Fort Peck Trout Pond fishing

Fishing at Fort Peck Trout Pond has Rainbow Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2014, most often in September and October. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

October 8, 2025

Plants on record

11

Since 2014

Species recorded

1

Average size

6.9 in

Elevation

2,042.4 ft

How Fort Peck Trout Pond is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of October. In 2025 it was May 22, 2025, earlier than usual.

No plants recorded in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Fish at Fort Peck Trout Pond

Fishing Fort Peck Trout Pond is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. All 11 plants on record are Rainbow Trout.

Around the dates Fort Peck Trout Pond is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 46.6°F in October, 63.1°F in September, 43.3°F in April, 57.1°F in May. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout 11 plants
Plants
11 of 11
Last stocked
October 8, 2025
Average length
6.9 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 10,1722014
  • 9,1262020
  • 10,0002021
  • 10,1592022
  • 10,0912023
  • 9,0002024
  • 15,2252025

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
October 8, 2025 Rainbow Trout 7,051 8.74 in report
June 13, 2025 Rainbow Trout 3,060 7.03 in report
May 22, 2025 Rainbow Trout 5,114 3.17 in report
October 2, 2024 Rainbow Trout 9,000 7.98 in report
October 3, 2023 Rainbow Trout 10,091 7.17 in report
September 22, 2022 Rainbow Trout 10,159 7.31 in report
September 29, 2021 Rainbow Trout 7,867 8.02 in report
September 29, 2021 Rainbow Trout 2,133 8 in report
October 13, 2020 Rainbow Trout 7,268 8.24 in report
October 13, 2020 Rainbow Trout 1,858 8.24 in report
April 17, 2014 Rainbow Trout 10,172 2.08 in report

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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