Gardiner Reservoir fishing

Fishing at Gardiner Reservoir has Rainbow Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about once a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

April 24, 2019

Plants on record

9

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

2 in

Elevation

3,644.9 ft

How Gardiner Reservoir is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the second week of April. In 2019 it was April 24, 2019, later than usual.

Talcott Pond (2.5 mi), Craft Pond 2 (10 mi), Pat Labree Reservoir (50.9 mi), Blacks Sawmill Pond (70.5 mi), and Boulware Reservoir (72.8 mi) were stocked more recently. Craft Pond 2 is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Pat Labree Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Blacks Sawmill Pond is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, and Boulware Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout.

Fish at Gardiner Reservoir

Fishing Gardiner Reservoir is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. All 9 plants on record are Rainbow Trout.

Around the dates Gardiner Reservoir is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 42.1°F in April, 54.2°F in May. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout 9 plants
Plants
9 of 9
Last stocked
April 24, 2019
Average length
2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 6,0002011
  • 6,0002012
  • 5,0002013
  • 6,0002014
  • 6,0002015
  • 6,0002016
  • 6,0002017
  • 6,0002018
  • 6,0002019

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 24, 2019 Rainbow Trout 6,000 1.88 in report
May 2, 2018 Rainbow Trout 6,000 2.01 in report
April 12, 2017 Rainbow Trout 6,000 1.98 in report
April 5, 2016 Rainbow Trout 6,000 1.9 in report
April 7, 2015 Rainbow Trout 6,000 1.8 in report
April 16, 2014 Rainbow Trout 6,000 2 in report
April 11, 2013 Rainbow Trout 5,000 2 in report
April 19, 2012 Rainbow Trout 6,000 2.15 in report
April 21, 2011 Rainbow Trout 6,000 2 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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