Beavertail pond

[Tlaverdiere]

 Newbie here, was at beavertail pond last weekend and noticed people pulling 5lb+ trout pretty frequently... My question is, where did they stock this pond with trout that size from? Safe to eat? Good to eat lol? Thanks in advance!

[BonesJonesMT]

Is this the pond right north of the interstate outside of Clinton? I was headed back from Georgetown and saw maybe 8 groups out on the ice and have never heard of it!

[Piltzviller]

I forget where they stock it from, but it gets stocked with some big fish, much bigger than 5 lbs! If you do some research on the FWP site it will say where those fish were raised.
The couple I kept last weekend tasted just fine!

[BonesJonesMT]

I found some of their info, looks like its stocked from the Anaconda & Arlee hatcheries

[Lsranger406]

pond is a good time if you don't mind all the people. Caught lots of rainbow and perch. No big perch but perch. Also a few bass in there. Like I said its fun cause its close but lots of people on it.

[BonesJonesMT]

the fish any good to eat out of there?

[Piltzviller]

I've eaten the fish out of there, they seemed just fine to me!
Yea, Saturday was packed by the afternoon. Who knows what this rain will do to it...

[Tlaverdiere]

Spent 4 hours on the ice this morning... Caught 2 mid twenty inch rainbows, and a couple smaller trout. Good time and only 4 groups on the ice during the weekday! Thanks for the info on the origin of the stocked fish..🐟

[Piltzviller]

Nice, congrats. hopefully this rain won't pull too much of the ice off.

[DoubleDown]

My guess is the bigger fish that were stocked are "retired" broodstock from the hatcheries mentioned above.  Fin condition is a dead giveaway, i.e.  fused dorsal rays and caudal fins missing upper and lower lobes. 

[WilleyBooger]

Doubledown is right - those large trout are burned-out brood stock from hatcheries.