Arapooish Pond fishing

Fishing at Arapooish Pond is on a community pond, stocked with Largemouth Bass. It is stocked about 0.3 times a year since 2012, most often in July and August. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

September 12, 2023

Plants on record

4

Since 2012

Species recorded

1

Average size

2 in

Elevation

2,875.8 ft

Access and facts

Water type
community pond
Nearest town
Hardin

Public pond near Hardin on Crow Tribal land, managed by FWP as a Children's Pond fishery for largemouth bass with natural reproduction plus occasional stocking.

Sources: water_type , nearest_town , shore_notes , speciesFound

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How Arapooish Pond is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of August. In 2023 it was September 12, 2023, later than usual.

No plants recorded in 8 years between 2012 and 2023.

Yellowtail Afterbay Reservoir (36.3 mi), Bighorn Lake (36.7 mi), Lake Elmo (44.3 mi), Castle Rock Reservoir (45.7 mi), and Lake Josephine (46.4 mi) were stocked more recently. Lake Elmo is also stocked with Largemouth Bass and Lake Josephine is also stocked with Largemouth Bass.

Fish at Arapooish Pond

Fishing Arapooish Pond is most likely to be for Largemouth Bass. All 4 plants on record are Largemouth Bass.

Around the dates Arapooish Pond is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 74.5°F in August, 77°F in July, 64.6°F in September. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Largemouth Bass 4 plants
Plants
4 of 4
Last stocked
September 12, 2023
Average length
2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Largemouth Bass guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 10,0002012
  • 5,0002017
  • 3,0002018
  • 2,2002023

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 12, 2023 Largemouth Bass 2,200 2.73 in report
July 19, 2018 Largemouth Bass 3,000 2.01 in report
August 30, 2017 Largemouth Bass 5,000 2.24 in report
August 6, 2012 Largemouth Bass 10,000 1 in report

Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

  • Largemouth Bass : Managed as a largemouth bass fishery with natural reproduction, plus occasional supplemental stocking. (source)

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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