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How to get there: Go south from Red lodge going towards Cooke
city. Take the lake fork trail head exit off of the main hwy.
The road will go up for about a mile or two before hitting the
lake fork trail head.
The Trail: Trail #1 is pretty flat all the way up until right
before Keyser Brown lake. The trail also runs along the creek
all the way up so stopping for breaks and getting fresh water is
always easy. Take the trail for 6.5 miles. Along the way you
will pass Broadwater lake. At the turn off for lost lake keep
going straight on the trail. Right after the turn off to Lost
lake you will cross a bridge. The trail does get a little
steeper here but not too bad. Go about 1.5 miles past the bridge
and you will come to the Keyser Brown turn off which takes you
down to the lake. If you keep going up on the trail you will end
up at September morn lake.
The Lake: The lake is fairly big and has a lot of nice
camping spots. There are usually camps from guides set up on the
west side of the lake.
The Fishing: I have had a lot of luck fishing in the outlet
of the lake. The trail dumps you right at the outlet so I always
stop here to fish. The inlet of the lake is pretty nice as well
but find that the guides like to water their horses here and
usually have this area pretty muddy. The lake has loads of small
brookies and some pretty nice cutthroats.
MFWP Data from public 2006 Mountain Lakes Guide.
Fish Present: Cutthroat, Brook Trout
Netting Data:
2005 Netting Data: 19 Brook Trout range 6.5-9.0 avg. 7.6
9 Cutthroat range 6.5-10.0 avg. 8.0
Last Stocked: 1933 with 11000 Brook trout.
Next Stock Date: No further stocking planned. Lake is self
sustaining.
Pictures: (Click on images to enlarge.)
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Not
too bad.
Camping is Plentiful. 
Fishing
is pretty good.
