freestone river · trout · whitefish
Madison River
Live conditions for Madison River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
863cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · -3.5% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp59.2°F
Stage4.44 ft
Engine callGO 863 cfs in the wade band · 64°F
The water
Madison River is a freestone river in Big Sky, Montana, fished for trout, whitefish — brown, rainbow, cutthroat. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutwhitefishbrown troutrainbow troutcutthroat trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Raynolds Pass Bridgebridge
- Three Dollar Bridge FASwalk in
- Lyons Bridge FASramp
- McAtee Bridge FASramp
- Varney Bridge FASramp
- Burnt Tree Hole FASramp
- Ennis Fishing Access Site (FAS Ennis)ramp
- Valley Garden FASramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.
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