Tongue River Reservoir State Park

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Tongue River Reservoir State Park
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Location in Montana
Location Big Horn County, Montana, United States
Nearest town Decker, Montana
Coordinates 45°05′59″N106°47′40″W / 45.09975°N 106.79453°W / 45.09975; -106.79453 [1]
Area642 acres (260 ha) [1]
Elevation3,468 ft (1,057 m) [1]
Designation Montana state park
Established1983 [2]
Visitors99,232(in 2023) [3]
Administrator Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Website 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. [1]

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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. [4]

Fish species within the reservoir
SpeciesFamilyClassNative to MT
Black Bullhead CatfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Black Crappie SunfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Bluegill SunfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Brown Trout TroutColdwaterIntroduced
Channel Catfish CatfishWarmwaterNative
Common Carp MinnowWarmwaterIntroduced
Fathead Minnow MinnowWarmwaterNative
Golden Shiner MinnowWarmwaterIntroduced
Green Sunfish SunfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Largemouth Bass SunfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Longnose Dace MinnowWarmwaterNative
Longnose Sucker SuckerWarmwaterNative
Northern Pike PikeWarmwaterIntroduced
Pumpkinseed SunfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Rock Bass SunfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Sauger PerchWarmwaterNative
Shorthead Redhorse SuckerWarmwaterNative
Smallmouth Bass SunfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Spottail Shiner MinnowWarmwaterIntroduced
Stonecat CatfishNative
Walleye PerchWarmwaterIntroduced
White Crappie SunfishWarmwaterIntroduced
White Sucker SuckerWarmwaterNative
Yellow Bullhead CatfishWarmwaterIntroduced
Yellow Perch PerchWarmwaterIntroduced

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tongue River Reservoir State Park". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Park Origin by Date". Montana State Parks. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (May 6, 2024). "2023 Montana State Parks Annual Visitation Report" (PDF). fwp.mt.gov. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  4. ↑ "FISHMT :: Waterbody Details". myfwp.mt.gov. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
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