Hoot-owl restrictions a necessary inconvenience for area anglers
The St. Regis River has hoot owl restrictions in place for the first time in over a decade during this hot and dry summer that Western Montana is experiencing. (Amy Quinlivan/Mineral Independent)
Warm water, low flow levels, and high temperatures have prompted fishing restrictions on several rivers across western Montana this summer.
A “hoot-owl” closure has incrementally made its way the entire length of the Clark Fork River from the confluence with the Flathead up north, all the way to its headwaters at Anaconda...
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