Below is a table of the State of Montana Fishing Records.

FISH MONTANA NATIVE LENGTH (inches) WEIGHT GIRTH (inches) SITE ANGLER BAIT/TACKLE DATE
Arctic Grayling Native 20 3.63 lbs. 11.7 Washtub Lake Glenn Owens Wet Fly 6/28/2003
Bigmouth Buffalo Native 40.7 57.75 lbs. 32.5 Nelson Reservoir Craig Grassel Bow & Arrow 6/4/1994
Black Bullhead   14.37 2.60 lbs. 11.5 Smiley Slough Birrell White Bait 6/20/2009
Black Crappie   16.7 3.13 lbs.   Tongue River Reservoir Al Elser   1973
Bluegill   11 2.64 lbs. 17 Peterson’s Stock Dam Brett Fladmo Worm 6/3/1983
Blue Sucker   29.75 11.46 lbs. 18.5 Yellowstone River Miles City Doug Askin Worm 10/7/1989
Brook Trout     9.06 lbs   Lower Two Medicine Lake John Cook   1940
Brown Trout     29 lbs.   Wade Lake E.H. “Peck” Bacon   1966
Bull Trout Native 37 25.63 lbs. 25   James Hyler Trolling Line 1916
Burbot Native 39 17.08 lbs. 16.25 Missouri River, Wolf Point Jeff Eugene Iwen Minnow 4/18/1989
Channel Catfish Native 37.6 30.13 lbs. 24.7 Missouri River, Fred Robinson Bridge Jessey Perry Minnow/setline 5/8/2009
Chinook Salmon   38 31.13 lbs. 26.5 Fort Peck Reservoir, Face of Dam Carl Niles Diamond King Spoon 10/2/1991
Cisco   17.25 1.75 lbs.   Below Fort Peck Powerhouse Curt Zimmer Phelps floater and small minnow 5/19/2001
Coho Salmon   25.5 4.88 lbs.   Fort Peck Reservoir, Face of Dam Iven Stohl Daredevil 5/29/1973
Common Carp   38 40.2 lbs. 30.5 Nelson Reservoir Jared Albus Bow and Arrow 5/24/1998
Cuttthroat Trout Native   16 lbs.   Red Eagle Lake William Sands   1955
Emerald Shiner   3.43 0.01 lbs.   Park Grove Bridge Ike Braaten Rapala 6/9/2006
Flathead Chub Native 11.2 0.59 lbs.   Thornton Pond Douglas Jordan Worm 4/29/2001
Freshwater Drum Native 29.5 21.59 lbs. 26.5 Fort Peck – Ghost Coulee Matt Washut Smelt 5/3/2003
Golden Trout   23.5 5.43 lbs. 13 Cave Lake Mike Malixi Lure 7/16/2000
Goldeye Native   3.18 lbs.   Nelson Reservoir Don Nevrivy Jig/Power Crawler 7/4/2000
Green Sunfish   9.0 0.84 lbs.  9.87 Hickson’s Pond Bette Schmieding Worm 5/25/2009
Kokanee Salmon   26.8 7.85 lbs.   Hauser Lake John Bomar  Jig 9/23/2003
Lake Chub Native 3.9 0.02 lbs.   Teton River Joe Hagengruber Worm 8/22/2010
Lake Trout   42.5 42.69 lbs.  31.5 Flathead Lake Ruth Barber Flatfish 6/23/2004
Lake Whitefish   27 10.46 lbs.   Flathead Lake Swan McDonald Jig 8/26/2006
Largemouth Bass   22.5 8.8 lbs.   Noxon Rapids Reservoir Darin Williams Rubber Tube Bait 5/2/2009
Largescale Sucker Native 23.1 6.16 lbs. 14.8 Woodland Pond Kevin Fraley Worm 6/27/2008
Longnose Sucker Native   3.27 lbs.   Marias River Loma Ray Quigley Worm 5/8/1988
Mottled Sculpin Native   0.05 lbs.   Belt Creek (North of Neihart) Brad Sullivan Worm 7/30/2001
Mountain Sucker Native 6.2 1.60 oz.   Beaver Creek Reservoir Rober Garwood Worm 4/23/2001
