Yellowstone Park, July 13th, 2024
Pelican Creek
Pelican Creek above its closure is opening to fishing on July 15th. It hosts Yellowstone cutthroat trout up to trophy size with no suckers or whitefish present. The ravenous post spawning cutthroat moving back to the lake will take any small or medium size fly offered. For comfort, consider wading wet. From the trailhead on the East Entrance Highway and a few miles east of the Yellowstone River bridge, it is an easy two mile walk to the creek in its meadow reach.
Beginning Monday, The Park will close fishing on the Madison River Drainage including the river itself, Firehole River, and upstream parts of the Gibbon River. This closure is mostly because of high water temperatures.