Yellowstone Park Closes Fishing on Waterways During High Heat of the Day

Yellowstone enacts more fishing restrictions

BILLINGS — Hot temperatures and low streamflows have prompted Yellowstone National Park officials to enact fishing restrictions on all rivers and streams.

Yellowstone expands fishing restrictions across nearly all rivers and streams due to extreme heat

YELLOWSTONE, Wyo. (KIFI) - Anglers visiting Yellowstone National Park will face new fishing restrictions beginning this week as park officials respond to warming water temperatures and low stream flows that can threaten native trout populations. Effective July 29, fishing on nearly all of Yellowstone's rivers and streams will only be allowed from sunrise until 2 p.m. each day. After 2 p.m., those waterways will close to fishing until sunrise the…

Sections of South Platte watershed and Clear Creek closed to fishing during afternoons this weekend

CPW enacted voluntary fishing closures in order to reduce stress on fish populations during the hottest parts of the day amid low flows and high water temperatures.

Yellowstone implements additional fishing restrictions on rivers and streams parkwide

Yellowstone National Park’s rivers and streams are closed to fishing daily from 2 p.m. to sunrise due to high water temperatures and low stream flows.

Yellowstone Closes All Rivers and Streams to Afternoon Fishing

Beginning July 29, fishing on every river and stream in Yellowstone NP is prohibited daily from 2 p.m. until sunrise the following morning. Rivers and streams will remain open from sunrise until 2 p.m., while Yellowstone Lake and the park’s other lakes remain open from sunrise to sunset. Park officials said that water temperatures have exceeded 68 degrees Fahrenheit in recent days, while flows on many rivers have dropped below long-term averages…

Yellowstone National Park says fishing closed from 2 p.m. to sunrise

YELLOWSTONE, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park recently announced that, beginning on July 29, the park’s rivers and streams will be closed to fishing daily from 2 p.m. to sunrise. A release from the park says that the closure is due to high water temperatures and low stream flows. These restrictions are in addition to the existing full fishing closures on the Madison, Firehole and Gibbon (downstream of Norris Campground) rivers that have been in …