Mountain Whitefish Native 23 5.11 lbs. 12.5 Hauser Reservoir Walt Goodman Rapala 10/10/2007
Northern Pikeminnow Native 27.125 7.88 lbs.   Noxon Rapids Reservoir Darrel Torgrimson Lure 5/28/1991
Paddlefish Native 77 142.5 lbs. 41.75 Missouri River Near Kipp Park Larry Branstetter Snagged 5/20/1973
Northern Pike     37.5 lbs.   Tongue River Reservoir Lance Moyer   1972
Pallid Sturgeon Native   60 lbs. 27.5 Yellowstone River Near Sidney Gene Sattler   5/13/1979
Peamouth Native 16.125 1.52 lbs.   Clark Fork River Mike Jensen Artificial Fly 7/29/2007
Pygmy Whitefish Native 9.84 0.36 lbs. 6.3 Little Bitterroot Lake Richard Geldrich Maggot 2/13/2010
Pumpkinseed   9.5 0.96 lbs.   Upper Thompson Lake Nathan Bache Lure 7/30/2006
Rainbow Trout   38.62 33.1 lbs. 27 Kootenai River David Thompson Bridge Jack Housel, Jr. Lure 8/11/1997
Rainbow-Cuttthrout Hybrid   35.75 30.25 lbs. 27.5 Ashley Lake Pat Kelley Bait 5/16/1982
Redside Shiner Native 6.5 0.10 lbs. 3.75 Lost Lake Josh Ahles Worm 8/21/2001
River Carpsucker Native 24 6.95 lbs. 16.5 Fort Peck Reservoir Brady Miller Bow and Arrow 8/15/2008
Rock Bass   9.88 0.82 lbs. 8.75 Lower Crazy Head Springs Reservoir Lance Dennis Gary Yamamoto Bubble Gum Artificial Worm 5/14/2010
Sauger Native 28.2 8.805 lbs. 15.1 Fort Peck Reservoir Gene Moore Whistler/Minnow 12/12/1994
Saugeye     15.66 lbs.   Fort Peck Reservoir Squaw Creek Myron Kibler Minnow 1/11/1995
Shortnose Gar Native 34 7.02 lbs. 12 Fort Peck Dredge Cuts Ron Gulbertson Speared 12/22 2003
Shortnose Redhorse Native 20.25 4.68 lbs.   Marias River Near Loma Ray Quigley Worm 4/14/1985
Shovelnose Sturgeon Native 39.75 14.125 lbs.   Missouri River Chad Buck Nightcrawler 5/21/2010
Smallmouth Bass   21 6.66 lbs. 17 Fort Peck Reservoir Mike Otten Crawdad 7/30/2002
Smallmouth Buffalo Native 38 38 lbs. 29.25 Nelson Reservoir Brady Miller Bow and Arrow 4/28/2007
Spottail Shiner   3.0 0.02 lbs.   Tiber Reservoir Joe Hagengruber Worm 8/14/2010
Stonecat Native 10 0.54 lbs.   Milk River Dale Bjerga Worm 6/16/1996
Tiger Muskellunge   49 31.3 lbs.   Deadman’s Basin Reservoir Dan Weil Bait 7/6/2011
Tiger Trout   20.6 4.04 lbs. 12 Bear Lake Joe Sobczak Wooley Bugger 2/9/1997
Utah Club     1.81 lbs.   Canyon Ferry Reservoir Eugene Bastian Rat Fink/Maggots 2/5/1992
Walleye   35 17.75 lbs. 22 Tiber Reservoir Robert Hart Minnow 11/18/2007
White Bass   17 2.80 lbs. 12 Missouri River South of Bainville Vernon Pacovsky Minnow 10/13/2007
White Crappie   18.5 3.68 lbs.   Tongue River Gene Bassett Worm 5/10/1996
White Sturgeon Native 75 96 lbs.   Kootenai Reservoir Herb Stout   1968
White Sucker Native 21.625 5.33 lbs. 12.75 Nelson Reservoir Fred Perry Spear 2/10/1983
Yellow Perch   14.375 2.39 lbs. 12.1875 Lower Stillwater Lake Josh Emmert Jig 2/19/2006
Yellow Bullhead Native 12.2 1.01 lbs. 7.5 Ninepipe Reservoir Max Bernt Nightcrawler 7/19/2011