It would appear the Hoot Owls have arrived in SW Montana
http://fwp.mt.gov/fishing/guide/waterClosure.html
Regards,
Scott
It would appear the Hoot Owls have arrived in SW Montana
http://fwp.mt.gov/fishing/guide/waterClosure.html
Regards,
Scott
Scott,
I really hate to see that, but it is not unexpected. I love fishing the Clark Fork River between Superior and Paradise so I keep a close eye on the level of the river. It just keeps going down, at a steady rate, but it should have stopped and leveled off, so I am afraid that that river may be placed on restricted fishing soon. I really do hate to see that.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Larry,
We could definitely use some rain but at least, for now, we're not seeing high temps so maybe things won't be as bad as last year, fishing and fire-wise. By the 4th in 2015, we had seen a string of days in the upper 90's with no rain for most of June; conditions were so bad they cancelled all fireworks in the Flathead Valley.
Regards,
Scott
Thanks for posting this, Scott. Did not realize conditions got this bad this fast.
Hi Scott,
Any word on how much the poisoning of the Soda Butte has had on the fishing there this year ?
Thanks,
Steve
it's all good drifts
The poisoning has had no effect whatsoever. The way they actually wound up doing it, shocking a bunch of the cutts and then applying the rotenone, then putting the cutts back in, made much more sense than the original plan.
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