Kreider Reservoir #2 fishing

Fishing at Kreider Reservoir #2 has Rainbow Trout and Largemouth Bass 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

August 7, 2025

Plants on record

15

Since 2011

Species recorded

2

Average size

2.2 in

Elevation

3,071.7 ft

Access and facts

Small (about 10-acre) reservoir off Hwy 200 near mile marker 182: 2.6 miles to an auto gate, then 1.1 miles to the pond.

Sources: shore_notes

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How Kreider Reservoir #2 is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the fourth week of April. In 2025 it was May 14, 2025, later than usual.

No plants recorded in 2014.

Fish at Kreider Reservoir #2

Fishing Kreider Reservoir #2 is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. Rainbow Trout accounts for 14 of 15 plants on record, ahead of Largemouth Bass.

Around the dates Kreider Reservoir #2 is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 43.6°F in April, 55.7°F in May, 66.2°F in June, 72.4°F in August. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout 14 plants
Plants
14 of 15
Last stocked
May 14, 2025
Average length
2.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Largemouth Bass 1 plant
Plants
1 of 15
Last stocked
August 7, 2025
Average length
1.6 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Largemouth Bass guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 1,5002011
  • 1,5002012
  • 1,5002013
  • 1,5002015
  • 1,5002016
  • 1,5002017
  • 1,5002018
  • 1,5002019
  • 1,5002020
  • 1,5002021
  • 1,5002022
  • 1,5002023
  • 1,5002024
  • 2,5002025

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
August 7, 2025 Largemouth Bass 1,000 1.62 in report
May 14, 2025 Rainbow Trout 1,500 2.26 in report
May 24, 2024 Rainbow Trout 1,500 1.78 in report
May 18, 2023 Rainbow Trout 1,500 2.27 in report
April 28, 2022 Rainbow Trout 1,500 2 in report
June 9, 2021 Rainbow Trout 1,500 2.51 in report
April 23, 2020 Rainbow Trout 1,500 4.4 in report
April 25, 2019 Rainbow Trout 1,500 1.89 in report
May 3, 2018 Rainbow Trout 1,500 2.01 in report
April 13, 2017 Rainbow Trout 1,500 1.98 in report
April 6, 2016 Rainbow Trout 1,500 1.9 in report
April 8, 2015 Rainbow Trout 1,500 1.8 in report
April 12, 2013 Rainbow Trout 1,500 2 in report
April 19, 2012 Rainbow Trout 1,500 2.15 in report
April 23, 2011 Rainbow Trout 1,500 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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