Lake · Judith Basin, Montana
Ackley Lake
At a glance
- Area
- 93 ha (229 acres)
Who lives here
- Brown trout Salmo truttaStocked · 2024 · Fish stocking: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Fisheries Information System (Fish Stocking Locations)
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Fisheries Information System (Fish Stocking Locations)
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | 10,300 | |
| May 20, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | 14,670 | |
| May 13, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 15,346 | |
| May 13, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 10,017 | |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 4,683 | |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 1,317 | |
| May 14, 2024 | Brown Trout | 2,518 | |
| May 14, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 15,036 | |
| May 14, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 10,180 | |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Tiger Muskie (Northern X Muskie) | 200 | |
| May 22, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 14,839 | |
| May 22, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 10,000 | |
| Jun 30, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 298 | |
| May 23, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 9,570 | |
| May 19, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 34,744 | |
| Jun 21, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 4,976 | |
| May 10, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 35,038 | |
| May 10, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 22,070 | |
| May 11, 2020 | Rainbow Trout | 36,810 | |
| May 11, 2020 | Rainbow Trout | 20,036 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 35.
Getting on the water
No public access site is listed for this water yet.
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.
Official regulations: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
What's biting
Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.
From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR); U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2025: counties and states · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
- Fish stocking: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Fisheries Information System (Fish Stocking Locations) · Shown unmodified with credit to FWP (owner approved 2026-10-19): Montana FWP ArcGIS item fc35d749b16643aab629f9a05cf4b897 (Montana Fish Stocking Locations, read 2026-10-19): "This data set is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind"; fwp.mt.gov/terms-of-use allows copying "for personal or informational use … if the documents are not modified": shown under the owner's 2026-10-19 rule as FWP published it. Credit the agency; remove if asked.
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.