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Missouri River (below Holter Dam)

Live conditions for Missouri River (below Holter Dam): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

3,550cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · -1.4% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp62.8°F
Stage3.19 ft
Gauge read 1:45 AM CDT · USGS 06066500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Missouri River (below Holter Dam) is a tailwater below Holter Nr Wolf Cr Mt in Big Sky, Montana, fished for trout, whitefish, walleye, pike, carp — rainbow, brown. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • Holter Dam Fishing Access Sitewalk in
  • Wolf Creek Bridge Fishing Access Siteramp
  • Bull Pasture Fishing Access Sitecarry
  • Craig Fishing Access Site (Craig Bridge)ramp
  • Stickney Creek Fishing Access Siteramp
  • Spite Hill Fishing Access Sitewalk in
  • Dearborn Fishing Access Sitewalk in
  • Eagle Island Fishing Access Sitewalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.