Montana offers a diversity of quality angling opportunities throughout the state. There are waters to please different types of angling interests, from cold water to warm water, and fly fishing to bait casting. There are places to harvest fish and places to pursue the trophy of a lifetime. Many of these attributes can be attributed to the quality of the fisheries habitat in Montana. Still, there are numerous challenges facing Montana’s fisheries including climate change, habitat alteration, and dewatering of streams. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is tasked with managing the state’s fishery resources and addressing these challenges. This Statewide Fisheries Management Plan, the first of its kind for Montana, provides the framework and directions for accomplishing this task.

This plan has been separated into smaller sections for faster downloading.

Final FWP Statewide Fisheries Management Plan
Parts I & II	Pages 1–478	6 MB
Part I	Pages 1–80	1.1 MB
Part II	Pages 81–478	4.9 MB
Part II-A Drainages: Kootenai, South Fork Flathead, Swan, Flathead	Pages 81–130	901 KB
Part II-B Drainages: Upper Clark Fork, Clark Fork, Blackfoot, Bitterroot, Middle Clark Fork	Pages 131–182	711 KB
Part II-C Drainages: Lower Clark Fork, Red Rock, Ruby, Beaverhead, Big Hole, Boulder	Pages 183–230	645 KB
Part II-D Drainages: Jefferson, Madison, Gallatin, Upper Missouri, Missouri, Smith	Pages 231–280	690 KB
Part II-E Drainages: Sun, Teton, Belt, Missouri-Judith	Pages 281–326	637 KB
Part II-F Drainages: Marias, Upper Milk, Middle Milk, Lower Milk, Musselshell, Fort Peck	Pages 327–382	906 KB
Part II-G Drainages: Missouri-Poplar, Lower Missouri, Upper Yellowstone, Bighorn, Middle Yellowstone	Pages 383–430	714 KB
Part II-H Drainages: Tongue, Powder, Little Missouri, Lower Yellowstone, Glossary, Acknowledgement	Pages 431–478	682 KB