Where to Fish Emerald Lake


Emerald Lake is a beautiful and popular alpine lake that is located in the East Fork Hyalite drainage.

Size: 14.2609 acres
Elevation: 8980.64 ft
Directions: Access to the lake is from the Hyalite Reservoir Recreation Area located south of Bozeman. Take the FS Road#62 to FS Road#3163 and continue to the East Fork Hyalite Creek Trailhead.
Status of the Fishery: This lake offers a great opportunity to fish for Artic Grayling. The inlet to the lake provides great spawning habitat and because of this, the grayling maintain a self-sustaining population. Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout could also be present in the lake. At times, they are able to trickle down from the outlet of Heather Lake which lies above.
Township/Range/Section: 05S 06E 12
Latitude/Longitude: 45.41324 -110.92538
FWP Region: Region 3  
County: Gallatin
Fishing District: Central
Type: MTNLAKE
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Year Species Abbrv Length Weight M/C Count Sex Mort Hook Scar Disease Scales Otolith Fin Clip Tag Comment Genetics Age Stomach Intercept Slope Gear Equipment Trip Date Pass/Run Water Section Lat/Down Lon/Down Lat/Up Lon/Up Agency Start Depth End Depth
Year Angler Days Std. Error
2020 350 253
2017 191 191
2015 468 249
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