Category: Palisades BLM – Madison River

Palisades CG, MT – Saturday September 5, 2020

I got my first fish today a small brown from the middle of the river. I was standing on the bank casting out into the river enjoying the lack of wind and go a small brown.

The afternoons are quite warm mid 90’s and the river temp is 65 degrees in the afternoon so I got to wade wet for the last couple of days. Don’t know how long this will last but it is nice for now.

Palisades CG, MT – Tuesday September 1, 2020

Our current plan is to be here for a couple of weeks and then move down river 8 miles to Ruby Creek BLM Campground for a couple of weeks.

We are in site 2 and our cell service is bad, better then last year where we only had text. We sometimes get a little internet in the morning.

We are close to the river and sites are spaced out, have been here many times before.

Madison River, MT – Palisades CG – Tuesday June 11, 2019

Tuesday June 11, 2019
Morning
2 strikes
6 inch Brown
15 inch Brown

Had the largest fish I’ve ever seen on for a while – hooked him with 30 feet of line, he jumped and headed down the river, ran off 100 feet of flyline and jumped again, was half way into the 150 feet of backing which is on my reel, then the went slack, he got off.  With barbless hooks any slack in the line makes is easy for the hook to come out.

Afternoon
1 good size rainbow, got up to the net, he went under a branch, put the lower hook hooked on the branch and he got loose before I could get my net on him.

Madison River, MT – Palisades CG – Monday June 10, 2019

Palisades BLM Campground

We are in site 1 same one we have had the last couple of years, third year at Palisades.  BLM added some gravel to the road however they did not put any gravel in the spot that gets soft and muddy.  I talked to the BLM ranger today and he commented on the fact they had added gravel to the road – when I pointed out that was great however they hadn’t put gravel in the worst part of the road, he said yes the engineers kind of blew that one, he is only the ranger.


1 strike
1 on, took off running down the river and got off, using barbless hooks, any slack in the line and there is a good probability the fish is getting off
1 to the net 8 inches