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

Starting Thursday at 2 p.m., hoot-owl restrictions will be enforced on sections of the Ruby, Jefferson, Big Hole, Beaverhead, and Smith rivers. These restrictio ...

HELENA, Mont. — Starting Saturday a full fishing closure will be in place on the Big Hole River from Saginaw Bridge on Skinner Meadows Road to the junction with North Fork of the Big Hole River.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and ParksThe only outfitters who may operate on the Beaverhead River are those that have documented use on the Beaverhead River prior to December 31, 1998, or if they were ...

Four years later, they represented 67 percent of the use. On the Big Hole, nonresident use grew from 37 percent to almost 43 percent of total anglers between 1989 and 1999.

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.

HELENA — An additional 28 miles of the Big Hole River will be closed to fishing this week because of the scorching effects from Montana’s lingering drought, the state Fish, ...

In 2023, FWP biologists recorded historically low numbers of brown trout along some stretches of the Big Hole. Anglers and conservationists floated a number of possibilities that may be ...

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 ...

DILLON — The lower reach of the Big Hole River was reopened to fishing Wednesday by Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Pat Graham. The 73.7-mile lower reach of the river was ...

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 ...