Fishing near Columbia Falls, MT

Columbia Falls sits in Flathead County at the edge of Glacier National Park, where the North Fork, Middle Fork, and Main Stem of the Flathead River converge just outside town. That river system is the heart of local fishing, drawing anglers after wild Westslope cutthroat and rainbow trout in cold, glacier-fed water. Flathead Lake lies to the south and adds lake trout, lake whitefish, and more to the regional mix.

Top waters to fish near Columbia Falls

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Bull Trout

Salvelinus confluentus

Cutthroat Trout

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

Largemouth Bass

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Northern Pikeminnow

Ptychocheilus oregonensis

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieu

Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Kokanee Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Longnose Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

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