Brown troutBrown and rainbow troutFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $363
- Public access
- Moderate
- Crowding
- Medium
Montana· Data built October 15, 2026
Montana trout water
Find cutthroat, redband, rainbow, brown and brook trout streams using Montana FWP’s fish-distribution data. Explore public land along the water, fishing access sites, boat ramps and river gauges.
- Trout streams
- 4,478
- Cutthroat streams
- 3,481
- Rainbow streams
- 1,055
- Along public land
- 14,024 mi
- Fishing access sites
Stream access in Montana. The highlights show mapped public land along the stream. Montana’s stream-access law can also allow recreation up to the ordinary high-water mark after legal access is gained. A dimmed line does not establish that fishing is prohibited. Read FWP’s stream-access guidance and check current closures and restrictions before your trip.
Check before you fish. Access, stocking and regulations here come from Montana's own data and can be out of date. Posted signs and landowners' wishes come first, and private land needs permission. The rules that apply are in the Montana FWP fishing regulations, and you need a valid fishing license.
Filters
Filter streams
From Montana FWP species distribution layers. Streams with no species on record are hidden while one is picked.
4,478 streams
Map layers
Background
Light map in dark modeEasier to read in sunshine, and rivers stay visible.
Layers
Trout hybrids
Brook trout
Brown trout
Rainbow trout
Redband trout
Cutthroat trout
Bold where the stream crosses public land; faint and dashed across private land. Gauges are measurement stations; a nearby gauge may be on a different stream.
Stream types · Montana
- Trout hybrids
- Brook trout
- Brown trout
- Rainbow trout
- Redband trout
- Cutthroat trout
- Public land
Bold where the stream crosses public land
Legend & map details
Trout hybridsBrook troutBrown troutRainbow troutRedband troutCutthroat troutNot public landPublic landFishing accessLaunchRiver gauge, conditions today: good fair poor no verdict; a group takes its worst gauge's colorRiver gauge, flow for the date: low below normal above high no reading
Fly fishing destinations in Montana · guide rates, best months and access
Brown troutBrown and rainbow trout
Rainbow troutRainbow and brown troutFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $400
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
Rainbow troutRainbow and brown troutFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
JFMAMJJASOND
- Guide, per angler
- $370–395
- Public access
- Good
- Crowding
- High
How to read this map
Layers, public land, access and sources
Species layers show FWP records of fish presence, including surveyed and extrapolated distribution. They do not establish abundance, recent stocking or permission to fish. Where species overlap, the top layer’s color appears; turn layers off to inspect the others. Cutthroat includes westslope and Yellowstone cutthroat; redband is shown separately, and trout hybrids have an optional layer. This map does not include every Montana fish species.
Highlighted stretches run through or within about 20 meters of open-access public land in USGS PAD-US, or an FWP Fishing Access Site boundary. Dimmed stretches have no adjacent open-access parcel recorded in these sources. Land ownership is separate from legal stream access: the map does not determine high-water marks, rights of way or tribal access rules.
Streams sharing a name appear separately when FWP assigns them different waterbody identifiers. County filters help distinguish them. The distribution data uses generalized stream lines, so access sites can be offset from the line; site links provide facility details and maps. Access points are site locations, not verified parking coordinates.
Follow the current FWP fishing regulations, including water-specific exceptions. Species presence does not mean a fish may be targeted or kept. Check closures and any site-specific permits or restrictions.
Sources
- Stream geometry and species: Montana FWP Fish Distribution (Presence) — Streams View Layer, downloaded October 15, 2026. Records combine surveys and habitat extrapolation.
- Fishing access sites and boundaries: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
- Public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1, fee-owned parcels marked open access; private easements and restricted-access parcels are excluded.
- County boundaries: US Census Bureau TIGERweb.
- River gauges and flow normals: USGS Water Data APIs.
- Map tiles: OpenFreeMap, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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