Legendary Species · Montana

Panfish in Montana

6 Montana waters whose agency species list names panfish. Each links to its water page (gauge, regulations, access map, guides and shops) and to the agency list it comes from.

6waters list it
2destination hubs

Waters
Sources

An underwater photograph of a sunfish hovering over a rocky bottom, deep-bodied with a dark ear flap — A bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), photographed by Ryan Hagerty for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Montana waters

Most fished first. A species missing from an agency list does not mean it is absent; this page lists only waters whose list names it (at least 5 are needed for a page).

Yellowstone Riverlisted as “Black Crappie”Agency list: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Blackfoot Riverlisted as “Yellow Perch”Agency list: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Clark Fork Riverlisted as “Pumpkinseed”Agency list: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Bitterroot Riverlisted as “Pumpkinseed”Agency list: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Smith Riverlisted as “Yellow Perch”Agency list: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Bighorn Lakelisted as “Crappie”Agency list: National Park Service (Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area)

All Montana waters Panfish: every state

Destination hubs

Hubs that list one of these waters, or that a water page is near: each has guides, shops, licences and trip planning for the area.

Missoula, Montana3 panfish waters
Bozeman & Livingston, Montana1 panfish water