MONTANA OUTDOORS

MONTANA FISHING - A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE

PART I: RIVERS AND TOWNS OF MONTANA

BEAVERHEAD RIVER
Clark Canyon Reservoir
Poindexter Slough
Dillon

BIG HOLE RIVER

BIGHORN RIVER
Hardin

BIG SPRING CREEK
Lewistown

BITTERROOT RIVER

East Fork Bitterroot
West Fork Bitterroot
Lake Como
Bitterroot Valley
Darby
Hamilton
Corvallis
Stevensville

BLACKFOOT RIVER

BOULDER RIVER

CLARK FORK RIVER
Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Thompson Falls
CLEARWATER RIVER

FLATHEAD LAKE
Bigfork
Polson

FLATHEAD RIVER 98 Kalispell
Whitefish

GALLATIN RIVER
East Gallatin River
Big Sky
Bozeman

GEORGETOWN LAKE

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

HUNGRY HORSE RESERVOIR

JEFFERSON RIVER
Twin Bridges

KOOTENAI RIVER
Libby

LAKE KOOCANUSA

MADISON RIVER
South Fork of the Madison River
West Fork of the Madison River
Hebgen Lake
Quake Lake
Cliff Lake and Wade Lake

Ennis Lake
West Yellowstone
Ennis

MARIAS RIVER

MISSOURI RIVER
Canyon Ferry Lake
Hauser Lake and Holter Lake
Dearborn River
Three Forks
Townsend
Helena
Cascade
Great Falls

MUSSELSHELL RIVER

RED ROCK LAKES

RED ROCK RIVER

ROCK CREEK

RUBY RIVER
Sheridan

SHIELDS RIVER

SMITH RIVER

STILLWATER RIVER

ST. REGIS RIVER

SUN RIVER

SWAN RIVER
Swan Lake

THOMPSON RIVER

YAAK RIVER

YELLOWSTONE RIVER
Armstrong and Nelson’s Spring Creeks
Gardiner
Livingston
Big Timber
Billings

PART II: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

INTRODUCTION

PARK FISHING

BECHLER RIVER

FIREHOLE RIVER

GALLATIN RIVER

GARDNER RIVER

GIBBON RIVER

LAMAR RIVER

LEWIS RIVER

MADISON RIVER

SHOSHONE LAKE

SLOUGH CREEK

SNAKE RIVER AND FALLS RIVER

YELLOWSTONE LAKE

YELLOWSTONE RIVER

PART III: ISLAND PARK, IDAHO

HENRY’S FORK RIVER

ISLAND PARK RESERVOIR AND HENRY’S LAKE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MONTANA INFORMATION SOURCES

MAP KEY - MONTANA 297

MAP KEY - YELLOWSTONE PARK 298

MONTANA MILEAGE CHART 299

Map 1: Beaverhead River, Clark Canyon Reservoir to Beaverhead Rock
Map 2: Big Hole River, Jackson to Wise River
Map 3: Big Hole River, Wise River to Twin Bridges
Map 4: Bighorn River, Fort Smith to Hardin
Map 5: Big Spring Creek
Map 6: Bitterroot River, Headwaters to Conner
Map 7: Bitterroot River, Conner to Missoula
Map 8: Blackfoot River, Headwaters to Cottonwood Creek
Map 9: Blackfoot River, Cottonwood Creek to Milltown
Map 10: Boulder River, Yellowstone
Map 11: Clark Fork River, Opportunity to Drummond
Map 12: Clark Fork River, Drummond to Missoula
Map 13: Clark Fork River, Missoula to Superior
Map 14: Clark Fork River, Superior to Thompson Falls
Map 15: Clark Fork River, Thompson Falls to Idaho
Map 16: Clearwater River

Map 17: East Glacier Park Area
Map 18: Flathead Lake
Map 19: Middle Fork Flathead River, Shafer Meadow to West Glacier
Map 20: North Fork Flathead River
Map 21: South Fork Flathead River, Headwaters to Hungry Horse Reservoir
Map 22: Gallatin River, Hebgen Lake to Moose Creek
Map 23: Gallatin River, Greek Creek to Missouri River
Map 24: Georgetown Lake
Map 25: Hungry Horse Reservoir
Map 26: Island Park, Idaho, Henry’s Lake to Ashton
Map 27: Jefferson River, Twin Bridges to Three Forks
Map 28: Kootenai River
Map 29: Lake Koocanusa
Map 30: Madison River, Hebgen Lake to McAtee Bridge
Map 31: Madison River, McAtee Bridge to Grey Cliffs
Map 32: Missouri River, Three Forks to Townsend, including Lower Madison, Lower Jefferson
Map 33: Missouri River, Townsend to Gates of the Rocky Mountains
Map 34: Missouri River, Holter Lake to Ulm
Map 35: Musselshell River, Headwaters to Harlowtown
Map 36: Red Rock Lakes Area
Map 37: Red Rock River, Lima Reservoir to Canyon Ferry Lake
Map 38: Rock Creek
Map 39: Ruby River
Map 40: Smith River, Headwaters to Spring Creek
Map 41: Smith River, Spring Creek to Ulm
Map 42: Stillwater River
Map 43: Sun River, Headwaters to Dry Creek
Map 44: Sun River, Simms Creek to Great Falls
Map 45: Swan River, Condon to Flathead Lake
Map 46: Thompson River
Map 47: Yellowstone River, Gardiner to Livingston
Map 48: Yellowstone River, Livingston to Greycliff
Map 49: Bechler, Falls, Gallatin Rivers
Map 50: Lamar River, Slough Creek
Map 51: Madison, Gibbon, Firehole, Lewis Rivers
Map 52: Yellowstone Lake, Upper Yellowstone River
Map 53: Yellowstone River, Yellowstone Lake to Gardiner