Montana · Mountain and lake whitefish

Mountain and lake whitefish size limit in Montana

You can keep one today — within these limits

Mountain and lake whitefish identification illustration — side view for checking Montana size limits
Mountain and lake whitefish, drawn to show the marks that identify it. It is an illustration, not a photo — where identification decides a fine, FWP is the authority.

Western District

Open year-round
Size limit No size limit stated total length
Daily bag 20 per person per day
Possession 40 total you may hold

No minimum size, twenty a day, forty in possession.

FWP source page

Flathead Lake

Open year-round
Size limit No size limit stated total length
Daily bag 100 per person per day
Possession 100 total you may hold

Five times the Western District standard, same aggressive-removal logic as Flathead's lake trout limit.

FWP source page

What we left out on purpose

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