WISE RIVER, Mont. — Since the Fellin family founded the Big Hole Lodge in the 1980s to take people fly fishing on the Big Hole River, they have seen significant changes to the cobble-and-boulder ...

TWIN BRIDGES, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced some sections of the Big Hole River will reopen to fishing Tuesday, and additional restrictions will be implemented.

Some flow-related fishing closures remain in effect for the rest of the Big Hole River. Thus the entire Big Hole River is closed to fishing at this time. Flow-related closures will be in effect ...

A fishing closure remains in effect upstream of the confluence with the North Fork of the Big Hole River due to low flows. The closure status here may change in the coming days, depending on flows.

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.

Montana officials have denied a petition asking the state to designate the Big Hole River as "impaired" by pollution. Two conservation groups collected data over five years and found levels of ...

Early Sunday, the Big Hole River’s popular fishing access site at Jerry Creek Bridge was deserted. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reports that water temperatures of 77 degrees Fahrenheit or ...

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 ...

Early Sunday, the Big Hole River’s popular fishing access site at Jerry Creek Bridge was deserted. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reports that water temperatures of 77 degrees Fahrenheit or ...

Montana officials are ordering a full fishing closure on another segment of the Big Hole River beginning Tuesday because of low stream flows.

The Big Hole River near East Bank fishing access site. THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record “June used to be the wet month in Montana,” he said. “For most of our 30-years as an organization, ...

Early Sunday, the Big Hole River’s popular fishing access site at Jerry Creek Bridge was deserted. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reports that water temperatures of 77 degrees Fahrenheit or ...