Hoot-Owl Restrictions In Place on the Madison River

Hoot-Owl Restrictions In Place on the Madison River

A Madison River brown trout. Photo: Phil Monahan A couple weeks ago, we posted about “hoot owl” restrictions in western Yellowstone National Park, and now you can add stretches of the Madison River outside the park to the same list. Here’s the announcement from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Hoot owl restrictions (fishing prohibited 2:00 p.m. to midnight) are in effect for the Madison River – from Hebgen Reservoir to upstream most Yellowstone N…

'Hoot owl' restrictions in Montana, Yellowstone National Park start before the first day of summer

The calendar said it was still spring. Barely. But the news release from Yellowstone National Park, and the subsequent follow-up from Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, delivered the ominous and expected news in this fishy corner of southwest Montana and northwest Wyoming. As of 2 p.m. on June 19, summer “hoot owl” closures would go into effect.