HELENA, Mont. — A full fishing closure will be implemented on the lower Big Hole River starting Wednesday, July 23. The closure will extend from the Tony Schoonen Fishing Access Site, also known ...

DILLON, Mont. — The entire Big Hole River is about to be under major fishing restrictions. Starting Thursday, the entirety of the popular fishery will be under hoot owl restrictions, meaning ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Big Hole River is divided into seven zones and commercial and out-of-state float trips are banned on a different section each day of the week.

As envisioned, cloud seeding in the rugged range on the Montana/Idaho border could boost snowpack and runoff for the beleaguered Big Hole River and other drought-stricken areas.

Challenge yourself by hiking the Twin Lakes trail, an 8.5-mile out-and-back route near Big Timber. Visit between mid-June and ...

Building a bigger island will provide more spawning and nursery habitat in a stretch of the famed stream where the channel has widened over the past 50 years.

The previous day, hoot owl restrictions were announced for sections of the Ruby, Big Hole, Beaverhead and Smith rivers and for the entirety of the Jefferson River.

Fly fishermen were recently stunned to witness a Sherp ATV driving through one of Montana's prized trout rivers, and later ...