MONTANA - Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the hoot-owl restrictions that prohibit fishing from 2 p.m. until midnight each day will be lifted from many Montana rivers starting at midnight Tuesday.
Hoot-owl restrictions go into place on rivers when water temperatures hit 73 degrees Fahrenheit for three or more consecutive days. Water temperatures have cooled enough to lift the restrictions on the following rivers: Gallatin River East Gallatin River Shields River Madison River between the town of Ennis and Ennis Reservoir Clark Fork River from the Flathead River to Rock Creek Mouth closures on Clark Fork River at St. Regis River, Fish Creek and Rattlesnake Creek St.
Regis River from the mouth to Twelvemile Creek Upper Bitterroot River from Veteran’s Bridge in Hamilton to the confluence of East and West Rock Creek from Stoney Creek to the confluence of West and Middle Forks of Rock Creek Blackfoot River from the mouth to Cedar Meadow Fishing Access site However, restrictions remain on the Bitterroot River from the mouth to Veteran’s Bridge in Hamilton, the Clark Fork River above Rock Creek from the mouth of Rock Creek to its origin at the mouth of Warm Springs Creek and Silver Bow Creek. The same restrictions are still in place above Hebgen Reservoir and below Ennis Reservoir..
