freestone river · trout · whitefish
Boulder River (Big Timber)
Live conditions for Boulder River (Big Timber): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
79cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 79 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage1.01 ft
Engine callOFF 77 cfs outside wade band 100–300
The water
Boulder River (Big Timber) is a freestone river in Big Sky, Montana, fished for trout, whitefish — rainbow, brown, 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
- Big Beaver Campground (Boulder River)walk in
- Falls Creek Campground (Boulder River)walk in
- Natural Bridge Falls Picnic Areawalk in
- East Boulder Road Bridgebridge
- Boulder Forks Fishing Access Sitecarry
- Eightmile County Bridgebridge
- Big Rock Fishing Access Sitecarry
- Big Timber City Park (Boulder River takeout)walk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.
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