Briefs: The lower Big Hole River is under a full fishing closure due to drought and heat; Jefferson County Commissioners have ...

ANACONDA, Mont. — A 26-mile section of the Big Hole River is now reopened to fishing. The section extends from the confluence with the North Fork of the Big Hole River downstream to Dickie Bridge.

Also, the commission limited the number of clients outfitters can serve in peak fishing periods — June 1 through July 31 on the Big Hole and July 1 through Aug. 31 on the Beaverhead.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks sent out the following: The entire Big Hole River will be closed to fishing starting at midnight tonight, Aug. 30, due to low flows, high water temperatures and an ...

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 ...

Flows on the Big Hole River are well below normal due to hot temperatures, rapid snowmelt and meager precipitation. The low flows could lead to fishing restrictions earlier than usual.

While several fishing restrictions have been lifted from Montana rivers during the past couple weeks because of cooler temperatures, the Big Hole River will be closed to fishing in its entirety ...

Fly guides report scarcer bug hatches every year. The density of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are consistently above threshold for healthy trout populations. So is water temperature; parts ...

The East Bank Fishing Access Site located along an upper stretch of the Big Hole River, an undammed river in a largely undeveloped region of southwestern Montana.

Brian Wheeler, executive director of the Big Hole River Foundation, walks out into the Big Hole River in August 2023 carrying a water quality sampling kit. He has conducted water quality ...

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Meanwhile, anglers who love the Big Hole River, along with the fishing industry that serves a subsection of them, have expressed alarm in recent years about declining populations of brown and ...