Tongue River fishing

Fishing at Tongue River is on a river section, stocked with Rainbow Trout and Crappie. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2011, most often in April and June. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and dawn, dusk, and night for Crappie.

Last stocked

April 27, 2020

Plants on record

Since 2011

Species recorded

Average size

7.9 in

Elevation

2,348.4 ft

Access and facts

Water type: river section
Nearest town: Miles City

A prairie river in eastern Montana that joins the Yellowstone River within the Miles City limits. Wikipedia notes it holds a mix of warm-water and cold-water fish species along its length.

Sources: water_type , shore_notes , nearest_town , photos , speciesFound

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How Tongue River is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the last week of April. In 2020 it was April 27, 2020, about when it usually is.

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

Spotted Eagle Lake (1.5 mi), Haughian Reservoir #1 (29.8 mi), Clarks Reservoir (33.9 mi), and Silvertip Reservoir (34 mi) were stocked more recently. Spotted Eagle Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Haughian Reservoir #1 is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Clarks Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, and Silvertip Reservoir is also stocked with Rainbow Trout.

Fish at Tongue River

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

Around the dates Tongue River is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 45.1°F in April, 69.3°F in June. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout 9 plants

Plants: 9 of 9
Last stocked: April 27, 2020
Average length: 7.9 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

4,0002011
4,3402012
4,1542013
2,0012014
4,0002020

Stocking history

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Date	Species	Quantity	Avg. length	Source
April 27, 2020	Rainbow Trout	2,000	7.39 in	report
April 27, 2020	Rainbow Trout	2,000	7.39 in	report
April 28, 2014	Rainbow Trout	2,001	7.09 in	report
April 29, 2013	Rainbow Trout	2,077	7.27 in	report
April 29, 2013	Rainbow Trout	2,077	7.27 in	report
April 30, 2012	Rainbow Trout	2,170	9.31 in	report
April 30, 2012	Rainbow Trout	2,170	9.31 in	report
June 9, 2011	Rainbow Trout	2,000	8.15 in	report
June 9, 2011	Rainbow Trout	2,000	8.15 in	report

Species found here

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

white crappie : Montana's state-record white crappie was caught in the river itself, a wild warmwater population distinct from the adjacent reservoir. (source)

Species stocked here

Rainbow Trout (9)

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