State Records: Montana

Montana

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of Montana

Species Weight Length Location Angler Date
Arctic Grayling 3 lbs 
3.36 oz
20.9" Handkerchief Lake  Frederick C. Dahl 5/17/1994
Bigmouth Buffalo 57 lbs 
12 oz
40.7" Nelson Reservoir  Craig D. Grassel 6/4/1994
Black Bullhead 2 lbs 
5.28 oz
15.5" Flathead River  Darwin Zemple Jr. 4/4/1994
Black Crappie 3 lbs 
2.08 oz
16.7" Tongue River Reservoir  Al Elser 1973
Blue Sucker 11 lbs 
7.36 oz
29.75" Yellowstone River - Miles City Doug Askin 10/7/1989
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 
10.24 oz
11" Petersons Stock Dam  Brent Fladmo 6/3/1983
Brook Trout 9 lbs 0.96 oz   Lower Two Medicine Lake  John R. Cook 1940
Brown Trout 29 lbs 
0 oz
  Wade Lake  E.H. Peck Bacon 1966
Burbot 17 lbs 
1.28 oz
39" Missouri River - Wolf Point Jeff E. Iwen 4/18/1989
Carp 40 lbs 
3.2 oz
38" Nelson Reservoir  Jared S. Albus 5/24/1998
Channel Catfish 27 lbs 
2.72 oz
34.2" Castle Rock Lake  Ed Ellertson 4/26/1998
Chinook (King) Salmon 31 lbs 
2.08 oz
38" Fort Peck Reservoir  Carl L. Niles 10/2/1991
Cisco 1 lbs 
12 oz
17.25" Fort Peck Reservoir - below powerhouse Curt Zimmerman 5/19/1991
Coho Salmon 4 lbs 
14.08 oz
25.5" Fort Peck Reservoir - face of dam Irven F. Stohl 5/29/1973
Cutthroat Trout 16 lbs 
0 oz
  Red Eagle Lake  William D. Sands 1955
Dolly Varden Trout 25 lbs 
10.08 oz
37" N/A James Hyer 1916
Flathead Chub 0 lbs 
9.44 oz
11.2" Thornton Pond  Douglas Jordan 4/29/2001
Freshwater Drum 20 lbs 
7.04 oz
33.5" Fort Peck Reservoir - Big Dry Arm Richard C. Lee 6/20/1987
Golden Trout 5 lbs 
6.88 oz
23.5" Cave Lake  Mike Malixi 7/16/2000
Goldeye 3 lbs 
2.88 oz
  Nelson Reservoir  Don Nevrivy 7/4/2000
Green Sunfish 0 lbs 
8.96 oz
8.6" Castle Rock Lake  Roger Fliger 6/19/1991
Hybrid Trout 30 lbs 
4 oz
35.75" Ashley Lake  Pat Kelley 5/16/1982
Kokanee Salmon 7 lbs 
8.32 oz
25.125" Hauser Lake  Deed DeGolier 7/24/2001
Lake Trout 42 lbs 
0 oz
44" Flathead Lake - east shore Dave Larson 6/24/1979
Lake Whitefish 10 lbs 
1.28 oz
26.375" Lower Saint Mary Lake  Theo Hamby 6/24/1995
Largemouth Bass 8 lbs 
4.64 oz
22" Many Lakes  Adam Nelson 6/11/1999
Largescale Sucker 5 lbs 
0.96 oz
23" Kootenai River  Loren Kujawa 5/12/1996
Longnose Sucker 3 lbs 
4.32 oz
  Marias River - Loma Ray Quigley 5/8/1988
Mottled Sculpin 0 lbs 
0.8 oz
  Belt Creek  Brad Sullivan 7/30/2001
Mountain Sucker 0 lbs 
1.6 oz
6.2" Beaver Creek Reservoir  Robert Garwood 4/23/2001
Mountain Whitefish 5 lbs 
1.44 oz
21.14" Kootenai River - below dam Mervin Fenimore 9/15/1987
Northern Pike 37 lbs 
8 oz
  Tongue River Reservoir  Lance Moyer 1972
Northern Squawfish 7 lbs 
14.08 oz
27.125" Noxon Rapids Reservoir  Darrel Torgrimson 5/28/1991
Paddlefish 142 lbs 
8 oz
77" Missouri River - near Kipp Park Larry Branstetter 5/20/1973
Pallid Sturgeon 60 lbs 
0 oz
  Yellowstone River - near Sidney Gene Sattler 5/13/1979
Peamouth Chub 0 lbs 
11.84 oz
13.8" Noxon Rapids Reservoir  Angela Price 5/30/1999
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 0 lbs 
15.2 oz
  Milnor Lake  Tim Colver 7/9/1985
Pygmy Whitefish 0 lbs 
2.88 oz
8" Ashley Lake  Frank Gamma 2/23/1999
Rainbow Trout 33 lbs 
1.6 oz
38.62" Kootenai River - David Thompson Bridge Jack G. Housel Jr. 8/11/1997
Redside Shiner 0 lbs 
1.6 oz
6.5" Lost Lake  Josh Ahles 8/21/2001
River Carpsucker 6 lbs 
6.72 oz
  N/A Bill Odenbach 5/22/2000
Rock Bass 0 lbs 
9.12 oz
8.6" Tongue River Reservoir  Don Holzheimer 6/1/1989
Sauger 8 lbs 
12.8 oz
28.2" Fort Peck Reservoir  Gene Moore 12/12/1994
Saugeye 15 lbs 
10.56 oz
  Fort Peck Reservoir - Squaw Creek Myron Kibler 1/11/1995
Shorthead Redhorse 4 lbs 
10.88 oz
20.25" Marias River - near Loma Ray Quigley 4/14/1985
Shortnose Gar 3 lbs 
0.96 oz
27.25" Fort Peck Reservoir - Dredge Cuts John Johnson 8/17/1977
Shovelnose Sturgeon 13 lbs 
11.52 oz
39.5" Missouri River - near Virgelle Sidney Storm 4/19/1986
Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 
6.4 oz
21.25" Flathead River  Ken Riska 4/16/2000
Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 
6.4 oz
21" Fort Peck Reservoir  Mike Otten 9/27/2000
Smallmouth Buffalo 32 lbs 
10.08 oz
32.2" Nelson Reservoir  Richard Liesener 6/4/1994
Stone Catfish 0 lbs 
8.64 oz
10" Milk River  Dale Bjerga 6/16/1996
Tiger Muskellunge 27 lbs 
0 oz
45.25" Lebo Lake  Dan Dupea 10/2/1994
Tiger Trout 4 lbs 
0.64 oz
20.6" Bear Lake  Joe Sobczak 2/9/1997
Utah Chub 1 lbs 
12.96 oz
  Canyon Ferry Reservoir  Eugene Bastian 2/5/1992
Walleye 16 lbs 
10.08 oz
31.5" Fort Peck Reservoir  Danny Spence 1/21/2000
White Bass 2 lbs 
4 oz
16.25" Missouri River - south of Bainville Vernon Pacovsky 9/23/1998
White Crappie 3 lbs 
10.88 oz
18.5" Tongue River  Gene Bassett 5/10/1996
White Sturgeon 96 lbs 
0 oz
  Kootenai River  Herb Stout 1968
White Sucker 5 lbs 
5.28 oz
21.625" Nelson Reservoir  Fred Perry 2/10/1983
Yellow Bullhead 0 lbs 
14.88 oz
11.8" Tongue River Reservoir  Carl Radonski 5/24/1998
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 
5.92 oz
14.5" Ashley Lake  Vernon Schmid 3/31/1988