Montana Fishing Access Guide Has A New Look

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Montana’s 316 Fishing Access Sites are among the best places in the state to fish or camp. Now a new, full-color guide to these special places is available at all Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks offices at no charge.

Just the names of some of these fishing access sites should pique your interest: Chief Looking Glass FAS on the Bitterroot River; Sportsman’s Bridge FAS on the Flathead River; Salmon Fly FAS on the Big Hole River; Mallard’s Landing FAS on the Bighorn River; and Manuel Lisa FAS on the Big Horn River. If that doesn’t work for you, the full-color images of each stream and lake-side oasis will.

The new guide is color-coded and formatted for use with the FWP fishing regulations and includes information such as the typical species of game fish that may be caught at each site. Montana’s FASs make hundreds of miles of waterfront along Montana’s rivers, lakes and reservoirs accessible to the general public for fishing, boating and other recreation. Some 160 sites have boat ramps and improved latrines, and at 95 FASs overnight camping is available.

The facilities available at a particular FAS are described in the guide and can also be located using the guide’s index. FASs are primitive or semi-primitive sites that do not have electricity, running water or dump stations. More highly developed camping sites are available at many of Montana’s State Parks.

FWP also offers an online guide to FASs, their locations and facilities. Go to fwp.mt.gov on the Internet, click on Fishing and use the Find An FAS Site selector.