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 Yellowstone River Or Madison River: Which Is Better To Fish?
Posted by fly_phishr on Thursday, August 10 @ 12:52:27 PDT
Thanks for all of your input. It is greatly appreciated. I've narrowed my trip down to 2 places, West Yellowstone & Gardiner, Montana. I am planning to go the last week of June, First week of July. Which are the better rivers or areas to fish??? Is the Yellowstone River or the Madison River better during that time of year?
Thanks,
fly_phishr
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Re: Yellowstone River Or Madison River: Which Is Better To Fish?
by dowjr on Friday, August 11 @ 17:11:57 PDT | | Either could be very productive during that time period. A lot will depend on water conditions and the weather. In yellowstone you have 4 or 5 really good rivers to fish and each one will be fishing differently..ie the firehole should be killing it but slough can be tough if the snowpack was heavy.. I would wait untill it gets closer to decide if you can. If not my vote is for yellowstone |
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Re: Yellowstone River Or Madison River: Which Is Better To Fish?
by skitch976 (hibbyjibby@jib.net) on Monday, August 14 @ 13:08:53 PDT | | Salmon fly hatches tend to do really well end of june beginning july on the Madison making for some fast fishing if you catch it right. Yellowstone river can be rather unproductive if it is hot early in the year. The natural geysers and such in the park tend to warm up the rivers inside the park making the trout sluggish and inactive. But like it has been said it is quite dependent on the weather. One good thing is the fact that whichever you fish, if it is not good, you are just a short drive away from another river/stream/or lake that will be good. Check with the blue ribbon fly shop there in west yellowstone. They know what is going on all the time. |
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Head West !!
by BiggieFry on Wednesday, November 29 @ 09:51:57 PST | Fly_phisr,
Both areas offer many different options for fishing as well as non fishing needs. The Gardiner area is less diverse in both the fishing and the services that you have while you are not fishing. You can expect to do more driving to get to water if you are in Gardiner and in Late June the Yellowstone could very well still be chocolate milk from runoff and at the very least it will still be high and difficult to wade. The Salmonflies could be out on the river if it is clear but not having a boat can be a bit dangerous and difficult. There are other options in the Gardiner area if the Yellowstone is unmanagable and they include Slough Creek and Soda Butte which are at least an hour or more drive from Gardiner. You can also do a day on the Spring Creeks in the Paradise Valley, which will have good morning hatches of PMD's followed with good caddis activity in the PM. There are also several smaller tributary streams to the Yellowstone which fish well and they include Mill Creek, Bear Creek and Big Creek. These are all small creeks that offer some good fishing for small to medium size fish.
West Yellowstone will offer you more options for fishing as well as night life and lodging. The Madison, Firehole and Gibbon are all inside the West Entrance to Yellowstone Park and they should all still be fishing decent, depending on weather. The Firehole heats up from the Thermal activity and the fishing slows generally between Late June and Early July so it could be a crap shoot as to weather it is still in good shape. This also creates a bit of a problem for the Madison as the Firehole is the main tribuatary so the water temps from the Firehole can affect the Madison in the Park as well. The Gibbon runs cold most of the time and it is a great fishery for catching smaller fish. Outside of the park is the real place to fish in West Yellowstone. THe Madison below Hebgen reservoir is a wade fishing only section of river and it fishes very well year round. The River runs for a couple of miles and then flows into Earthquake Lake which was formed by you guessed it an Earthquake in 1957. "Quake Lake" is about 6-8 miles long and then it empties into the Madison to flow the 50 miles to Ennis Montana. The first 10 or so miles below the lake are wade fishing only sections and they offer some good access and some good fishing. The lakes do help to control the flow a bit but they can still be high in Late June. The river is still manageable in higher water and it will not limit you as the Yellowstone will if it is still high. The Salmon fly hatch will be taking place somewhere on the river and most likely it will be closer to Ennis than West Yellowstone if you are coming the last week fo June. The later into July you come the farther upstream the Big Bugs will be. Typically the Salmonflies hit Ennis between the 10th to the 20th of June. The Madison is not the only option in the West Yellowstone area, you can also head over to the Henry's Fork, which is only about a 30 to 40 minute drive from West. The Railroad Ranch does not open until the 15th of July so you will be limted to fishing the Box Canyon or below the Ranch. If you want to stay in Montana or inside Yellowstone Park you also have several small streams that hold some good size trout in them, they include the South Fork of the Madison, DUck Creek, Grayling Creek and the Upper Portion of the Gallatin River. If all the moving water is blown out or you want to fish some stillwaters there are several great lakes and reservoirs in the area as well. Henry's Lake, Hebgen and Quake Lake all offer some great fishing on large bodies of water. Cliff and Wade Lake also are in the area and you can have some great fishing on either one of them as well. Wade Lake actually holds the record for the largest brown trout caught in Montana. Don't expect to catch a monster here but it can happen.
So with all that being said I would probably encourage you to go to the West side of the park rather than the North. The North side of the park fish
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