We have been fishing the Yellowstone for about a week now. Despite clarity issues, the Yellowstone has been producing some trout and quite a few whitefish. On average each boat has been catching 0-5 trout and 5-10 whitefish a day. No lunkers have been landed yet, but lots of solid rainbows and cutthroat. There have…
The Yellowstone has been dropping steadily the past few days and should be fishing well next week. We talked to 4 boats that were on it yesterday. One boat got skunked, two boats got one each, and the fourth boat got a few. Clarity is still only around an inch or two but should improve…
The Yellowstone has been dropping and looks like it could be under 10,000 CFS as early as next week. The river still has quite a bit of brown color to it today (6/30) but will be getting better as flows drop even more. The next issue is boat ramps. Here is a link to the…
The Madison river has been fishing well the past few days. Be prepared to see company on the upper Madison now that salmonflies are around. You can try to get above the big bugs by going up high, but it might be hard to get away from other boats unless you float very early or…
Clarity in town, (5/15 7:47 AM) Clarity is hanging in there, at least for today. The west channel has some mud kicking in from a feeder creek, which means other feeder creeks could be bringing in a little mud as well. The Hydraulic prediction is calling for a steep spike by Tuesday, Monday should be…
Brachycentrus occidentalis (Mother’s Day caddis) continue to come off despite yesterday’s rain and colder weather. Clarity should hang in there through the weekend. With temps in the 60’s on Saturday and 70’s on Sunday/Monday it looks like the hydraulic prediction has the Yellowstone rising significantly by Tuesday. Today is calling for high winds with gusts…
Happy Easter! Things have warmed up a bit since last week’s storm. Despite record lows and some heavy snow shoveling across the state, we were happy to get the precipitation. The storm hit harder in some areas than others. For the Upper Yellowstone basin the storm brought our snow pack from around 75% up to…
Our apologies as its been a while since we’ve posted a fishing report. In general, it has been cold and windy! That said, those willing to put up with some cold fingers, (and ice in the guides) have caught a few nice fish here and there. The Yellowstone in Paradise Valley is completely iced over…
The fishing on the Yellowstone has been slow lately. A few nice browns have been caught on streamers here and there but now many of the browns are already up tributaries, in side channels, or in the tailouts looking for gravel. As they begin to spawn we’ll look to give them a break to get…