freestone river · trout · whitefish
Big Hole River (Melrose)
Live conditions for Big Hole River (Melrose): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
346cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp52.0°F
Stage1.64 ft
Engine callGO 346 cfs in the wade band · 52°F
The water
Big Hole River (Melrose) is a freestone river in Big Sky, Montana, fished for trout, whitefish — brown, rainbow, cutthroat, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Maidenrock Fishing Access Sitecarry
- Salmon Fly Fishing Access Siteramp
- Brownes Bridge Fishing Access Siteramp
- Kalsta Bridge Fishing Access Sitewalk in
- Glen Fishing Access Siteramp
- Tony Schoonen (Notch Bottom) Fishing Access Siteramp
- Pennington Bridge Fishing Access Site (ramp)ramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.
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