Heatwave Triggers Emergency Fishing Closures on Select Rivers in Yellowstone

Heatwave triggers emergency fishing closures on select rivers in Yellowstone

Extreme summer heat prompted the National Park Service to implement temporary fishing bans on the Firehole, Madison, and Gibbon rivers to protect trout populations from lethal water temperatures.

Partial Fishing Closures Have Shifted in Yellowstone

Partial fishing closures have shifted to full closures in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone expands current fishing restrictions to full temporary closures

YELLOWSTONE, Wyo. — Fishing on select Yellowstone waterbodies is now completely prohibited for the time being. The new closures are an expansion on the partial closures the park began enforcing in response to water temps rising to critical levels earlier this month. Warm water and low flows prompted the park to limit fishing hours from sunrise to 2 p.m. since July 9 on the following rivers: The Madison River and all associated tributaries The F…

FWP, Yellowstone increase hoot-owl fishing restrictions, full closures

A tagged non-native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout being returned to Red Rock Creek, after being collected in a fish trap on Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, MT. (USFWS)Warming air and water temperatures across southwest Montana has prompted Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to institute fishing restrictions and closures along six rivers. The Madison River, from Madison Dam to the footbridge at the NorthWestern Energy powerhouse will be clos…

Yellowstone closes fishing on 3 rivers as water temps top 80 degrees, trout dying

The closure applies to the Madison, Firehole rivers and their tributaries and the Gibbon Rivers and tributaries downstream of Norris Campground.