HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks experts are collaborating with Montana State University to track trout populations in the Upper Jefferson River Basin. In 2023, trout surveys showed ...

BUTTE, Mont. – A positive shift in trout health is emerging in Southwest Montana, offering a promising outlook for anglers. Recent cold and snowy conditions may play a pivotal role in this improvement ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — In the early season, when the rivers are still running high and cool from snowmelt, KynsLee Scott loves trout fishing. As a fishing guide and conservationist, her life revolves ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission decided to approve four additional protections for bull trout in the Hungry Horse Reservoir and the South Fork of the Flathead River. The new ...

BUTTE — Native trout tending. Riparian repairs. Livestock corralling. Automated water releases from a high-elevation lake. Restoration of a historic river channel. Three recently announced federally ...

Wyoming’s trout fishing, especially for cutthroats, draws people from all over the world. Cutthroats need cold water, so ...

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 ...

“Southwest Montana supports some of the most popular fisheries in the U.S. However, brown and rainbow trout abundances have declined to near historic (lows) in many mainstem river sections throughout ...

This story, “Float to Wild Trout,” appeared in the August 1987 issue of Outdoor Life. For the last mile or so, I have been sitting relaxed with the canoe paddle across my lap, lulled by the stunning ...

A tagged non-native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout being returned to Red Rock Creek, after being collected in a fish trap on Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, MT. (USFWS) The Montana Department of ...

One of the great things about living in Montana is state law allowing public access to any stream, no matter whose monster home lies alongside it. But just a few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from ...

When Missoula angler Jake Lee netted the trout on Rock Creek, it took him a moment to realize what he’d caught. “It’s almost like you can’t believe your eyes, but it was a tiger trout with that ...