|
Waterbody Description |
Regulation Type |
Special Regulation |
| Yellowstone National Park
boundary to I-90 Bridge at Billings |
Season Regulation |
Open entire year. |
| Yellowstone National Park
boundary to Highway 78 Bridge at Columbus |
Catch and Release |
Catch-and-release for
cutthroat trout. |
| Emigrant Bridge to Pine
Creek Bridge |
Special Limit |
Combined Trout Limit: 5
brown and rainbow trout, 4 under 13 inches and 1 over 22
inches. All brown trout and rainbow trout between 13 and 22
inches must be released. |
| Emigrant Bridge to Pine
Creek Bridge |
Gear Restriction |
Artificial lures only,
except anglers 14 years of age and younger may use bait. |
| Emigrant Bridge to Pine
Creek Bridge |
Season Regulation |
Extended season for
whitefish and catch-and-release for trout open December 1 to
third Saturday in May with artifical lures and/or maggots
only. |
| Highway 78 Bridge at
Columbus to I-90 Bridge at Billings |
Special Limit |
Combined Trout Limit: 5
daily only 1 over 18 inches, includes cutthroat trout. |
| mouth of Clarks Fork to I-90
Bridge at Billings |
Gear Restriction |
Open entire year for up
to 2 attended lines with up to 2 hooks per line. |
| mouth of Clarks Fork to I-90
Bridge at Billings |
Gear Restriction |
Live fish (except sculpin,
salmonids, carp, goldfish, all species in the sunfish
family, bullheads (catfish family), yellow perch, and
rainbow smelt) may be used as bait (including feeder streams
and ditches). |
| all tributaries to the
Yellowstone River between the Yellowstone National Park
boundary and Springdale approximately 18 miles east of
Livingston, including the Shields River and its tributaries |
Catch and Release |
Catch-and-release for
cutthroat trout. |
