Montana state fishing records
Montana fishing records
Updated Jan. 1, 2017
Fish |
Length (inches) |
Weight |
Date |
Site |
Angler |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arctic Grayling |
20 |
3.63 lbs. |
6/28/03 |
Washtub Lake |
Glenn Owens |
* Big Mouth Buffalo |
40.7 |
57.75 lbs. |
6/4/94 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Craig D. Grassel |
Black Bullhead |
14.37 |
2.60 lbs. |
6/2/09 |
Smiley Slough |
Birrell |
Black Crappie |
16.7 |
3.13 lbs. |
1973 |
Tongue River Reservoir |
Al Elser |
Bluegill |
11 |
2.64 lbs. |
6/3/83 |
Peterson's Stock Dam |
Brent Fladmo |
Blue Sucker |
32.56 |
11.56 lbs. |
5/14/14 |
Milk River |
Dean Armbrister |
Brook Trout |
|
9.06 lbs. |
1940 |
Lower Two Medicine Lake |
John R. Cook |
Brown Trout |
|
29 lbs. |
1966 |
Wade Lake |
E.H. Peck Bacon |
* Bull Trout |
37 |
25.63 lbs. |
1916 |
|
James Hyer |
* Burbot |
39 |
17.08 lbs. |
4/18/89 |
Missouri River Wolf Point |
Jeff Eugene Iwen |
* Channel Catfish |
41.75 |
34.8 lbs. |
7/26/13 |
Fort Peck Reservoir |
Dan Davenport |
Chinook Salmon |
38 |
31.13 lbs. |
10/2/91 |
Fort Peck Reservoir Face of Dam |
Carl L. Niles |
Cisco |
18.2 |
2.08 lbs. |
6/2/14 |
Missouri River |
Troy Holstein |
Coho Salmon |
25.5 |
4.88 lbs. |
5/29/73 |
Fort Peck Reservoir Face of Dam |
Irven F. Stohl |
Common Carp |
38 |
40.2 lbs. |
5/24/98 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Jared S. Albus |
Creek Chub |
11 |
0.52 lbs. |
5/12/13 |
Harbaugh Bass Pond |
William Bibeau |
* Cutthroat Trout |
|
16 lbs |
1955 |
Red Eagle Lake |
Wm. D. Sands |
Emerald Shiner |
3.43 |
0.01 lbs. |
6/9/06 |
Park Grove Bridge |
Ike Braaten |
Fathead Minnow |
2.7 .01 lbs. |
5/30/14 |
Dollar Lake |
Chris Gustine |
|
* Flathead Chub |
11.2 |
0.59 lbs. |
4/29/01 |
Thornton Pond |
Douglas Jordan |
* Freshwater Drum |
29.5 |
21.59 lbs. |
5/3/03 |
Fort Peck- Ghost Coulee |
Matt Washut |
Golden Trout |
23.5 |
5.43 lbs. |
7/16/00 |
Cave Lake |
Mike Malixi |
* Goldeye |
|
3.18 lbs. |
7/4/00 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Don Nevrivy |
Green Sunfish |
9.0 |
0.84 lbs. |
5/25/09 |
Hickson's Pond |
Bette Schmieding |
Kokanee Salmon |
26.8 |
7.85 lbs. |
9/23/03 |
Hauser Lake |
John Bomar |
Lake Chub* |
3.9 |
0.02 lbs. |
8/22/10 |
Teton River |
Joe Hagengruber |
Lake Trout |
42.5 |
42.69 lbs. |
6/23/04 |
Flathead Lake |
Ruth Barber |
Lake Whitefish |
27 |
10.46 lbs. |
8/26/06 |
Flathead Lake |
Swan T. McDonald V |
Largemouth Bass |
22.5 |
8.80 lbs. |
5/2/09 |
Noxon Rapids Reservoir |
Darin Williams |
* Largescale Sucker |
23.1 |
6.16 lbs. |
6/27/08 |
Woodland Pond |
Kevin Fraley |
* Longnose Sucker |
|
3.27 lbs. |
5/8/88 |
Marias River Loma |
Ray Quigley |
Mottled Sculpin -- See Rocky Mountain Sculpin |
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* Mountain Sucker |
6.2 |
1.60 oz. |
4/23/01 |
Beaver Creek Reservoir |
