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Brown Trout
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For streams, fishing season is open from the third Saturday in May through November 30. Lakes are open year-round. A license is required; call the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife & Parks at 406-444-2535 or 406-444-1200 (TDD). The FW&P also has a 1-900 information hotline offering details on a wide variety of recreation topics. Call 1-900-225-5397 ($1.50 per minute charge; must be 18 years or older).
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Fishing Glacier National Park
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In the waters of Glacier, you'll find trout, whitefish, kokanee salmon and arctic grayling. All bull trout caught MUST be released immediately to protect the species from extinction. No fishing license is required to fish inside the park, but please remember that adjoining waters (for instance, the North Fork and Middle Fork of the Flathead River) do require a license.
Please be aware that fishing regulations can differ on Glacier Country's two Native American Reservations. For instance, the Blackfeet Reservation requires a tribal permit for fishing in its many lakes. For more information about the Blackfeet Reservation, contact: Blackfeet Nation P.O. Box 850 ,Browning, MT 59417 406-338-7276. For more information about the Flathead Reservation, contact: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes P.O. Box 278 Pablo, MT 59855 406-675-2700 or 800-634-0690.
Glacier Country has hundreds of miles of streams and lakes for fishing. Among the most popular fishing areas are:
- Flathead Lake. The largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, Flathead is famous for its great fishing.
- North Fork and Middle Fork of the Flathead River, Hungry Horse Reservoir. Call 406-755-5401.
- Ten Lakes Scenic Area near Eureka. Call 406-882-4451.
- Bob Marshall Wilderness. Call 406-758-5200 or 406-791-7700.
- Cabinet Mountains Wilderness near Libby. Call 406-293-6211.
- Numerous lakes in the Seeley Swan Valley. Call 406-677-2880.
- Blackfeet Reservation lakes. Many of the Reservation's lakes are considered among the best in the world for trout. Call 406-338-7276.
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