Montana Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Montana?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Montana Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to Montana Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Montana's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
- Montana Department of Environmental Quality
- Welcome to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's web site! We invite you to use our site to find environmental information and respond to the many public forums presented in these pages.
Montana Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Montana.
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Spring fishing on Montana’s waterways offers respite from winter
- Warm weather has ignited a hatch of anglers on Montana’s waterways ... The later they arrived, the farther they had to go to find an unoccupied fishing hole. The alternative was to fish waters closer to the fishing access sites, knowing that they ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 3/17/2012 4:59:33 PM
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Montana may see Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate
- It’s the first time Montana has faced a state third-party primary ballot ... Four days later, Monday, Dan Cox, who owns a fishing tackle manufacturing business in Hamilton, followed suit on the filing deadline. If McCulloch decides against ordering ...
- Montana Standard
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- 3/16/2012 10:08:33 PM
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Montana may see Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate
- It's the first time Montana has faced a state third-party primary ballot since ... Four days later, on Monday, Dan Cox, who owns a fishing tackle manufacturing business in Hamilton, followed suit on the filing deadline. If McCulloch decides against ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 3/16/2012 9:54:14 PM
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March in Montana first-day auction has 'fabulous' results, Nelson said
- Art buffs found bargains on some art, but paid good money for other works on the first day of the March in Montana auction Friday at the TownHouse Inns. Bronzes sold fairly well; some paintings sold for for less than the auction estimate ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/16/2012 1:25:59 PM
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Consumer group gives Montana an “F” for state government transparency
- Sheryl Olson, deputy director of the Montana Department of Administration, said the state offers approximately 230 e-government services, allowing citizens to do things like register a vehicle or apply for a fishing license online. Those services drew 6.4
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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- 3/15/2012 11:14:09 PM
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Montana sportsmen support roadless areas
- providing good wildlife habitat and great walk-in hunting for the average foot hunter These backcountry lands provide essential fish and game habitat and unparalleled fishing opportunities for Montana’s hunters and anglers. In addition to some of the ...
- Havre Daily News
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- 3/15/2012 10:06:45 AM
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Crow Agency woman claims Montana Cash jackpot
- HELENA — Montana Lottery officials say a Crow Agency woman has claimed the $70,000 Montana Cash jackpot from last Saturday’s drawing. Katherine RealBird bought her winning ticket at Hardin Express Center. RealBird says she thinks it was a ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/15/2012 8:55:10 AM
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Plan establishing judicial districts under fire in Montana
- HELENA — A district court judge indicated Wednesday that a portion of a Republican-backed ballot initiative, which many in the GOP hope will tilt Montana Supreme Court elections to their party's favor, could be unconstitutional as alleged by critics.
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/15/2012 3:54:31 AM
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Effort under way to send Montana WWII vets to see national memorial
- He found out that Montana had just started up its first Honor Flight program in Billings, and contacted Beth Bouley, president and mentor of the Big Sky chapter. Scharfe then set about trying to spread the word and application forms to vets in western Mont
- Missoulian
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- 3/14/2012 8:59:20 PM
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Montana mortician's license reinstated, case reviewed
- Jim Axelson of Axelson Alternative Cremations told The Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/x21K0x) that the Montana Department of Labor and Industry lifted the suspension of his mortician’s license Tuesday. Last week, the state’s Board of ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/14/2012 2:18:28 PM
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Four plead guilty after western Montana marijuana raids
- MISSOULA — The U.S. Attorney’s Office says two Kalispell men and a Bozeman couple have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges after March 2011 raids of medical marijuana businesses. Aaron Durbin and Justin Maddock of Kalispell entered their ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/14/2012 11:26:40 AM
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Winds whip up flames in northcentral Montana
- According to Kolar, all non-essential employees of a PPL Montana construction project at Rainbow Dam were evacuated, as emergency responders raced northward trying to flank the second fire. PPL spokesman David Hoffman said late Tuesday that the ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/14/2012 3:55:42 AM
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Unexpected Montana waters starting to harbor good fish, speakers say
- We didn’t expect that.” And this spring, for the first time ever, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks will publish fishing regulations for Silver Bow Creek. For the past 130 years, the headwater tributary of the Columbia River system had ...
- Missoulian
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- 3/13/2012 8:03:15 PM
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Montana wildlife group sues to get bison info
- BILLINGS (AP) — A Montana wildlife advocacy group is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a bid to force officials to turn over documents related to the management of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park. Attorneys for the Buffalo ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/13/2012 12:39:26 PM
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Investigators suspect murder/suicide in eastern Montana
- The McCone County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release Tuesday morning reporting an eastern Montana man and his 3-year-old son have been found shot to death, the victims of an apparent murder/suicide. “Rick Haber, 33 of Fairview ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/13/2012 9:54:48 AM
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Midnight to 1 a.m. at Montana Refining Co.
- Three computer screens in his office at the Montana Refining Co. keep shift supervisor Dave Paranteau up to date on pressure, temperature and flow levels throughout the complex. He clicks through a series of maps of individual systems ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/13/2012 3:56:53 AM
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State review board pulls Montana mortician's license
- BUTTE — A state review panel has suspended the a Butte mortician’s license as well as his crematory license. The Board of Funeral Service took “emergency action” on March 5 to temporarily suspend Jim Axelson’s mortician’s license and ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/12/2012 10:46:05 AM
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Western Montana mom turns in robbery suspect
- MISSOULA — Sheriff’s deputies say they’ve arrested a 16-year-old for an armed robbery at a Lolo gas station after his mother brought him to the Missoula County jail. Deputies say the boy’s mother saw a news story about someone wearing a ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/12/2012 10:31:46 AM
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Montana FWP seeks water rights
- Russell Wildlife Refuge will be the focus of a public water rights negotiation session Thursday between the state of Montana and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. FWS initiated the negotiations in January by proposing a federal reserved water ...
- Great Falls Tribune
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- 3/12/2012 3:07:58 AM
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Guest opinion: Free Western lands from federal regulations
- Bureaucratic paternalism Daniel Kemmis, the former Democratic speaker and minority leader of the Montana House and onetime mayor of ... such as hiking, hunting, fishing and off-road-vehicle use. Most of the remaining public lands are useful primarily ...
- Billings Gazette
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- 3/11/2012 12:21:46 AM
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Keeping it Irish
- My mother, whose mother came from Union Hall, a fishing village in County Cork ... the Ancient Order of Hibernians has been a presence in Montana since 1879, when the first division formed in a small mining community called Vestal. The town of Vestal ...
- Independent Record
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- 3/10/2012 11:38:49 PM
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More than just a print product
- County government reporter Justin Post can be found at @MT_JustinPost where he tweets about his beat, as well as Montana fishing and literature. @Tim_Trainor covers business and edits the opinion section, and he tweets about the Butte economy, ski ...
- Montana Standard
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- 3/10/2012 11:03:02 PM
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Park priorities
- On a statewide basis, national park visitation supports 5,194 Montana jobs and 9,845 jobs in Wyoming ... They drive, hike, bike, camp, fish, backpack, take photos and watch wildlife. Thus, the unending debates over managing park resources ...
- Montana Standard
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- 3/10/2012 11:03:02 PM
Montana Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
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Montana Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Montana.
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