A group of kids from the Montana Natural History Center's summer camp got to see a rainbow trout hatchery near Missoula.

A Smith River brown trout caught on the fly on April 11, 2024. The species has been introduced widely in Montana, but are not known to be present above the SKQ Dam at the outlet of Flathead Lake.

Would you release a 30.5-inch rainbow trout if you caught it? David Raisch of Pocatello did, and he’s now a state-record holder. Raisch caught his record fish in late March and recently ...

Biologists in Montana are sounding alarms over the discovery of nonnative brown trout in the Flathead River in the northwestern part of the state. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks published a ...