River access
Bearmouth Fishing Access Site
Montana's FAS Program provides public access to high quality waters for angling, boating, rafting, and other recreation opportunities. In addition, fishing access sites are often popular areas for hunting, wildlife viewing, hiking, bird watching, picnicking, etc.
Listed under River access & fishing
Practical information
- Town
- Other towns
- Arrival
- 33 miles east of Missoula on I-90 to Exit 138, then north for 0.1 miles.
- Parking
- The department may designate and sign individual parking spaces or groups of parking spaces for vehicle parking, boat trailer parking, day use parking, and registered camper parking at public use sites. Parking outside of these designated, signed parking spaces is prohibited.
- Difficulty
- Most Difficult Accessibility
- Fees
- Conservation License - MT Resident $8.00 Conservation License - MT Resident Senior 62+ $4.00 Conservation License - MT Resident Youth 12-17 $4.00 Conservation License - Nonresident $10.00
- Hours
- Jan 1 to Dec 31
- Dogs
- Domestic animals (e.g., pets) within a developed area must be physically restrained or on a leash no greater than eight feet in length at all times.
- Use rules
- Weapons Discharge Prohibited Discharge of weapons prohibited year round.
- Managed by
- State agency
Activities
- Fishing
- Hunting
Sources
- from myfwp.mt.gov/fishMT/fas/39754133 updated
- from fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content/assets/fwp/gisresources/visitma… updated
- from fwp.mt.gov/fish/fishing-access updated
- from fwp.mt.gov/conservation/wildlife-management-areas/public-us… updated
- from fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content/assets/fwp/fish/fas/2026-fas-an… updated