Pierce Lake is a lake in Montana, near Missoula County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Pierce Lake is a lake in Missoula County, Montana.
No reliable acreage is listed for Pierce Lake, so begin with visible cover and the first clear change in depth.
Fish listed for Pierce Lake include Longnose Sucker, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, and Yellow Perch.
Near the channel lip of a weed bed, keep a small jig tipped with a worm or minnow close to bottom on a shelf for yellow perch.
Near the clearer side of a gravel shelf, make one shallow pass and one deeper pass on the same shoreline; that shows whether fish are tight to cover or using the first break.
Around the channel lip of a rocky point, early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again.
Around the darker edge of a flooded tree line, a light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control.
Along the outer drop of a main-lake point, record the wind, water color, depth that produced twice, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.