A dead brown found on the Big Hole this June. In May, a coalition of more than 30 fishing guides sounded the alarm about the historic trout declines taking place in Montana’s Jefferson River Basin.

This fall, fly fisherman Phil Gonzales landed the biggest rainbow trout of his life while tossing a lure with a spinning rod. “To be honest with you, I don’t even know what the lure was,” Gonzales ...

Feb. 9—Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for public comments on proposed state efforts to protect native westslope cutthroat trout in the Flathead Basin's tributaries. One half of Montana's ...

Most rainbow trout swimming in Montana’s waters are not native to the state — with the singular exception of the redband trout in the Kootenai drainage. While common throughout most of Montana, ...

Spawning Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri). (Jacob W. Frank/NPS) (CN) — Conservationists sued the U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday over its plan to replace introduced rainbow ...

Spawning Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri). (Jacob W. Frank/NPS) (CN) — The U.S. Forest Service’s plan to swap rainbow trout with Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Montana’s ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A group of rainbow trout and largemouth bass are going to be killed after New Zealand mud snails were discovered . The snails are an aquatic invasive species found in a variation of ...

HERALD − The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Annual Trout Derby held on April 6 and 7 at the Rancho Seco Recreational Area in South Sacramento County produced lots of trophy-sized trout ...

Hybridization between native cutthroat trout and invasive rainbow trout in the Flathead Valley could prove a major cause of biodiversity loss and a harm to native species, according to a recent study ...