Montana Fish Records as of December 3, 2007
|
| Fish |
Length |
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 |
15.5 |
2.33 lbs. |
4/4/94 |
Lower Flathead River |
Darwin Zemple, Jr. |
| Black Crappie |
16.7" |
3.13 lbs. |
1973 |
Tongue River Reservoir |
Al Elser |
| Blue Gill |
11' |
2.64 lbs. |
6/3/83 |
Peterson's Stock Dam |
Brent Fladmo |
| Blue Sucker |
29.75" |
11.46 lbs. |
10/7/89 |
Yellowstone River Miles City |
Doug Askin |
| 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 (Dolly Varden) * |
37" |
25.63 lbs. |
1916 |
|
James Hyer |
| Burbot * |
39" |
17.08 lbs. |
4/18/89 |
Missouri River Wolf Point |
Jeff Eugene Iwen |
| Common Carp |
38" |
40.2 lbs. |
5/24/98 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Jared S. Albus |
| Channel Catfish * |
38.75" |
29.71 lbs. |
5/28/06 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Eli Waters/Jim Jones |
| Chinook Salmon |
38" |
31.13 lbs. |
10/2/91 |
Fort Peck Reservoir Face of Dam |
Carl L. Niles |
| Cisco |
17.25" |
1.75 lbs. |
5/19/01 |
Below Ft Peck Powerhouse |
Curt Zimmerman |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
8.6" |
0.56 lbs. |
6/19/91 |
Castle Rock Reservoir |
Roger Fliger |
| Kokanee Salmon |
26.8" |
7.85 lbs |
9/23/03 |
Hauser Lake |
John Bomar |
| Lake Trout |
42.5" |
42.69 lbs. |
6/23/04 |
Flathead Lake |
Ruth Barber |
| Lake Whitefish |
27" |
10.46 lbs. |
08/26/06 |
Flathead Lake |
Swan T. McDonald V |
| Largemouth Bass |
22" |
8.29 lbs. |
6/11/99 |
Many Lakes |
Adam Nelson |
| Largescale Sucker * |
23" |
5.06 lbs. |
5/12/96 |
Kootenai River |
Loren Kujawa |
| Longnose Sucker * |
|
3.27 lbs. |
5/8/88 |
Marias River Loma |
Ray Quigley |
| Mottled Sculpin * |
|
0.05 lbs. |
7/30/01 |
Belt Creek (North of Neihart MT) |
Brad Sullivan |
| 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 1/8" |
7.88 lbs. |
5/28/91 |
Noxon Rapids Reservoir |
Darrel Torgrimson |
| Paddlefish * |
6'5" |
142.5 lbs. |
5/20/73 |
Missouri River Near Kipp Park |
Larry Branstetter |
| Pallid Sturegon * |
|
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
(tie record) * |
9" |
0.23 lbs. |
2/27/05 |
Little Bitterroot Lake |
Kevin Kadley
Troy Fraley |
| Rainbow Trout |
38.62" |
33.1 lbs. |
8/11/97 |
Kootenai River David Thompson Brdg |
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 * |
|
6.42 lbs |
5/22/00 |
Intake -- Irrigation Canal |
Bill Odenbach |
| Rock Bass |
8.6" |
0.57 lbs. |
6/1/89 |
Tongue River Reservoir |
Don Holzheimer |
| 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 * |
34" |
7.02 lbs. |
12/22/03 |
Fort Peck Dredge Cuts |
Ron Gulbertson |
| Shovelnose Sturgeon * |
39.5" |
13.72 lbs. |
4/19/86 |
Missouri River Near Virgelle |
Sidney Storm |
| Smallmouth Bass |
21" |
6.66 lbs. |
7/30/02 |
Fort Peck Reservoir |
Mike Otten |
| Smallmouth Buffalo * |
38" |
38 lbs. |
4/28/07 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Brady Miller |
| Stonecat * |
10" |
0.54 lbs. |
6/16/96 |
Milk River |
Dale Bjerga |
| Tiger Muskellunge |
46" |
28.87 lbs. |
7/10/06 |
Deadman's Basin Reservoir |
Marty Storfa |
| 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 5/8" |
5.33 lbs. |
2/10/83 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Fred Perry |
| Yellow Bullhead |
11.8" |
0.93 lbs. |
5/24/98 |
Tongue River Reservoir |
Carl Radonski |
| Yellow Perch |
14 3/8" |
2.39 lbs. |
2/19/06 |
Lower Stillwater Lake |
Josh Emmert |
