Yellowstone River (public FAS corridor)

Decided by: Closure check. Poor if any factor is poor. Otherwise cannot establish if access, launch or the closure check cannot be established, or if the trip needs a current reading that cannot be had. Otherwise conditional if any factor is conditional or unknown. Otherwise good.

• Closure check

  Cannot tell

  The closure scan has not been read yet.

  Missing: The live read

• Current official data

  Cannot tell

  The official readings have not been read yet.

  Missing: The live read

  How this works on the water

• Weather and water exposure

  Cannot tell

  The trip depends on weather or tide that cannot be read here.

  Missing: The live read

• Access for a shore trip

  Fits with checks

  Named sites are launches; bank access around them is not described.

  Mallard's Rest Fishing Access Site (FWP — Paradise Valley primary anchor south of Livingston on Hwy 89) · Upper corridor named FAS: Corwin Springs, Slip & Slide, Point of Rocks, Emigrant, Grey Owl, Paradise, Free River, Mayors Landing, Highway 89 Bridge (Livingston) — select named site only · Middle corridor named FAS: Springdale Bridge, Otter Creek, Bratten, Homestead Isle, and other published FWP FAS — select named site only

• Checks on the day

  Fits with checks

  5 checks have to be done on the day.

  Identify the exact named FAS put-in and take-out (e.g. Mallard's Rest, Emigrant, Carter's Bridge corridor) before travel. · Check current FWP regulations and any emergency or recreational-use rules for the planned Yellowstone River segment. · Review USGS stage and NWS forecasts for the corridor. · Confirm district assignment and any Exceptions to Standard Regulations (hoot-owl, spawning closures). · Same-day FWP check required at https://fwp.mt.gov/fish/regulations

• Access certainty

  Fits

  4 named public sites on the official page.

  Mallard's Rest Fishing Access Site (FWP — Paradise Valley primary anchor south of Livingston on Hwy 89) · Upper corridor named FAS: Corwin Springs, Slip & Slide, Point of Rocks, Emigrant, Grey Owl, Paradise, Free River, Mayors Landing, Highway 89 Bridge (Livingston) — select named site only · Middle corridor named FAS: Springdale Bridge, Otter Creek, Bratten, Homestead Isle, and other published FWP FAS — select named site only · Lower corridor and recent additions: Captain Clark, Amelia Island, Pirogue Island State Park, Elk Island, Seven Sisters, Hilleman FAS (Miles City area, developing) — select named site only

• Daylight and return

  Fits

  No times set; the sun times are printed.

  sunset 16:41 at the water · civil dusk 17:13 at the water

  How this works on the water

• Regulations

  Fits

  No special rules are noted on the record. Read the standard rules on the agency's page on the day; Waterways does not read them.

• Documented hazards

  Fits

  No standing hazard is documented beyond wind and tide.

• Logistics

  Fits

  No logistics limits are recorded.

Record this check to see what changes next time.