Low stream and river flows and higher water temperatures lead to "hoot-owl" fishing restrictions, which close a stretch of a river or creek to fishing from 2 p.m. to midnight.

The entire Big Hole River is about to be under major fishing restrictions.Starting Thursday, the entirety of the popular ...

Hoot owl restrictions are going into effect for the Bitterroot River between Veteran’s Bridge in Hamilton to the confluence ...

Drought conditions across Montana have prompted the officials to limit fishing on rivers throughout the state.

Hoot-owl restrictions will take effect on the Bitterroot River starting Wednesday at 2 p.m., extending from Veteran’s Bridge ...

Hoot-owl restrictions take effect at 2 p.m. on Thursday on several southwest Montana rivers. The restrictions prohibit fishing from 2 p.m. to midnight each day and will stay in effect until conditions ...

A dozen rivers — including the Madison, Gibbon and Firehole in Yellowstone National Park — are subject to the restrictions on afternoon fishing or all-out closures as biologists grapple with ...

Hoot-owl restrictions will take effect at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 11, on several streams and rivers in Southwest Montana.

Hoot-owl restrictions will take effect on portions of the Bitterroot and Clark Fork rivers on Friday as well as several ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is instituting new hoot-owl restrictions on rivers in the southwest Montana beginning Friday ...

FWP institutes angling restrictions when streamflows drop below critical levels for fish, when water quality is diminished or ...