High temperatures and low flows have triggered partial fishing closures on a half-dozen rivers in southwestern Montana.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced that fishing would be closed from 2 p.m. to midnight starting Wednesday on portions of the Big Hole, lower Madison, lower Gallatin, the East Gallatin and the entire Jefferson rivers. The restrictions will remain until conditions improve, and more restrictions could come.
Travis Horton, FWP’s regional fisheries manager, said in a news release that though the region has benefited from a good winter snowpack and good river flows, “temperatures are high and could stay that way for a while.”
