Where to Fish Gold Creek Lake


Gold Creek Lake is a moderate-sized (13.8 acres), remote glacial cirque lake located in the Rattlesnake Wilderness in the Gold Creek drainage near Missoula at 6,870 ft elevation.

Size: 13.8 acres
Elevation: 6870 ft
Directions: Access to Gold Creek Lake can most easily be obtained by taking USFS Road #126 (Gold Creek Road) off of U.S. Highway 200 east of Missoula. Travel on Road #126 for ~6 miles, then USFS Road #2103 for ~ 5 miles and finally USFS Road #4323 for ~ 5 miles to the West Fork Gold Creek Trailhead and USFS Trail #333. From here, it is a ~ 5.5 mile hike on Trail #333 to Boulder Lake. From Boulder Lake, hike ~ 0.7 mile up the stream drainage on the northwest side of Boulder Lake (off-trail). This stream is the outlet of Gold Creek Lake. Gold Creek Lake can also be reached by hiking off-trail across difficult terrain for ~1.2 mi to the west from Fly Lake.
Status of the Fishery:
Township/Range/Section: 15N 18W 2
Latitude/Longitude: 47.08557 -113.84673
FWP Region: Region 2  
County: Missoula
Fishing District: Western
Type: MTNLAKE
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Year Angler Days Std. Error
2021 123 123
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