Yellowstone National Park announced a tightening of restrictions on many of the park waters on the 20th of July .  Water temps on many of the Park waters had skyrocketed in the weeks prior to the restrictions being announced, and weather for the most part has been hot since that time. 

You by this time no doubt heard about the fish kills on the Firehole and Madision. 

The Park is certainly still fishable - you just have to get out of bed early and be on the water at sunrise or shortly thereafter.  If you see someone fishing when or where they shouldn’t - gently remind them of the regs - let’s work together to protect these waters.

Here’s the key part of the Park’s news release from 20 July -

Effective Saturday afternoon, July 21, the following rivers and creeks within the park will be closed to fishing between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.:

Northern Yellowstone: Gardner River below Osprey Falls, Lava Creek below Undine Falls, Lamar River below Cache Creek, all of Slough Creek, Soda Butte Creek below Amphitheater Creek, and the Yellowstone River below Seven Mile Hole.

West side of the park: Madison River, Firehole River below Keppler Cascades, and the Gibbon River below Gibbon Falls.

Southern portion of Yellowstone: Bechler River below Ouzel Creek, Falls River below Rainbow Falls, Mountain Ash Creek below Union Falls, Proposition Creek, Boundary Creek below Dunanda Falls, Robinson Creek, and the Snake River below Six Mile Ford.

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