HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries staff have noticed a declining number of bull trout spawning nests in western Montana. Trends show the spawning nests, or redds, have ...

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 ...

Bull trout. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey) Bull trout. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey) Ben Eisinger holds a bull trout he caught in the Hungry Horse Reservoir in June ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission decided to approve four additional protections for bull trout in the Hungry Horse Reservoir and the South Fork of the Flathead River. The new ...

The Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks (FWP) Commission recently announced a slew of regulatory changes restricting bull trout fishing in the Treasure State. According to a press release provided to Field ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A couple of conservation groups are asking a federal court to stop a Glacier National Park plan ...

Gunsight Lake in Glacier National Park. (Keila Szpaller/The Daily Montanan) A couple of conservation groups are asking a federal court to stop a Glacier National Park plan to put endangered bull trout ...

Low flows and stream blockages may have contributed to some lower-than-usual spawning results in the annual northwest Montana bull trout survey this fall. “In some streams, our annual index sections ...

A netting crew of contractors as well as participants from several government agencies pulls in morning catch from Swan Lake on Friday. The fish are being caught as part of a Lake Trout suppression ...

May 14—Ben Eisinger loves fishing for bull trout, an activity he looks forward to every season. Bull trout are difficult to catch, said Eisinger, owner of True Water Fly Shop in Kalispell. The fish ...