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Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

The restrictions are part of the emergency fishing regulations adopted by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission in June.

Fishing closures will go into effect this Sunday on sections of the Big Hole, Ruby and Beaverhead rivers to protect trout during spawning season.

Fishing will close starting Sunday on sections of the Big Hole, Ruby and Beaverhead rivers as part of new fishing regulations on the southwest Montana waterways aimed at protecting spawning brown trout.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued the full fishing closures on the Clark Fork where several tributaries meet the river in Missoula and to its northwest: Within 100-yard radiuses from where Rattlesnake Creek, the St. Regis River, Cedar Creek and Fish Creek meet the river.

MISSOULA, Mont- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is advising anglers that full fishing closures and hoot-owl restrictions will be in effect starting July 26 on portions of some rivers and

Full fishing closures prohibit all fishing. Hoot-owl restrictions close all fishing daily from 2 p.m. to midnight. The restrictions will stay in effect until conditions improve.

Fishing organizations and guides recommend that, even on rivers without restrictions, anglers limit their fishing to early morning to keep Montana’s trout populations strong and healthy.