Lake · Missoula, Montana
Lake Inez
At a glance
- Area
- 117 ha (288 acres)
Who lives here
- Sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerkaStocked · 2024 · Fish stocking: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Fisheries Information System (Fish Stocking Locations)
- Westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisiStocked · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 8,060 | |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 7,980 | |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 8,000 | |
| May 3, 2024 | Kokanee | 9,000 | |
| May 26, 2023 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 10,000 | |
| May 17, 2023 | Kokanee | 10,000 | |
| May 5, 2022 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 10,000 | |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Kokanee | 10,019 | |
| May 13, 2021 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 10,000 | |
| May 6, 2021 | Kokanee | 9,100 | |
| May 14, 2020 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 10,000 | |
| May 13, 2020 | Kokanee | 10,000 | |
| May 16, 2019 | Kokanee | 10,373 | |
| May 16, 2019 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 10,000 | |
| May 31, 2018 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 8,000 | |
| May 16, 2017 | Kokanee | 9,936 | |
| Jun 9, 2016 | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | 8,000 | |
| Apr 25, 2016 | Kokanee | 10,179 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 18 of 18.
Getting on the water
- Lake Inez Boat LandingBoat launch · USDA Forest Service, INFRA Recreation Sites
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.
- USDA Forest Service, INFRA Recreation Sites · CC BY 4.0 (data.gov listing); US Government work
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.