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Species Weight  Length Location Angler Date Photo
Paddlefish 142 lbs 8 oz 77" Missouri River - near Kipp Park Larry Branstetter 5/20/1973  
White Sturgeon 96 lbs 0 oz   Kootenai River  Herb Stout 1968  
Pallid Sturgeon 60 lbs 0 oz   Yellowstone River - near Sidney Gene Sattler 5/13/1979  
Bigmouth Buffalo 57 lbs 12 oz 40.7" Nelson Reservoir  Craig D. Grassel 6/4/1994  
Lake Trout 42 lbs 7 oz 42.5" Flathead Lake Ruth Barber 6/23/2004  
Carp 40 lbs 3.2 oz 38" Nelson Reservoir  Jared S. Albus 5/24/1998  
Smallmouth Buffalo 38 lbs 0 oz 38" Nelson Reservoir  Brady Miller 4/28/2007  
Channel Catfish 37 lbs 9.6 oz 37.6" Castle Rock Lake  Jessey Perry 5/8/2009  
Northern Pike 37 lbs 8 oz   Tongue River Reservoir  Lance Moyer 1972  
Rainbow Trout 33 lbs 1.6 oz 38.62" Kootenai River - David Thompson Bridge Jack G. Housel Jr. 8/11/1997  
Tiger Muskellunge 31 lbs 4.8 oz 49" Deadman's Basin Reservoir Dan Weil 7/6/2011  
Chinook (King) Salmon 31 lbs 2.08 oz 38" Fort Peck Reservoir  Carl L. Niles 10/2/1991  
Hybrid Trout 30 lbs 4 oz 35.75" Ashley Lake  Pat Kelley 5/16/1982  
Brown Trout 29 lbs 0 oz   Wade Lake  E.H. Peck Bacon 1966  
Dolly Varden Trout 25 lbs 10.08 oz 37" N/A James Hyer 1916  
Freshwater Drum 21 lbs  29.5" Fort Peck- Ghost Coulee Matt Washut 5/3/2003  
Walleye 17 lbs 12 oz 35" Tiber Reservoir Robert Bob Hart 11/18/2007  
Burbot 17 lbs 1.28 oz 39" Missouri River - Wolf Point Jeff E. Iwen 4/18/1989  
Cutthroat Trout 16 lbs 0 oz   Red Eagle Lake  William D. Sands 1955  
Saugeye 15 lbs 10.56 oz   Fort Peck Reservoir - Squaw Creek Myron Kibler 1/11/1995  
Shovelnose Sturgeon 14 lbs 2 oz 39.75" Missouri River Chad Buck 5/21/2010  
Blue Sucker 11 lbs 7.36 oz 29.75" Yellowstone River - Miles City Doug Askin 10/7/1989  
Lake Whitefish 10 lbs 7.36 oz 27" Flathead Lake Swan T. McDonald V 8/26/2006  
Brook Trout 9 lbs 0.96 oz   Lower Two Medicine Lake  John R. Cook 1940  
Sauger 8 lbs 12.8 oz 28.2" Fort Peck Reservoir  Gene Moore 12/12/1994  
Largemouth Bass 8 lbs 12.8 oz 22.5" Noxon Rapids Reservoir Darin Williams 5/2/2009  
Kokanee Salmon 7 lbs 8 oz 26.8" Hauser Lake  John Bomar 9/23/2003  
Shortnose Gar 7 lbs 2 oz 34" Fort Peck Dredge Cuts Ron Gulbertson 12/22/2003  
Northern Squawfish 7 lbs 14.08 oz 27.125" Noxon Rapids Reservoir  Darrel Torgrimson 5/28/1991  
Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 6.4 oz 21.25" Flathead River  Ken Riska 4/16/2000  
Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 6. oz 21" Fort Peck Reservoir  Mike Otten 7/30/2002  
Largescale Sucker 6 lbs 2.56 oz 23.1" Woodland Pond Kevin Fraley 6/27/2008  
River Carpsucker 6 lbs 15.2 oz 24" Fort Peck Reservoir Brady Miller 8/15/2008  
Golden Trout 5 lbs 6.88 oz 23.5" Cave Lake  Mike Malixi 7/16/2000  
White Sucker 5 lbs 5.28 oz 21.625" Nelson Reservoir  Fred Perry 2/10/1983  
Mountain Whitefish 5 lbs 1.76 oz 23" Hauser Reservoir Walt Goodman 10/10/2007  
Coho Salmon 4 lbs 14.08 oz 25.5" Fort Peck Reservoir - face of dam Irven F. Stohl 5/29/1973  
Shorthead Redhorse 4 lbs 10.88 oz 20.25" Marias River - near Loma Ray Quigley 4/14/1985  
Tiger Trout 4 lbs 0.64 oz 20.6" Bear Lake  Joe Sobczak 2/9/1997  
Longnose Sucker 3 lbs 4.32 oz   Marias River - Loma Ray Quigley 5/8/1988  
Goldeye 3 lbs 2.88 oz   Nelson Reservoir  Don Nevrivy 7/4/2000  
Black Crappie 3 lbs 2.08 oz 16.7" Tongue River Reservoir  Al Elser 1973  
White Crappie 3 lbs 10.88 oz 18.5" Tongue River  Gene Bassett 5/10/1996  
Arctic Grayling 3 lbs  20" Washtub Lake Glenn Owens 6/28/2003  
Black Bullhead 2 lbs 9.6 oz 14.37" Flathead River  Birrell 6/2/2009  
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 6.24 oz 14.375" Ashley Lake  Josh Emmert 2/19/2006  
White Bass 2 lbs 12.8 oz 17" Missouri River - south of Bainville Vernon Pacovsky 10/13/2007  
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 10.24 oz 11" Petersons Stock Dam  Brent Fladmo 6/3/1983  
Peamouth Chub 1 lbs 8.32 oz 16 1/8" Clark Fork River Mike Jensen 7/29/2007  
Utah Chub 1 lbs 12.96 oz   Canyon Ferry Reservoir  Eugene Bastian 2/5/1992  
Cisco 1 lbs 12 oz 17.25" Fort Peck Reservoir - below powerhouse Curt Zimmerman 5/19/1991  
Yellow Bullhead 1 lbs 0.32 oz 11.6" Yellowstone River Samuel Shelton 6/14/2012  
Flathead Chub 0 lbs 9.44 oz 11.2" Thornton Pond  Douglas Jordan 4/29/2001  
Stone Catfish 0 lbs 8.64 oz 10" Milk River  Dale Bjerga 6/16/1996  
Pygmy Whitefish 0 lbs 5.76 oz 9.84" Little Bitterroot Lake Richard Geldrich 2/13/2010  
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 0 lbs 15.36 oz   Upper Thompson Lake Nathan Bache 7/30/2006  
Green Sunfish 0 lbs 13.44 oz 9.0" Castle Rock Lake  Bette Schmieding 5/25/2009  
Rock Bass 0 lbs 13.12 oz 9.88" Lower Crazy Head Springs Reservoir Lance Dennis 5/14/2010  
Mountain Sucker 0 lbs 1.6 oz 6.2" Beaver Creek Reservoir  Robert Garwood 4/23/2001  
Redside Shiner 0 lbs 1.6 oz 6.5" Lost Lake  Josh Ahles 8/21/2001  
Mottled Sculpin 0 lbs 0.8 oz   Belt Creek  Brad Sullivan 7/30/2001  

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