Pelican Fishing Access

Yellowstone River · river mile 115.5 · Reed Point, Montana

Pelican is a Montana FWP fishing access site on the Yellowstone River near Reed Point, at river mile 115.5, with a boat ramp. 3 published floats start or end here.

FWP access site

Pelican

Camping.

FacilityRamp (Concrete)
LaunchBoat ramp
FWP activitiesBoating, Camping, Fishing, Hunting
River mile115.55
Coordinates45.75281, -109.76757

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

Floats from Pelican

ToRiver milesShuttle drive
Bratten8.410 min
Indian Fort13.017 min

Floats ending at Pelican

FromRiver milesShuttle drive
Otter Creek11.519 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

UpstreamOtter Creek · 11.5 mi · boat ramp
DownstreamBratten · 8.4 mi · boat ramp

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.