Hoot-owl restrictions will take effect on the Bitterroot River starting Wednesday at 2 p.m., extending from Veteran’s Bridge ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — NBC Montana is making a weekly fishing report, with help from a local expert, on how to capitalize on the spring Skwala hatch. Skwalas are big, dark-colored stoneflies that ...

West Fork Bitterroot River (Brown trout, mountain whitefish, rainbow trout, westslope cutthroat trout) W.W. White Memorial (see Bitterroot River map) – River left, mile 2 ...

FISHING — Growing fishing pressure and congestion on Western Montana’s Bitterroot River has prompted the state to propose limits on outfitters in the river’s upper reaches.

The hoot owl restrictions limit fishing on portions of the Jefferson, Beaverhead and Bitterroot River from 2 p.m. to midnight. Anglers should fish in the morning when the water is most cool, FWP ...

HAMILTON — After clarifying what constitutes a “float,” the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new regulations for the West Fork of the Bitterroot River, a world-renowned cutthroat ...

The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has issued an emergency closure for a section of the Bitterroot River near a diversion dam where a young girl drowned last year.