Robert Garwood |
* Mountain Whitefish |
23 |
5.11 lbs. |
10/10/07 |
Hauser Reservoir |
Walt Goodman |
Northern Pike |
|
37.5 lbs. |
1972 |
Tongue River Reservoir |
Lance Moyer |
* Northern Pikeminnow |
27.125 |
7.88 lbs. |
5/28/91 |
Noxon Rapids Reservoir |
Darrel Torgrimson |
* Paddlefish |
77 |
142.5 lbs. |
5/20/73 |
Missouri River Near Kipp Park |
Larry Branstetter |
* Pallid Sturgeon |
|
60 lbs. |
5/13/79 |
Yellowstone River Near Sidney |
Gene Sattler |
* Peamouth |
16 1/8 |
1.52 lbs. |
7/29/07 |
Clark Fork River |
Mike Jensen |
Pumpkinseed |
|
0.96 lbs. |
7/30/06 |
Upper Thompson Lake |
Nathan Bache |
Pygmy Whitefish |
9.84 |
0.36 lbs. |
2/13/10 |
Little Bitterroot Lake |
Richard Geldrich |
Rainbow Trout |
38.62 |
33.1 lbs. |
8/11/97 |
Kootenai River David Thompson Bridge |
Jack G. Housel, Jr. |
Rainbow-Cutthroat Hybrid Trout |
35.75 |
30.25 lbs. |
5/16/82 |
Ashely Lake |
Pat Kelley |
* Redside Shiner |
6.5 |
0.10 lbs. |
8/21/01 |
Lost Lake |
Josh Ahles |
* River Carpsucker |
24 |
6.95 lbs |
8/15/08 |
Fort Peck Reservoir |
Brady Miller |
Rock Bass |
10.8 |
1.31 lbs. |
4/26/14 |
Lower Crazy Head Springs Pond |
Karson Campbell |
* Rocky Mountain Sculpin |
|
0.05 lbs. |
7/30/01 |
Belt Creek |
Brad Sullivan |
* Sauger |
28.2 |
8.805 lbs. |
12/12/94 |
Fort Peck Reservoir |
Gene Moore |
Saugeye |
|
15.66 lbs. |
1/11/95 |
Fort Peck Reservoir Squaw Creek |
Myron Kibler |
* Shorthead Redhorse |
20.25 |
4.68 lbs. |
4/14/85 |
Marias River Near Loma |
Ray Quigley |
* Shortnose Gar |
35 |
7.41 lbs. |
5/16/13 |
Fort Peck Dredge Cuts |
Brandon Hansard |
* Shovelnose Sturgeon |
39.75 |
14.125 lbs. |
5/21/10 |
Missouri River |
Chad Buck |
Smallmouth Bass |
21.0 |
7.4 lbs. |
5/2/16 |
Flathead Lake |
Jacob Fowler |
* Smallmouth Buffalo |
38 |
38 lbs. |
4/28/07 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Brady Miller |
Spottail Shiner |
3 |
0.02 lbs. |
8/14/10 |
Tiber Reservoir |
Joe Hagengruber |
* Stonecat |
10 |
0.54 lbs. |
6/16/96 |
Milk River |
Dale Bjerga |
Tiger Muskellunge |
50 |
38.75 lbs. |
9/2/11 |
Deadman's Basin Reservoir |
Leo Cantin |
Tiger Trout |
20.6 |
4.04 lbs. |
2/9/97 |
Bear Lake |
Joe Sobczak |
Utah Chub |
|
1.81 lbs. |
2/5/92 |
Canyon Ferry Reservoir |
Eugene Bastian |
Walleye |
35 |
17.75 lbs. |
11/18/07 |
Tiber Reservoir |
Robert Bob Hart |
White Bass |
17 |
2.8 lbs. |
10/13/07 |
Missouri River South of Bainville |
Vernon Pacovsky |
White Crappie |
18.5 |
3.68 lbs. |
5/10/96 |
Tongue River |
Gene Bassett |
* White Sturgeon |
|
96 lbs. |
1968 |
Kootenai River |
Herb Stout |
* White Sucker |
21.625 |
5.33 lbs. |
2/10/83 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Fred Perry |
Yellow Bullhead |
14.0 |
1.62 lbs. |
2/5/15 |
Ninepipes Reservoir |
Frank Tepp |
Yellow Perch |
14.375 |
2.39 lbs. |
2/19/06 |
Lower Stillwater Lake |
Josh Emmert |
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