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Montana fishing waters

51 gauged waters across Montana — 49 rivers and 2 lakes and reservoirs, with flow read straight from their USGS gauges.

Gauged waters
51
Reporting now
40/40

live gauges

With water temp
32

of 51

With a full guide
26

Full guides

Waters we have written up

Live conditions

Flowing right now in Montana

All 51 waters · live readings for the top 40

Current discharge and water temperature for gauged waters in Montana
WaterTypeDrainageFlow / levelTempUpdated
Missouri River11 gaugesriver89,858 sq mi7,300 cfs—45 min ago
Yellowstone River7 gaugesriver69,099 sq mi5,120 cfs54°F45 min ago
Milk River9 gaugesriver22,452 sq mi141 cfs52°F45 min ago
Bighorn River4 gaugesriver22,417 sq mi1,910 cfs—45 min ago
Clark Fork10 gaugesriver19,964 sq mi10,000 cfs—1h ago
Jefferson River3 gaugesriver9,558 sq mi980 cfs44°F45 min ago
Flathead River3 gaugesriver9,024 sq mi7,610 cfs55°F1h ago
Marias River3 gaugesriver7,027 sq mi544 cfs—30 min ago
Tongue River6 gaugesriver5,405 sq mi112 cfs52°F45 min ago
Powder River2 gaugesriver13,060 sq mi7.7 cfs—45 min ago
Kootenai River1 gaugeriver8,999 sq mi4,240 cfs39°F45 min ago
Musselshell River7 gaugesriver7,784 sq mi67.0 cfs—1h ago
Beaverhead River4 gaugesriver4,772 sq mi435 cfs40°F1h ago
Bitterroot River3 gaugesriver2,824 sq mi840 cfs—45 min ago
Big Hole River6 gaugesriver2,668 sq mi416 cfs—15 min ago
Madison River7 gaugesriver2,325 sq mi1,200 cfs47°F1h ago
Gallatin River3 gaugesriver1,789 sq mi629 cfs—45 min ago
Sun River3 gaugesriver1,774 sq mi620 cfs—45 min ago
Smith River3 gaugesriver1,588 sq mi128 cfs68°F1h ago
Clark Fork River1 gaugeriver—1,500 cfs45°F45 min ago
Flathead River South Fork1 gaugeriver—444 cfs—1h ago
Flathead Lake1 gaugelake7,086 sq mi2,892.4ft—15 min ago
Blackfoot River2 gaugesriver2,287 sq mi641 cfs45°F1h ago
Beaver Creek4 gaugesriver1,805 sq mi7.2 cfs—1h ago
South Fork Flathead River2 gaugesriver1,668 sq mi2,180 cfs53°F1h ago
North Fork Flathead River1 gaugeriver1,556 sq mi769 cfs44°F1h ago
Little Bighorn River4 gaugesriver1,294 sq mi53.4 cfs—30 min ago
Middle Fork Flathead River1 gaugeriver1,125 sq mi650 cfs54°F1h ago
Ruby River3 gaugesriver970 sq mi173 cfs41°F1h ago
Rock Creek3 gaugesriver889 sq mi265 cfs42°F1h ago
Willow Creek5 gaugesriver818 sq mino flow—9d ago
Silver Bow Creek4 gaugesriver473 sq mi33.7 cfs41°F30 min ago
Poplar River2 gaugesriver3,170 sq mi34.5 cfs—15 min ago
Judith River2 gaugesriver2,747 sq mi412 cfs—3h ago
Big Muddy Creek2 gaugesriver2,717 sq mi7.2 cfs—30 min ago
Clarks Fork Yellowstone River2 gaugesriver2,045 sq mi425 cfs—1h ago
Teton River2 gaugesriver2,027 sq mi393 cfs—1h ago
Flatwillow Creek1 gaugeriver1,855 sq mino flow—45 min ago
Big Sandy Creek2 gaugesriver1,787 sq mi23.4 cfs—15 min ago
Hungry Horse Reservoir1 gaugelake1,654 sq mi3,542.7ft—1h ago
Battle Creek1 gaugeriver1,631 sq minot reporting——
Lodge Creek1 gaugeriver1,050 sq minot reporting——
Cut Bank Creek2 gaugesriver1,032 sq minot reporting——
Stillwater River2 gaugesriver936 sq minot reporting——
Shields River2 gaugesriver846 sq minot reporting——
Flint Creek3 gaugesriver490 sq minot reporting——
Birch Creek3 gaugesriver481 sq minot reporting——
Dearborn River1 gaugeriver322 sq minot reporting——
North Fork Blackfoot River1 gaugeriver310 sq minot reporting——
Warm Springs Creek2 gaugesriver160 sq minot reporting——
Middle Fork Flathead River1 gaugeriver943 sq minot reporting——

Live readings load here for the 40 best-gauged waters; every water’s own page shows its current numbers.

What is on this page

Every figure here comes from a USGS gauge on that water: discharge in cubic feet per second, and water temperature where the gauge measures it. A dash means it is not measured there, not that it is unknown.

26 of these waters have a full written guide so far. The rest are live data only.

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