The landslide caused by the quake blocked the flow of the Madison River.
Brown trout move out of Hebgen Lake and up into the Madison River.
It also dammed the Madison River and created Quake Lake.
Densities have reached greater than 300,000 individuals per m2 in the Madison River.
Hebgen Lake is on the Madison River.
Today there is an interpretive overlook along the Madison River just opposite the peak.
Quake Lake on the Madison River is the site of the 1959 earthquake and landslide which formed the lake.
I went on a float trip down the Madison River during the salmon fly hatch and did not catch a fish.
It extends south from the Madison River to the Continental Divide and west to the park border.
The undeveloped land has a half mile of frontage on the trout-dense Madison River, known for its dry-fly fishing.