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Surprise Lake Fish Stocking

Montana · 1968 to 1993 on record

According to FWP records, Surprise Lake has 5 stocking records on file across 1 species. The most recent stocking season represented is 1993.

Surprise Lake stocking
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5
Stocking records
3,808
Fish reported stocked
1
Species
1993
Latest season

Stocking activity by season

5 seasons on record, most in the 1993 (1 records). Click a bar to jump to that season below.

1 records
1993 · 700 fish
1968
1977
1985
1989
1993

Stocking records per season (labelled by the season's end year). Montana's source reports by season, so records aren't broken out by month.

Most-stocked species

Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout 5 records

Location

45.0878, -109.8315

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Stocking history

Values shown exactly as the agency reported them; species names are normalized for search.

SpeciesFish stockedSizePhase
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout 700 2.2 in McBride Lake - Big Timber

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Quick facts

Latest season 1993
Most stocked Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
Species Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
Seasons on record 1968 – 1993
Fish reported 3,808
Coordinates 45.0878, -109.8315

Data source

Compiled from public records published by the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. StockedSpots is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by FWP.

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP). Data last checked September 1, 2026.
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FWP records show Surprise Lake stocked with Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.

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