Yellowstone National Park, FWP eases some fishing restrictions

Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday lifted fishing restrictions on most of the park’s rivers and streams that have been in place since late July. On July 29, park officials implemented hoot-owl restrictions on all rivers and streams, prohibiting fishing from 2 p.m. to sunrise, due to high water temperatures and low stream flows. Now, officials [

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: August 12, 2026

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Last Updated: 6 days, 4 hours ago

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Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday lifted fishing restrictions on most of the park’s rivers and streams that have been in place since late July.

On July 29, park officials implemented hoot-owl restrictions on all rivers and streams, prohibiting fishing from 2 p.m. to sunrise, due to high water temperatures and low stream flows.

Now, officials say cooling weather and water conditions in the forecast are allowing for most of those restrictions to be suspended.

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