mi
- Wyman Creek 6 mi
- Lake Elmo 10 mi
- Five Mile Creek 11 mi
- Clarks Fork Yellowstone River 11 mi
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- Angels Creek · CA
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- Avocado Lake · CA
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