Fishing near Billings, MT

Set in Yellowstone County, Billings sits at a genuine fishing crossroads. Above town the Yellowstone River runs roughly 150 miles of blue-ribbon trout water, while the reach east of the city turns warm-water with smallmouth, sauger, walleye, and channel catfish. World-class tailwater trout wait on the Bighorn River about 90 miles southeast, and reservoirs like Cooney and Lake Elmo round out the options within an hour.