Reservoir · Wheatland, Montana
Deadmans Basin Reservoir
At a glance
- Area
- 748 ha (1,849 acres)
Who lives here
- Brown trout Salmo truttaStocked · 2017 · Fish stocking: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Fisheries Information System (Fish Stocking Locations)
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Fisheries Information System (Fish Stocking Locations)
- Sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerkaStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Fisheries Information System (Fish Stocking Locations)
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | 86,618 | |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Kokanee | 65,546 | |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 33,363 | |
| May 27, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 84,192 | |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Kokanee | 111,954 | |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 13,107 | |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Kokanee | 25,248 | |
| May 24, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 39,744 | |
| May 24, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 26,496 | |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Kokanee | 103,499 | |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 1,883 | |
| May 22, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 127,500 | |
| May 12, 2023 | Kokanee | 49,944 | |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Tiger Muskie (Northern X Muskie) | 1,000 | |
| May 23, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 163,016 | |
| May 9, 2022 | Kokanee | 100,384 | |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 60,115 | |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 101,871 | |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Kokanee | 64,200 | |
| Apr 20, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 31,641 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 48.
Getting on the water
- Deadman's BasinBoat launch · Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.
Official regulations: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
What's biting
Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.
From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR); U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2025: counties and states · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
- Fish stocking: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Fisheries Information System (Fish Stocking Locations) · Shown unmodified with credit to FWP (owner approved 2026-10-19): Montana FWP ArcGIS item fc35d749b16643aab629f9a05cf4b897 (Montana Fish Stocking Locations, read 2026-10-19): "This data set is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind"; fwp.mt.gov/terms-of-use allows copying "for personal or informational use … if the documents are not modified": shown under the owner's 2026-10-19 rule as FWP published it. Credit the agency; remove if asked.
- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks · No licence grant; FWP Terms of Use allow personal or informational use, unmodified (owner approved 2026-10-19)
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.