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Montana Lakes With Fathead Minnow

53 counted Montana lakes list Fathead Minnow 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	Canyon Ferry Lake	Broadwater	32,773 acres	About 170 ft
3	Lake Elwell	Liberty	14,842 acres	About 150 ft
4	Bighorn Lake	Big Horn	12,422.5 acres	About 440 ft
5	Medicine Lake	Sheridan	8,931 acres	-
6	Nelson Reservoir	Phillips	4,115 acres	-
7	Holter Lake	Lewis and Clark	3,667 acres	-
8	Lake Frances	Pondera	3,618 acres	About 43 ft
9	Hauser Lake	Lewis and Clark	3,200 acres	About 65 ft
10	Fresno Reservoir	Hill	3,185 acres	-
11	Freezeout Lake	Teton	2,596 acres	-
12	Tongue River Reservoir	Big Horn	2,112 acres	-
13	Lake Helena	Lewis and Clark	2,073 acres	About 12 ft
14	Deadmans Basin Reservoir	Wheatland	1,954 acres	-
15	Frenchman Reservoir	Phillips	573 acres	-
16	Petrolia Lake	Petroleum	518 acres	-
17	Lebo Lake	Wheatland	309 acres	-
18	Foy Lake	Flathead	241 acres	About 120 ft
19	Wild Horse Reservoir	Phillips	217 acres	-
20	Nelson Reservoir	Phillips	145 acres	-
21	Beaver Lake	Flathead	144 acres	About 100 ft
22	Ester Lake	Phillips	139 acres	-
23	Little Warm Reservoir	Phillips	91 acres	-
24	Lake Baker	Fallon	90 acres	-
25	Bailey Reservoir	Hill	85 acres	About 30 ft
26	Boxelder Lake	Sheridan	77 acres	About 18 ft
27	Kuester Lake	Richland	66 acres	-
28	Lake Elmo	Yellowstone	62 acres	About 16 ft
29	Krieder Reservoir	Garfield	45 acres	-
30	Newhouse Reservoir	Blaine	41 acres	-
31	Killenbeck Reservoir	Daniels	34 acres	-
32	Twin Reservoir	Blaine	31 acres	-
33	Lindsay Reservoir	Dawson	30 acres	-
34	Bison Bone Reservoir	Phillips	26 acres	-
35	Whitetail Reservoir	Daniels	25 acres	-
36	Little Beaver Lake	Flathead	24 acres	About 40 ft
37	Grasshopper Reservoir	Blaine	23 acres	-
38	Broadview Pond	Yellowstone	21 acres	-
39	Forsman Reservoir	Valley	20 acres	-
40	Jakes Reservoir	Fergus	18 acres	-
41	Anderson Reservoir	Blaine	18 acres	-
42	Faber Reservoir	Blaine	17 acres	-
43	Homestead Reservoir	Prairie	17 acres	-
44	Gullwing Reservoir	Phillips	17 acres	-
45	Harpers Lake	Missoula	15 acres	About 30 ft
46	Rednose Reservoir	Big Horn	12 acres	-
47	Valley Reservoir	Valley	11 acres	About 12 ft
48	King Reservoir	Phillips	10 acres	About 14 ft
49	O'Juel Lake	Valley	10 acres	-
50	Hollecker Lake	Dawson	9 acres	-
51	Paul Reservoir	Valley	9 acres	-
52	Dollar Lake	Flathead	8 acres	-
53	Paleface Reservoir	Phillips	5 acres	About 8 ft

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