Tongue River Reservoir State Park
Tongue River Reservoir State Park is a public recreation area located 6 miles north of Decker, Montana, on the western shore of the Tongue River Reservoir. The 12-mile-long reservoir is an impoundment of the Tongue River. The state park, occupying 642 acres at an elevation of 3468 feet, offers boating, fishing, camping, swimming, wildlife viewing, and a seasonal marina.
Fishing
This state park offers a 3,600 acre reservoir that is regularly stocked for fishing. Management emphases is for crappie, smallmouth bass, northern pike, and walleye.
Species | Family | Class | Native to MT |
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Black Bullhead | Catfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Black Crappie | Sunfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Bluegill | Sunfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Brown Trout | Trout | Coldwater | Introduced |
Channel Catfish | Catfish | Warmwater | Native |
Common Carp | Minnow | Warmwater | Introduced |
Fathead Minnow | Minnow | Warmwater | Native |
Golden Shiner | Minnow | Warmwater | Introduced |
Green Sunfish | Sunfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Largemouth Bass | Sunfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Longnose Dace | Minnow | Warmwater | Native |
Longnose Sucker | Sucker | Warmwater | Native |
Northern Pike | Pike | Warmwater | Introduced |
Pumpkinseed | Sunfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Rock Bass | Sunfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Sauger | Perch | Warmwater | Native |
Shorthead Redhorse | Sucker | Warmwater | Native |
Smallmouth Bass | Sunfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Spottail Shiner | Minnow | Warmwater | Introduced |
Stonecat | Catfish | Native | |
Walleye | Perch | Warmwater | Introduced |
White Crappie | Sunfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
White Sucker | Sucker | Warmwater | Native |
Yellow Bullhead | Catfish | Warmwater | Introduced |
Yellow Perch | Perch | Warmwater | Introduced |