Montana State Fishing Records

SpeciesWeightLocationDateAngler
Arctic Grayling3.63 lbs.Washtub Lake6/28/03Glenn Owens
Big Mouth Buffalo57.75 lbs.Nelson Reservoir6/4/94Craig D. Grassel
Black Bullhead2.60 lbs.Smiley Slough6/2/09Birrell
Black Crappie3.13 lbs.Tongue River Reservoir1973Al Elser
Bluegill2.64 lbs.Peterson’s Stock Dam6/3/83Brent Fladmo
Blue Sucker13.29 lbs.Marias River4/19/19Jason Karls
Brook Trout9.06 lbs.Lower Two Medicine Lake1940John R. Cook
Brown Trout32.42 lbs.Marias River3/3/21Robbie Dockter
Bull Trout25.63 lbs.1916James Hyer
Burbot17.08 lbs.Missouri River Wolf Point4/18/89Jeff Eugene Iwen
Channel Catfish35.18 lbs.Colstrip Surge Pond7/7/19John D. Smith
Chinook Salmon32.05 lbs.Fort Peck Reservoir08/16/20Greg Haug
Cisco2.08 lbs.Missouri River6/2/14Troy Holstein
Coho Salmon4.88 lbs.Fort Peck Reservoir5/29/73Irven F. Stohl
Common Carp40.2 lbs.Nelson Reservoir5/24/98Jared S. Albus
Creek Chub0.52 lbs.Harbaugh Bass Pond5/12/13William Bibeau
Cutthroat Trout16 lbsRed Eagle Lake1955Wm. D. Sands
Emerald Shiner0.01 lbs.Park Grove Bridge6/9/06Ike Braaten
Fathead Minnow.01 lbs.Dollar Lake5/30/14Chris Gustine
Flathead Chub0.59 lbs.Thornton Pond4/29/01Douglas Jordan
Freshwater Drum21.59 lbs.Fort Peck- Ghost Coulee5/3/03Matt Washut
Golden Trout5.43 lbs.Cave Lake7/16/00Mike Malixi
Golden Shinner0.18 lbs.Gardner Reservoir7/29/22Kelson Hickman
Goldeye3.18 lbs.Nelson Reservoir7/4/00Don Nevrivy
Green Sunfish0.84 lbs.Hickson’s Pond5/25/09Bette Schmieding
Kokanee Salmon7.85 lbs.Hauser Lake9/23/03John Bomar
Lake Chub0.075 lbs.Corner Lake7/23/10James Cashell
Lake Trout42.69 lbs.Flathead Lake6/23/04Ruth Barber
Lake Whitefish10.46 lbs.Flathead Lake8/26/06Swan T. McDonald V
Largemouth Bass9.58 lbs.Lake Elmo4/24/21Brandon Wright
Largescale Sucker6.16 lbs.Woodland Pond6/27/08Kevin Fraley
Longnose Sucker4.78 lbsHauser Reservoir5/10/22Jonathan Miller
Mountain Sucker1.60 oz.Beaver Creek Reservoir4/23/01Robert Garwood
Mountain Whitefish5.11 lbs.Hauser Reservoir10/10/07Walt Goodman
Northern Pike37.5 lbs.Tongue River Reservoir1972Lance Moyer
Northern Pikeminnow7.88 lbs.Noxon Rapids Reservoir5/28/91Darrel Torgrimson
Paddlefish142.5 lbs.Missouri River Near Kipp Park5/20/73Larry Branstetter
Pallid Sturgeon60 lbs.Yellowstone River5/13/79Gene Sattler
Peamouth1.52 lbs.Clark Fork River7/29/07Mike Jensen
Pumpkinseed0.995 lbs.Fennon Slough4/26/22Pete Jellar
Pygmy Whitefish0.36 lbs.Little Bitterroot Lake2/13/10Richard Geldrich
Rainbow Trout33.1 lbs.Kootenai River8/11/97Jack G. Housel, Jr.
Rainbow-Cutthroat Hybrid Trout30.25 lbs.Ashely Lake5/16/82Pat Kelley
Redside Shiner0.10 lbs.Lost Lake8/21/01Josh Ahles
River Carpsucker7.915 lbsYellowstone River4/16/22Jaxson Franklin
Rock Bass1.31 lbs.Lower Crazy Head Springs Pond4/26/14Karson Campbell
Rocky Mountain Sculpin0.063 lbs.Yellowstone Co. Canal3/15/22Bridger Burrows
Sauger8.805 lbs.Fort Peck Reservoir12/12/94Gene Moore
Saugeye15.66 lbs.Fort Peck Reservoir Squaw Creek1/11/95Myron Kibler
Shorthead Redhorse4.68 lbs.Marias River 4/14/85Ray Quigley
Shortnose Gar7.41 lbs.Fort Peck Dredge Cuts5/16/13Brandon Hansard
Shovelnose Sturgeon14.125 lbs.Missouri River5/21/10Chad Buck
Smallmouth Bass7.84 lbs.Fort Peck Reservoir10/3/20Theron Thompson
Smallmouth Buffalo38 lbs.Nelson Reservoir4/28/07Brady Miller
Spottail Shiner0.02 lbs.Tiber Reservoir8/14/10Joe Hagengruber
Stonecat0.54 lbs.Milk River6/16/96Dale Bjerga
Tiger Muskellunge38.75 lbs.Deadman’s Basin Reservoir9/2/11Leo Cantin
Tiger Trout4.04 lbs.Bear Lake2/9/97Joe Sobczak
Utah Chub2.39 lbs.Canyon Ferry Reservoir3/7/22Steve Hagen
Walleye18.02 lbs.Holter Lake5/10/21Trevor Johnson
White Bass2.8 lbs.Missouri River 10/13/07Vernon Pacovsky
White Crappie3.68 lbs.Tongue River5/10/96Gene Bassett
White Sturgeon96 lbs.Kootenai River1968Herb Stout
White Sucker5.33 lbs.Nelson Reservoir2/10/83Fred Perry
Yellow Bullhead1.910 lbs.Tongue River Reservoir12/17/20Roberta Legge
Yellow Perch2.39 lbs.Lower Stillwater Lake2/19/06Josh Emmert