A bevy of hoot owl closures launch today in Southwest Montana, as happens just about every summer, though it is a bit early this year. A number of guides we’ve chatted with over the past weeks expected it even earlier given lower flows for the end of June / early July than anybody would like to see.
Hoot Owl closures (2 pm – Midnight) are now in effect on the Big Hole, Bitterroot, Blackfoot, Clark Fork, Flint Creek, Jefferson and Silver Bow Creek until further notice.
Details as to what river sections are closed and real time updates are available on FWP’s Fishing and Waterbody Closure and Restriction page. There will be more restrictions placed as summer rolls on, as there should be.
Early (and we mean early) morning fishing is one of Montana’s summer prime times to be on the water and an amazing experience; the early bird gets the fish.
Hoot owl violators should be stripped naked, staked out and left to roast alongside their disabled vehicles.
