Pegar Reservoir fishing

Fishing at Pegar Reservoir has Rainbow Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2011, most often in May and June. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

June 9, 2022

Plants on record

11

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

5.1 in

Elevation

2,920.9 ft

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How Pegar Reservoir is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of June. In 2022 it was June 9, 2022, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 2016.

Silvan Pond (4.6 mi), Gasvoda Reservoir (5.4 mi), Crow Coulee Reservoir (14.1 mi), and Iliad Reservoir (17.7 mi) were stocked more recently. Gasvoda Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Crow Coulee Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, and Iliad Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout.

Fish at Pegar Reservoir

Fishing Pegar Reservoir is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. All 11 plants on record are Rainbow Trout.

Around the dates Pegar Reservoir is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 65.1°F in June, 55.7°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
June 9, 2022
Average length
5.1 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 2,5002011
  • 2,5002012
  • 2,5022013
  • 2,5002014
  • 2,5002015
  • 2,5002017
  • 2,5002018
  • 2,5002019
  • 2,5002020
  • 2,5002021
  • 2,5002022

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
June 9, 2022 Rainbow Trout 2,500 5.66 in report
June 3, 2021 Rainbow Trout 2,500 5.04 in report
June 3, 2020 Rainbow Trout 2,500 3.52 in report
June 5, 2019 Rainbow Trout 2,500 5.2 in report
June 8, 2018 Rainbow Trout 2,500 5.3 in report
June 6, 2017 Rainbow Trout 2,500 5.84 in report
June 9, 2015 Rainbow Trout 2,500 5.37 in report
June 12, 2014 Rainbow Trout 2,500 5.03 in report
June 12, 2013 Rainbow Trout 2,502 5.6 in report
May 24, 2012 Rainbow Trout 2,500 4.8 in report
June 29, 2011 Rainbow Trout 2,500 4.5 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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