It is known for its high-water quality, scenery, recreational opportunities, cold-water fishery, and historic and cultural ...

Bull trout were once abundant in the upper Clark Fork River but historic mining and smelting activities upstream affected ...

Montana Further Restricts Bull Trout Fishing, Hoping to Limit Species’ Decline Montana is one of the last states in the country with fishable populations of native bull trout By Sage Marshall ...

The state estimates that the number of "angler days," a measure of fishing pressure for bull trout on the South Fork, has increased from about 750 a year in 2004 to 2,225 a year in 2023.

And to protect spawning brown trout, Montana officials have decided to halt fishing two weeks earlier than usual, on Sept. 30, for portions of the Big Hole, Ruby and Beaverhead Rivers.

In 2006, the first brook trout was found in Silver Bow Creek. In 2007, the first westslope cutthroat, a fish native to Montana and a species of special concern, was found in a stream once nearly ...

The Mecca of Fly Fishing If you're a fly angler and haven't been to Montana, it should be on your bucket list. It's the mecca of trout fishing in America and ha ...

Trout need cold water. Humans have been trout fishing in western Montana for millenia. In the Missoula area, the Salish people were catching native bull trout on the Blackfoot River long before ...