WISDOM, Mont. — Fishing is reopened for the upper section of the Big Hole River due to improved flows. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reopened the section that extends for 46 miles from Saginaw ...

WISE RIVER, Mont. — Hoot-owl restrictions will be lifted on the Big Hole River between the confluence with the North Fork of the Big Hole River and the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Maiden Rock ...

BUTTE — The announcement Tuesday by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks struck some river watchdogs as puzzling. They wondered about FWP’s decision to reopen sections 3 and 4 of the Big Hole River to ...

Along with the Mother’s Day caddis hatch, another highlight for fly anglers is the salmonfly hatch. On the Big Hole River “the salmonfly watch is on” according to Frontier Anglers in Dillon. The big ...

That’s according to a news release Wednesday from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks about field work conducted in 2024 by both FWP and Montana State University. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks ...

Due to low flows, high water temperatures and an unseasonably warm and dry forecast, the entire Big Hole River has been closed to fishing. Fishing restrictions and closures like these are designed to ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A section of the low and slow Big Hole River between the East Bank Recreation site and Divide ...

A better trout-fishing experience for all anglers is the aim of a new rule that will reduce crowding problems and emerging social conflicts on two popular blue ribbon trout streams in southwestern ...

Game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks cited four people for driving their side-by-sides, or off road vehicles, through an area of the Big Hole River that is a common spawning ground for ...

A full fishing closure has taken effect on the lower Big Hole River from the Tony Schoonen Fishing Access Site (Notch) to the confluence with the Beaverhead River, state officials said. A full fishing ...

TWIN BRIDGES – Brian Wheeler has spent a fair bit of the last six years wearing waders in the middle of the Big Hole River documenting river conditions and collecting samples of macroinvertebrates.

WISE RIVER — Conditions in some areas of the Big Hole River have improved, allowing hoot-owl fishing restrictions to be lifted in a section of the river. The restrictions have been in place for the ...