Tongue River Reservoir State Park | |
---|---|
Location in Montana | |
Location | Big Horn County, Montana, United States |
Nearest town | Decker, Montana |
Coordinates | 45°05′59″N 106°47′40″W / 45.09975°N 106.79453°W[1] |
Area | 642 acres (260 ha)[1] |
Elevation | 3,468 ft (1,057 m)[1] |
Designation | Montana state park |
Established | 1983[2] |
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]
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.[3]
Species | Family | Class | Native to MT |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Tongue River Reservoir State Park". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Park Origin by Date". Montana State Parks. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ↑ "FISHMT :: Waterbody Details". myfwp.mt.gov. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tongue River Reservoir State Park.
- Tongue River Reservoir State Park Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.