Fishing near St. Mary, MT

St. Mary sits on the eastern edge of Glacier National Park in Glacier County, Montana, where the Rocky Mountain Front meets the Great Plains. The area is defined by St. Mary Lake — a long, clear, wind-swept lake on the east side of the Continental Divide — along with nearby waters on the Blackfeet Reservation such as Duck Lake. The fishery spans native and non-native trout, lake trout, and several other cold-water species in a high-alpine setting.

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Bull Trout

Salvelinus confluentus

Cutthroat Trout

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

Longnose Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Pygmy Whitefish

Prosopium coulterii

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

Largemouth Bass

Northern Pikeminnow

Ptychocheilus oregonensis

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieu

Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

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