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Lakeside Resort Helena, Montana Location:    5295 York Road Helena 59601 406-227-6413 This web page has had 3280 unique visitors. lakesideresort@aol.com Buy Patrick Clark posters online. Description: Lakeside Resort is located on the shores of Hauser Lake, a reservoir on the Missouri River at the east edge of the Rocky Mountains. The Resort is ten miles northeast of Helena, historic capital of Montana. The lake is fifteen miles long and one mile wide at the Resort. The lake yields kokanee salmon, rainbow and brown trout, walleye and perch. The resort has an RV park, bar, restaurant, casino, marina, tackle shop, playground, picnic area, and swimming beach. The resort also has a full service convenience store.The RV Park accommodates full hookups. In addition, sites are available with electricity or no hookups. RV spaces front on the marina and the lake. Overnight prices range from $12 to $27 per night. Monthly and weekly rates are available.The bar includes a small casino with 18 video gaming machines. The full-service restaurant serves a variety of foods including sandwiches, hamburgers, Chester Fried Chicken, steaks and walleye filets. The Lewis and Clark dining room is smoke free and air conditioned. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served. The marina is located off the lake which provides protection from storms. It has ninety-six, 16 to 20 foot boat slips. The slips rent for $9 to $12 per day. Gasoline is available on the water at the tackle shop which sells bait, tackle and RV supplies. The latest fishing information is free. Kayaks and aqua-bikes are available for rent.The bar overlooks the patio, lawn, playground and lake. There are swings, horseshoe pits and a volleyball court. Picnic tables are available on the patio and lawn. The swimming area in the lake has a gentle bottom slope with no drop-offs. No lifeguard is provided. A variety of waterfowl can be seen on the lake and elk, deer and other wildlife often roam on the hillside and meadows across the lake. The lawn is available for weddings, catered picnics, group meetings and other events. Catering is available for groups up to 500 persons.Kokanee salmon are usually concentrated in large schools, the cliffs directly across from the Resort are a favorite trolling site. Kokanee are taken primarily by trolling attracters and spinning lures. Night fishermen use glow-hooks tipped with corn or maggots. The salmon average 17 inches. The largest salmon are three years old and will spawn and die in the fall. During the spawning season in November, bald eagles migrate to the lake to feed on the salmon. The US record Kokanee was caught from Hauser Lake in 2001.Rainbow and brown trout generally range from 1 to 7 lbs.; although large browns up to 15 lbs. have been taken. In the spring these fish sometimes concentrate at the mouth of the marina and limits can be taken while tied up to the dock. Trout are usually caught by trolling, casting spoons and bait fishing.Walleye and perch are most frequently caught in the Causeway Arm, a branch of the lake connecting to Lake Helena. These fish are generally caught on jigs or bait.The Lakeside Tackle Shop has a full stock of the bait and lures that are most successful in catching fish on the Lake. There is also a display of pictures of recent catches, along with current fishing information. There is a weekly prize for the largest fish.The Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition passed along this stretch of the Missouri River in July of 1805. At the time they passed near Lakeside Resort, Lewis was bringing the boats up the river while Clark was traveling overland in search of Indians from which to buy horses. There are two camp sites on Hauser Lake, Lewis', which is located near Soup Creek approximately four miles downstream from the Resort and Clark's campsite at Gulliot Springs one mile upstream from the Resort. Detailed information on Lewis and Clark's travel from Great Falls to the headwaters of the Missouri is available. Boat trips to the campsites can be arranged at the Resort."