howsthebite · Montana
How's the bite in Montana today?
- Lockjaw
- Picky
- Biting
- On fire
7 tracked waters in MT. Faded dots are the rest of the country. 1 outside the map area.
| Index | Water | Temp | Level | Best window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 On fire | Bitterroot River | 51.3°F | 2.29 ft | 3:41 AM–5:41 AM |
| 8 On fire | Flathead Lake | — | 2893.13 ft | 3:41 AM–5:41 AM |
| 7 Biting | Madison River | 51.1°F | 2.16 ft | 3:31 AM–5:31 AM |
| 7 Biting | Yellowstone River | 54.7°F | 1.53 ft | 3:27 AM–5:27 AM |
| 6 Biting | Gallatin River | 46.4°F | 4.83 ft | 3:29 AM–5:29 AM |
| 5 Picky | Bighorn River | 49.5°F | 6.07 ft | 3:14 AM–5:14 AM |
| 5 Picky | Canyon Ferry Lake | — | 3785.84 ft | 3:31 AM–5:31 AM |
Rebuilt 6:59 AM · every reading carries its station on the water's own page.
Before you go
A Montana fishing licence runs $21 a year for residents. FWP sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What a Montana fishing licence costs, and who is exempt → The days you can fish Montana without a licence →What you may keep
FWP sets a size or bag limit for 10 species here — 10 with at least one area open today. Where a species is open in one water and closed in another, its own page says which. Each page carries the agency's own figures, the date they were read, and what is still unsettled.
Check a length against the rules →Can you eat what you catch?
That call belongs to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, with the health and environmental departments (Montana FWP) — issued as one statewide document rather than a searchable database, with 21 new or revised PFAS advisories in 2026. We link the source instead of paraphrasing health advice.
Montana FWP consumption advisories →