Game Fish Opportunities:

Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout

All Species Present:

Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Largemouth Bass, Largescale Sucker, Longnose Dace, Longnose Sucker, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Northern Pike Minnow, Peamouth, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow Trout, Redside Shiner, Slimy Sculpin, Westslope Cutthroat Trout

NOTE: There may be game fish present (including Species of Concern) that are not listed in the game fish category due to low numbers for that fish. Until you identify your catch, please handle all fish carefully. Thank you.

Forest Cooper  River Mile: 82

  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  3 acre(s).

Hannon Memorial  River Mile: 82

Two areas - one is day use only and the other has 6 campsites.  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  47 acre(s).

Darby Bridge  River Mile: 78

  Open all season.  4 acre(s).

Wally Crawford  River Mile: 72

  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  2 acre(s).

Angler's Roost  River Mile: 62

  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates. 

Demmons  River Mile: 57

  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  1 acre(s).

Woodside Bridge  River Mile: 52

Disabled fishing platform.  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  11 acre(s).

Tucker Crossing  River Mile: 47

  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  251 acre(s).

Bell Crossing  River Mile: 41

  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  65 acre(s).

Bass Creek  River Mile: 30

Walk-in access only. Hand launching of boats is not recommended.  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  23 acre(s).

Poker Joe  River Mile: 28

Site is walk-in access only. Canoes/rafts can be hand launched from site.  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  12 acre(s).

Florence Bridge  River Mile: 23

  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  9 acre(s).

Chief Looking Glass  River Mile: 21

  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  13 acre(s).

NOTE: All river Fishing Access Sites (FAS) are listed in descending order by river mile from headwaters to mouth. The mouth of a stream is its confluence with another body of water and is considered mile 0.

Mouth to Big Creek   (River Mile: 0 to 38)

Year	Days Fished¹	Trips²	State Rank³	Regional Rank³
2007	25,324	384	20	4
2005	39,602	698	15	4
2003	33,851	706	16	4
2001	38,980	733	12	4
1999	40,364	916	16	4

Big Creek to Headwaters   (River Mile: 38 to 84)

Year	Days Fished¹	Trips²	State Rank³	Regional Rank³
2007	47,164	679	8	2
2005	74,098	1,254	4	1
2003	58,299	1,214	8	3
2001	65,164	1,231	6	1
1999	70,567	1,589	5	1

Bitterroot River near Darby MT

View Data | River Mile: 82

Bitterroot River near Florence MT

View Data | River Mile: 23

Bitterroot River near Missoula MT

View Data | River Mile: 6