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.

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 ...

From an African fly fishing adventure for tigerfish, to the unexpected impact of the Bassmaster EQ tournaments on the Classic, a tour of the 5 best trout towns around Yellowstone, these stories ...

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, ...

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 ...

It’s just before 8 a.m. on August 6 when the boat reaches the first gillnet of the day. I’m on Swan Lake volunteering with a recently revived effort to knock down the lake’s invasive lake trout ...

Sampling last year found that “an overwhelming majority of trout from rivers in the upper Missouri River Basin are healthy.” That’s according to a news release Wednesday from Montana Fish, Wildlife & ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff, in cooperation with Montana State University, have begun tagging trout in the Big Hole, Beaverhead, Ruby and Madison rivers. This tagging effort is part of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In response to record-low bull trout spawning nests in the South Fork of the Flathead River and ...

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 press ...