Missouri River — Craig

These links were checked against the live agency site on 2026-09-01. Rules for a water change inside a season, so the agency’s own page on the day you go is the only current answer — this desk does not hold one.

No unique fleet-directory record matched this operational water by name and state, so the desk will not borrow another water’s review date. The agency links on this page were checked on 2026-09-01; check the agency’s own page the day you go.

This water sits in Montana's Fishing Access Site network. Reaches between sites are usually floatable and wadeable below the high-water mark, but you get on and off at the signed sites.

Launch · Many FAS points have a concrete or gravel ramp suitable for a drift boat or raft. Some are hand-launch only — the FAS list says which.

Parking · Parking is at designated access points. A pullout that looks fine is not automatically legal or safe to leave a vehicle in.

Montana runs a numbered Fishing Access Site (FAS) network — most named reaches have signed FAS points with parking, and many have a ramp. Montana also has a stream access law: below the ordinary high-water mark of most rivers is public, but you still have to get there from a public point.

Flow and water temperature for this water are read from USGS site 06071290, Missouri River below Holter Dam near Wolf Creek, MT. It is an official public gauge, not a fishing pin: it describes the river at one point, and the reach you stand in may be doing something else.

Species commonly present in Missouri River — Craig. Seasons, slot limits and species-specific closures still come from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

• Rainbow trout

  52–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

• Brown trout

  54–67°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

• Mountain whitefish

  46–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F