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Montana Fish Records as of June 29, 2006
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
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 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 * 13.7" 1.05 lbs. 9/16/02 Flathead Lake Paul Teichman
Pumpkinseed 0.95 lbs. 7/9/85 Milnor Lake Tim Colver
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 * 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 3/8" 2.39 lbs. 2/19/06 Lower Stillwater Lake Josh Emmert
* Denotes Montana native fish.
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