The move is to protect the park’s native and wild trout fisheries. High temperatures and low river flow must improve until ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced that beginning July 16, hoot-owl restrictions would take effect beginning at 2 p.m. on the Lower Bitterroot River. Under the restrictions, fishing ...

Effective Saturday, July 12, 2025, select Yellowstone National Park rivers will close to fishing due to warm water ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — The Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park is now completely open to fishing. Restrictions were lifted due to cooler water temperatures.

These include the Madison and Firehole Rivers and their tributaries, and the Gibbon River and tributaries downstream of Norris campground.

Nearly a dozen rivers in western Montana and a handful of rivers inside the borders of Yellowstone National Park are under restrictions or closures as biologists seek to reduce angling-related sources ...

A U.S. House committee advanced legislation Tuesday sponsored by U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, to remove ...

What a difference a month makes. Things were looking so good for Montana trout streams on July 1. Now, with August a day away, we will see mandatory restrictions on fishing on the Yellowstone ...