Tunis Reservoir is located on private land on the west side of Highway 87 near the railroad siding of Tunis approximately seven miles west of Fort Benton. Public access to this reservoir is gained through an agreement between the landowner and Montana FWP that involves reasonable public access in exchange for FWP stocking the reservoir with fish. Water levels in the reservoir fluctuate. In years when water levels are high, the reservoir can provide reasonably good fishing. As of January 2012, the reservoir water levels are high. Montana FWP plans to stock the reservoir periodically with largemouth bass to improve angling opportunity and angling quality. The reservoir is 5-7 surface acres and has a maximum depth of 11 feet. This reservoir has been stocked since 1929 with coho salmon, brook trout, channel catfish and rainbow trout. FWP is proposing to stock largemouth bass in order to maximize angling quality in this fishery. (Species Stocking - 02/07/2012)
Complete a wild fish transfer of up to 1500 yellow perch, 4-10 inches long from Johnson reservoir in Dawson County. Complete a wild fish transfer of up to 100 northern pike, 7-30 inches long from South Sandstone Reservoir in Fallon County, or stock 100,000 fry and 1500 fingerling northern pike into Homestead Reservoir from the Miles City fish hatchery when available.
Northern pike propagated by the Miles City fish hatchery are the product of wild parents opportunistically captured during the walleye spawning efforts on Fort Peck Reservoir.
(Species Stocking - 01/24/2012)
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) proposes transferring non-hybridized eyed eggs and juvenile and adult westslope cutthroat trout (WCT) (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) to currently fishless Smith Creek in the Highwood Creek Drainage from North Fork Highwood Creek, Big Coulee Creek, and/or North Fork Little Belt Creek, all of which are in the Highwood Mountains. A fish barrier was constructed on private land near the confluence of Smith Creek and Highwood Creek in 2011. (Species Stocking - 09/22/2011)
This Decision Notice approves the proposal to introduce burbot into Van Houten Lake in order to improve the brook trout fishery. This project includes capturing burbot from Twin Lakes to transport them to Van Houten . The intent of this action is to reduce the sucker population in Van Houten Lake which compete with brook trout. (Species Stocking - 06/13/2011)