MT · River
Smith 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
- Minor period16:37–17:37
- Major period20:17–22:17
- Minor period00:56–01:56
- Major period08:52–10:52
Moonrise 01:26 · Moonset 17:07 · times UTC-7 (approx)
Recently stocked
- Rainbow Trout · 1,300 · 11Aug 2, 1968
- Rainbow Trout · 1,275 · 9Aug 1, 1967
- Rainbow Trout · 1,350 · 10Jul 28, 1966
- Rainbow Trout · 1,204 · 10Jun 27, 1963
- Rainbow Trout · 840 · 0May 24, 1961
- Rainbow Trout · 805 · 0Jul 15, 1960
- Rainbow Trout · 800 · 0Jul 28, 1959
- Cutthroat Trout · 13,100 · 1Sep 23, 1954
- Brook Trout · 2,550 · 3Jun 30, 1953
- Brook Trout · 3,600 · 4Sep 25, 1952
- Cutthroat Trout · 10,000 · 1Sep 10, 1952
- Cutthroat Trout · 12,000 · 1Sep 13, 1951
- Brook Trout · 2,400 · 4Aug 8, 1951
- Cutthroat Trout · 10,000 · 1Sep 25, 1950
- Brook Trout · 6,000 · 4Sep 15, 1950
- Brook Trout · 4,800 · 3Sep 8, 1950
- Rainbow Trout · 2,000 · 6Sep 1, 1950
- Brook Trout · 900 · 4Jul 27, 1950
- Cutthroat Trout · 22,000 · 2Sep 10, 1949
- Cutthroat Trout · 10,000 · 1Sep 9, 1949
- Brook Trout · 5,200 · 3Aug 6, 1949
- Brook Trout · 598 · 6May 9, 1949
- Cutthroat Trout · 10,000 · 0Sep 9, 1948
- Brook Trout · 3,055 · 4Aug 13, 1948
- Rainbow Trout · 2,500 · 5Jul 13, 1948
- Brook Trout · 10,200 · 1Feb 24, 1948
- Cutthroat Trout · 32,000 · 2Sep 6, 1947
- Rainbow Trout · 2,500 · 5Aug 29, 1947
- Brook Trout · 12,000 · 2Apr 4, 1947
- Cutthroat Trout · 10,000 · 2Sep 19, 1946
- Rainbow Trout · 1,400 · 5Sep 6, 1946
- Cutthroat Trout · 15,000 · 2Sep 5, 1946
- Rainbow Trout · 4,056 · 2Aug 17, 1946
- Cutthroat Trout · 10,000 · 2Sep 25, 1945
- Cutthroat Trout · 5,000 · 2Sep 25, 1945
- Rainbow Trout · 2,600 · 5Jul 11, 1944
- Cutthroat Trout · 17,000 · 2Sep 15, 1943
- Brook Trout · 15,000 · 3Aug 16, 1943
- Rainbow Trout · 5,000 · 6Aug 3, 1943
- Cutthroat Trout · 8,000 · 2Aug 26, 1942
- Cutthroat Trout · 2,500 · 1Aug 15, 1942
- Rainbow Trout · 4,500 · 5Jul 18, 1941
- Brook Trout · 32,800 · 0May 29, 1939
- Brown Trout · 18,000 · 3Jul 23, 1938
- Cutthroat Trout · 46,500 · 0Jul 27, 1936
- Cutthroat Trout · 46,040 · 0Jul 22, 1936
- Brook Trout · 7,575 · 3Jun 18, 1934
- Cutthroat Trout · 23,800 · 2Aug 30, 1932
- Cutthroat Trout · 8,000 · 3Apr 6, 1931
- Cutthroat Trout · 20,000 · 2Sep 8, 1928
What to throw
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
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
Gear partners
Sonar and lake mapping earn their keep on a water like Smith 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 · 57 miJun 30, 2026
Nearby waters
- Ben Hart Creek 1 mi
- Thompson Creek 3 mi
- Ross Creek 3 mi
- Quagle Creek 5 mi
- Bostwick Creek 6 mi
- Baker Creek 6 mi
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- Angels Creek · CA
- Antelope Creek · CA
- Antelope Lake · CA
- Ash Creek · CA
- Atascadero Lake · CA
- Avocado Lake · CA
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