Blackfoot River
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15-Mar-24
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Conditions
: Blackfoot River: The Blackfoot is fishing decent right now. Its still pretty cold up here in the mornings, but by the afternoons is warming up. Not much for dry fly action, except a few fish eating midges in the tail outs in the later afternoons. Nymphing is the way to go right now with a stonefly nymph like a Double Bead Stone, Front St. Stone, TJ Hooker, Squirdle, Zirdle, Jig PT, Jig Prince and San Juan. Look for fish to still be in their winter haunts. Dead drifting streamers can be good this time of year either under an indicator or just tight lined. Sparkle Minnows, Zonkers, Mini-Dungeons, Dali Lamas, Sweeney Todds and Silveys Sculpins. Reported by: The Grizzly Hackle |
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About: -
Fishing the Blackfoot: The Blackfoot is an excellent fishery for rainbow,
cutbows, browns and mountain whitefish throughout its length. Good fishing on
the Blackfoot fishing starts around the River Junction Campground. (more on the Blackfoot River & access information)
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- Brook Trout
- Mountain Whitefish
- Rainbow Trout
- Westslope Cutthroat Trout
- Brown Trout
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- Exceptions
to Standard Regulations
- Entire River And Tributaries Except The
Clearwater River
- Combined Trout: 3 daily and in possession,
no rainbow trout over 12 inches, any size brown trout. (See Clearwater
River Drainage for exception.)
- Catch-and-release for cutthroat trout.
- Artificial lures only within 100-yard
radius of the mouths of Belmont Creek, Gold Creek, Monture Creek and North
Fork Blackfoot River.
- Landers Fork Mouth To Stimson Lumber Dam
(Milltown Reservoir)
- Catch-and-release for brook trout. (This
regulation is a result of bull trout being misidentified and harvested as
brook trout. Brook trout are very rare in this section of river whereas
bull trout are common.)
- Mainstem Only
- Extended season for northern pike and
whitefish and catch-and-release for trout open December 1 to third
Saturday in May with artificial lures and/or maggots only. Tributaries are
closed to fishing.
- Stimson Lumber Dam Downstream To Milltown
Reservoir (Clark Fork River)
- Northern pike: no limit
- Extended season for northern pike from
December 1 to third Saturday in May, with artificial lures only.
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