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.

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 ...

WISE RIVER, Mont. – Since the Fellin family founded the Big Hole Lodge in the 1980s to take people fly fishing on the Big Hole River, they have seen significant changes to the ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is making new investments to research and monitor trout population declines in southwest Montana. The department is also proposing temporary angling restrictions on ...

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 ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Fish, Wildlife and Parks is conducting new research efforts in response to the historically low number of trout in southwest Montana. In a partnership with Montana State University, ...

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Our state motto is oro y plata. It translates as gold and silver, and signifies the importance of metal mining in Montana at the time of statehood. Mining was the industry that brought workers and ...

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 ...