Game Fish Opportunities:

Brown Trout, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Yellow Perch

All Species Present:

Brown Trout, Bull Trout, Kokanee, Largescale Sucker, Longnose Sucker, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Northern Pike Minnow, Peamouth, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Sucker

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 or special regulations. Until you identify your catch, please handle all fish carefully. Thank you.

Standard Fishing Regulations for the Western Fishing District

The standard fishing regulations for the fishing district(s) apply. Please check your copy of the regulations, or visit the site(s) linked above for more information.

Exceptions to Standard Regulations

Salmon Lake State Park River Mile: 0

Immediately adjacent to Montana 83, this park is an access point to one of the beautiful lakes in the Clearwater River chain of lakes. Plan to fish, picnic, launch your boat, water-ski, read, review interpretive signs, or let your children get the wiggles out after a long drive in this woodland setting of western larch, ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir.  Seasonal. Contact the regional office for open and closure dates.  42 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. Click here to learn more.