Glacier Fishing

Thu., April 20, 2000

From Staff Reports

The “lake trout only” season in Glacier National Park’s Lake McDonald and St. Mary Lake opened April 1.

All other lakes and streams in Glacier remain closed until the third Saturday in May (May 20) when the parkwide fishing season opens.

According to park officials, the early opening on Lake McDonald and St. Mary Lake allows anglers an opportunity to pursue lake trout, a non-native species, while the fish are in the shallower waters.

No other fish may be kept until the general fishing season opens on the third Saturday in May.

Slide Lake on Glacier’s east side will be closed to fishing for the season following surveys showing that the majority of the lake’s fishery are endangered bull trout.

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