Most Commonly Caught Fish

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Fishing diaries kept by 848 dedicated anglers who fish in Montana tell us that the five most commonly caught fish in the spring and summer are rainbow trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout, yellow perch and kokanee salmon. In winter, the top five most commonly caught fish are yellow perch, kokanee salmon, rainbow trout, brown trout, and mountain whitefish.

Though this isn’t a statistically accurate, random sample, it is data from an avid group of anglers who keep annual fishing logs and share them with FWP.