Missouri River (Holter Dam tailwater / Wolf Creek–Craig 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.

  Holter Dam area published public access / upper tailwater put-ins (select named FWP site) · Wolf Creek Bridge Fishing Access Site (FWP — concrete ramp, primary mid-corridor put-in) · Craig Fishing Access Site (FWP — major put-in / take-out and camping corridor near Craig)

• Documented hazards

  Fits with checks

  Standing hazards are documented; read them against the day.

  strong current

• Checks on the day

  Fits with checks

  5 checks have to be done on the day.

  Name the exact FAS put-in and take-out (e.g. Wolf Creek Bridge → Craig) before travel. · Check current Montana FWP regulations for the Holter Dam–Craig Missouri River segment. · Review USGS stage / Holter outflow context 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.

  Holter Dam area published public access / upper tailwater put-ins (select named FWP site) · Wolf Creek Bridge Fishing Access Site (FWP — concrete ramp, primary mid-corridor put-in) · Craig Fishing Access Site (FWP — major put-in / take-out and camping corridor near Craig) · Cascade and other published FWP FAS on the lower Holter tailwater corridor (select named site only)

• Daylight and return

  Fits

  No times set; the sun times are printed.

  sunset 16:36 at the water · civil dusk 17:09 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.

• Logistics

  Fits

  No logistics limits are recorded.

Record this check to see what changes next time.