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Montana Lakes With Black Crappie

46 counted Montana lakes list Black Crappie in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records. The largest is Fort Peck Lake at 233,053 acres.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Fort Peck Lake	Valley	233,053 acres	-
2	Flathead Lake	Lake	122,132 acres	About 380 ft
3	Lake Elwell	Liberty	14,842 acres	About 150 ft
4	Bighorn Lake	Big Horn	12,422.5 acres	About 440 ft
5	Nelson Reservoir	Phillips	4,115 acres	-
6	Fresno Reservoir	Hill	3,185 acres	-
7	Cabinet Gorge Reservoir	Sanders	2,848 acres	-
8	Tongue River Reservoir	Big Horn	2,112 acres	-
9	Bull Lake	Lincoln	1,162 acres	About 60 ft
10	Cooney Reservoir	Carbon	733 acres	-
11	Echo Lake	Flathead	695 acres	About 70 ft
12	Middle Thompson Lake	Lincoln	557 acres	About 160 ft
13	Upper Thompson Lake	Lincoln	294 acres	About 100 ft
14	Lower Stillwater Lake	Flathead	250 acres	About 50 ft
15	Loon Lake	Lincoln	222 acres	About 114 ft
16	Fennon Slough	Flathead	215 acres	-
17	Island Lake	Lincoln	211 acres	About 50 ft
18	Lower Thompson Lake	Lincoln	202 acres	About 140 ft
19	Church Slough	Flathead	195 acres	-
20	Castle Rock Lake	Rosebud	155 acres	About 40 ft
21	Blanchard Lake	Flathead	143 acres	About 30 ft
22	Ester Lake	Phillips	139 acres	-
23	South Sandstone Reservoir	Fallon	114 acres	About 20 ft
24	Peterson Lake	Flathead	97 acres	-
25	Little Warm Reservoir	Phillips	91 acres	-
26	Lake Baker	Fallon	90 acres	-
27	Bailey Reservoir	Hill	85 acres	About 30 ft
28	Boxelder Lake	Sheridan	77 acres	About 18 ft
29	Lake Elmo	Yellowstone	62 acres	About 16 ft
30	Loon Lake	Lake	45 acres	About 52 ft
31	Gartside Reservoir	Richland	44 acres	About 18 ft
32	Abbot Lake	Flathead	41 acres	About 26 ft
33	Horseshoe Lake	Lake	41 acres	About 25 ft
34	McWenneger Slough	Flathead	40 acres	-
35	Lion Lake	Flathead	39 acres	About 85 ft
36	Anita Reservoir	Yellowstone	37 acres	-
37	Little McGregor Lake	Flathead	35 acres	-
38	Spotted Eagle Lake	Custer	25 acres	About 10 ft
39	Whitetail Reservoir	Daniels	25 acres	-
40	Crandall Reservoir	Roosevelt	19 acres	-
41	Gullwing Reservoir	Phillips	17 acres	-
42	Little Loon Lake	Lincoln	9 acres	About 35 ft
43	Hollecker Lake	Dawson	9 acres	-
44	Dry Fork Reservoir	Chouteau	5 acres	-
45	Paleface Reservoir	Phillips	5 acres	About 8 ft
46	McChesney Reservoir	Phillips	4 acres	-

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.