Montana Fishing Records |
| Fish |
Length |
Weight |
Date |
Site |
Angler |
| Arctic Grayling |
20.9" |
3.21 lbs. |
5/17/94 |
Handkerchief Lake |
Frederick C. Dahl |
| 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 |
| Burbot |
39" |
17.08 lbs. |
4/18/89 |
Missouri River Wolf Point |
Jeff Eugene Iwen |
| Carp |
38" |
40.2 lbs. |
5/24/98 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Jared S. Albus |
| Channel Catfish |
34.2" |
27.17 llbs. |
4/26/98 |
Castle Rock Lake |
Ed Ellertson |
| 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 |
| Cutthroat Trout |
|
16 lbs, |
1955 |
Red Eagle Lake |
Wm. D. Sands |
| Dolly Varden (Bull Trout) |
37" |
25.63 lbs. |
1916 |
|
James Hyer |
| Flathead Chub |
11.2" |
0.59 lbs. |
4/29/01 |
Thornton Pond |
Douglas Jordan |
| Freshwater Drum |
33.5" |
20.44 lbs. |
6/20/87 |
Fort Peck Reservoir Big Dry Arm |
Richard C. Lee |
| 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 |
25 1/8" |
7.52 lbs |
7/24/01 |
Hauser Lake |
Deed DeGolier |
| Lake Trout |
44" |
42 lbs. |
6/24/79 |
Flathead Lake East Shore |
Dave Larson |
| Lake Whitefish |
26 3/8" |
10.08 lbs. |
6/24/95 |
Lower St. Mary Lake |
Theo Hamby |
| 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 |
21.14" |
5.09 lbs. |
9/15/87 |
Kootenai River Below dam |
Mervin Fenimore |
| 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 |
13.8" |
0.74 lbs. |
5/30/99 |
Noxon Rapids Reservoir |
Angela Price |
| Pumpkinseed |
|
0.95 lbs. |
7/9/85 |
Milnor Lake |
Tim Colver |
| Pygmy Whitefish |
8" |
0.18 lbs. |
2/23/99 |
Ashley Lake |
Frank Gamma |
| 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 |
27.25" |
3.06 lbs. |
8/17/77 |
Fort Peck Dredge Cuts |
John Johnson |
| Shovelnose Sturgeon |
39.5" |
13.72 lbs. |
4/19/86 |
Missouri River Near Virgelle |
Sidney Storm |
| Smallmouth Bass |
20.25" |
6.45 lbs. |
9/25/01 |
Fort Peck Reservoir |
Mike Otten |
| Smallmouth Buffalo |
32.2" |
32.63 lbs. |
6/4/94 |
Nelson Reservoir |
Richard Liesener |
| Stonecat |
10" |
0.54 lbs. |
6/16/96 |
Milk River |
Dale Bjerga |
| Tiger Muskellunge |
45.25" |
27 lbs. |
10/2/94 |
Lebo Lake |
Dan Dupea |
| 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 |
31.5" |
16.63 lbs. |
1/21/00 |
Fort Peck Reservoir |
Danny Spence |
| White Bass |
16.25" |
2.25 lbs. |
9/23/98 |
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 |
14.5" |
2.37 lbs. |
3/31/88 |
Ashley Lake |
Vernon Schmid |
