Montana Creek

Type
Freestone river, Alaska (West)
Designation
Special-regulation trout water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
3 nearby
Shops
None listed

Today on the Montana Creek

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Montana Creek is a freestone river in Alaska, listed as Special-regulation trout water by Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish.

More about the Montana Creek

3 guides nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Mat-Su: Willow & the Susitna.

Updated · Sources: ADF&G Southcentral sport fishing regulations, Susitna River Drainage: unbaited artificial lures or flies only (all or part of the year)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Montana Creek is a freestone river in Alaska. Our destination hub Mat-Su: Willow & the Susitna is 25 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters. Alaska has 17 waters named Montana Creek in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the one the agency list names.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Montana Creek or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Montana Creek

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Montana Creek

Restrooms near Montana Creek

Restrooms within 2 miles of Montana Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Montana Creek

  • The Little Susitna River blurred white over large granite boulders under a dusky skySpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Goose Creek
    Photo credit

    The Little Susitna River near the road to Hatcher Pass, Alaska, at midnight. Photo: Jim from Lexington, KY, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Goose Creek.

    Goose Creek

    Alaska · about 5 mi

  • Two hikers walking the green upper Peters Creek valley below jagged, snow-streaked Mount RumbleSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Birch Creek
    Photo credit

    Hikers in the upper Peters Creek valley below Mount Rumble, Chugach State Park, Alaska. Photo: Paxson Woelber, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Birch Creek.

    Birch Creek

    Alaska · about 8 mi

  • A person standing on snow-covered Windfall Lake below spruce forest and snowy peaksCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not X Lake
    Photo credit

    Windfall Lake in winter below the Coast Range, near Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not X Lake.

    X Lake

    Alaska · about 11 mi

    Rainbow trout & steelhead

  • Anglers in the shallow braided channels of Ship Creek beside industrial buildings, with the Chugach Mountains beyondCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Kashwitna River
    Photo credit

    Fishing on Ship Creek near downtown Anchorage, Alaska, looking upstream toward the old power plant. Photo: Haydn Blackey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Kashwitna River.

    Kashwitna River

    Alaska · about 15 mi

    Rainbow trout & steelhead

  • The calm Eagle River bending between golden autumn grass and spruce below forested slopesCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Deshka River
    Photo credit

    The Eagle River at the Eagle River Nature Center, Chugach State Park, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Deshka River.

    Deshka River

    Alaska · about 23 mi

    Rainbow trout & steelhead

  • The glacial-turquoise Kenai River curving through spruce forest below snowy peaks near Cooper LandingSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Willow Creek
    Photo credit

    The Kenai River near Cooper Landing, Alaska. Photo: Frank K., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Willow Creek.

    Willow Creek

    Alaska · about 25 mi

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Special-regulation trout water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Whole Montana Creek, not only this reach.

Length
9.1 mi
Drains
153 sq mi
Drop
282 ft · 30.9 ft/mi
Watershed
Lower Susitna River

Guides and shops near Montana Creek

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

What 3 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 3 nearby guide websites

  • Arctic grayling2
  • Rainbow trout2
  • Chinook salmon1
  • Coho salmon1
  • Northern pike1
  • Salmon1
  • Sockeye salmon1

When the bugs come off

How we put this together

Named by guides nearby (within 40 miles), counted from the species each guide lists on its own site. No agency page we hold lists species for this water.

Mat-Su: Willow & the Susitna

About this

Willow is a Parks Highway community in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, between Wasilla and Talkeetna; Willow Creek runs west past it to the Susitna River, the Deshka joins the Susitna from the west, and the Little Susitna runs south-west to Cook Inlet.

Destination hub · 25 mi away in a straight line

Gear checklist

About this

A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler wades the Deschutes River and casts, dry canyon slopes behind

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

About this

Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

About this

Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Montana Creek.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 7 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Montana Creek”, halfway along its length in Alaska, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.