Otter Creek Fishing Access

Yellowstone River · river mile 104.0 · Big Timber, Montana

Otter Creek is a Montana FWP fishing access site on the Yellowstone River near Big Timber, at river mile 104.0, with a boat ramp. 4 published floats start or end here.

FWP access site

Otter Creek

First access below the Boulder River confluence. Camping.

FacilityRamp (Concrete)
LaunchBoat ramp
FWP activitiesBoating, Camping, Fishing, Hunting
River mile104.04
Coordinates45.85509, -109.91575

Driving directions · Facts from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

Floats from Otter Creek

ToRiver milesShuttle drive
Pelican11.519 min
Bratten19.928 min

Floats ending at Otter Creek

FromRiver milesShuttle drive
Springdale19.527 min
Grey Bear10.117 min

Shuttle drive is the measured road route between the two ramps. Each float page has its float time at today’s flow and for every month.

Nearest access

UpstreamGrey Bear · 10.1 mi · boat ramp
DownstreamPelican · 11.5 mi · boat ramp

On the water nearby

The river here

On a typical day the river here peaks in June at about 15,800 cfs and is lowest in February, near 1,405 cfs. By September it usually runs 2,010–3,088 cfs. No gauge measures the river here, so these are the typical flows of the gauges upstream added together — an estimate, checked against Billings. Flow by month has the full record.

Plan a float from here
Check current Montana FWP regulations and site notices before you go. How every number here is made.