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Montana Lakes With Yellow Perch

153 counted Montana lakes list Yellow Perch 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	Canyon Ferry Lake	Broadwater	32,773 acres	About 170 ft
4	Lake Koocanusa	Lincoln	28,723 acres	-
5	Lake Elwell	Liberty	14,842 acres	About 150 ft
6	Bighorn Lake	Big Horn	12,422.5 acres	About 440 ft
7	Noxon Reservoir	Sanders	7,592 acres	-
8	Nelson Reservoir	Phillips	4,115 acres	-
9	Holter Lake	Lewis and Clark	3,667 acres	-
10	Lake Frances	Pondera	3,618 acres	About 43 ft
11	Whitefish Lake	Flathead	3,315 acres	About 220 ft
12	Swan Lake	Lake	3,269 acres	About 120 ft
13	Bynum Reservoir	Teton	3,205 acres	-
14	Hauser Lake	Lewis and Clark	3,200 acres	About 65 ft
15	Fresno Reservoir	Hill	3,185 acres	-
16	Little Bitterroot Lake	Flathead	2,970 acres	About 260 ft
17	Ashley Lake	Flathead	2,850 acres	About 200 ft
18	Cabinet Gorge Reservoir	Sanders	2,848 acres	-
19	Freezeout Lake	Teton	2,596 acres	-
20	Tongue River Reservoir	Big Horn	2,112 acres	-
21	Lake Helena	Lewis and Clark	2,073 acres	About 12 ft
22	Pablo Reservoir	Lake	1,650 acres	-
23	McGregor Lake	Flathead	1,522 acres	About 220 ft
24	Pishkun Reservoir	Teton	1,518 acres	About 78 ft
25	Lake Mary Ronan	Lake	1,513 acres	About 40 ft
26	Placid Lake	Missoula	1,212 acres	About 93 ft
27	Ninepipe Reservoir	Lake	1,203 acres	-
28	Bull Lake	Lincoln	1,162 acres	About 60 ft
29	Aloe Lake	Toole	1,121 acres	-
30	Seeley Lake	Missoula	1,031 acres	About 120 ft
31	Thompson Falls Reservoir	Sanders	969 acres	-
32	Lindbergh Lake	Missoula	815 acres	About 120 ft
33	Cooney Reservoir	Carbon	733 acres	-
34	Echo Lake	Flathead	695 acres	About 70 ft
35	Upper Holter Lake	Lewis and Clark	695 acres	-
36	Kicking Horse Reservoir	Lake	657 acres	-
37	Salmon Lake	Missoula	631 acres	About 65 ft
38	Upper Stillwater Lake	Flathead	592 acres	-
39	Dickey Lake	Lincoln	585 acres	About 70 ft
40	Middle Thompson Lake	Lincoln	557 acres	About 160 ft
41	Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir	Lewis and Clark	553 acres	-
42	Petrolia Lake	Petroleum	518 acres	-
43	Hubbart Reservoir	Flathead	480 acres	About 60 ft
44	Smith Lake	Flathead	453 acres	-
45	Holland Lake	Missoula	414 acres	About 140 ft
46	Lake Blaine	Flathead	382 acres	-
47	Nevada Lake	Powell	337 acres	About 65 ft
48	Upper Glaston Lake	Sweet Grass	334 acres	-
49	Glen Lake	Lincoln	301 acres	About 30 ft
50	Lake Alva	Missoula	298 acres	About 90 ft
51	Upper Thompson Lake	Lincoln	294 acres	About 100 ft
52	Lake Inez	Missoula	288 acres	About 72 ft
53	Clear Lake	Sheridan	283 acres	-
54	Lower Stillwater Lake	Flathead	250 acres	About 50 ft
55	Egan Slough	Flathead	249 acres	-
56	Foy Lake	Flathead	241 acres	About 120 ft
57	Loon Lake	Lincoln	222 acres	About 114 ft
58	Sophie Lake	Lincoln	221 acres	About 50 ft
59	Wild Horse Reservoir	Phillips	217 acres	-
60	Fennon Slough	Flathead	215 acres	-
61	Island Lake	Lincoln	211 acres	About 50 ft
62	Rainbow Lake	Sanders	209 acres	About 30 ft
63	Dailey Lake	Park	206 acres	About 22 ft
64	Lower Thompson Lake	Lincoln	202 acres	About 140 ft
65	Church Slough	Flathead	195 acres	-
66	Crystal Lake	Lincoln	184 acres	About 140 ft
67	Split Rock Lake	Teton	171 acres	About 11 ft
68	Dry Fork Reservoir	Sanders	154 acres	-
69	Lake Five	Flathead	152 acres	About 60 ft
70	Nelson Reservoir	Phillips	145 acres	-
71	Beaver Lake	Flathead	144 acres	About 100 ft
72	Blanchard Lake	Flathead	143 acres	About 30 ft
73	Murphy Lake	Lincoln	141 acres	About 25 ft
74	Ester Lake	Phillips	139 acres	-
75	Horseshoe Lake	Lincoln	138 acres	About 130 ft
76	Lone Lake	Flathead	133 acres	-
77	South Sandstone Reservoir	Fallon	114 acres	About 20 ft
78	Marl Lake	Lincoln	109 acres	-
79	Dog Lake	Flathead	102 acres	-
80	Peterson Lake	Flathead	97 acres	-
81	Tetrault Lake	Lincoln	96 acres	About 50 ft
82	Little Warm Reservoir	Phillips	91 acres	-
83	Upsata Lake	Powell	91 acres	About 40 ft
84	Lake Baker	Fallon	90 acres	-
85	East Fork Reservoir	Fergus	90 acres	-
86	Bailey Reservoir	Hill	85 acres	About 30 ft
87	Rainy Lake	Missoula	82 acres	About 29 ft
88	Boxelder Lake	Sheridan	77 acres	About 18 ft
89	Pearson Reservoir	Flathead	77 acres	-
90	Savage Lake	Lincoln	71 acres	About 65 ft
91	Elbow Lake	Missoula	71 acres	-
92	Kuester Lake	Richland	66 acres	-
93	Lake Elmo	Yellowstone	62 acres	About 16 ft
94	Spoon Lake	Flathead	60 acres	-
95	Blanchard Lake	Missoula	57 acres	-
96	Halfmoon Lake	Flathead	55 acres	-
97	Alvord Lake	Lincoln	53 acres	-
98	Fort Peck Trout Pond	Valley	53 acres	-
99	Duck Lake	Flathead	50 acres	-
100	Cedar Lake	Lake	47 acres	-

Showing the 100 largest of 153 counted lakes with Yellow Perch.

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