Once stunned, the fish are quickly netted and transferred into a holding tank with a sedative in the water to keep them calm ...

State biologists have been tagging trout across southwest Montana to better understand the population’s health after years of ...

Spring electrofishing surveys show some rebounds in trout populations in regional rivers but numbers in many stretches of the ...

Glacier National Park and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have withdrawn a plan to stock native bull trout into Gunsight ...

Bokma Reservoir is located about 10 miles north of Columbus off Rapelje Road. Covering only 9 acres, the reservoir measures ...

Walleyes were gobbling up too many yellow perch in Montana’s Canyon Ferry Lake. So, state officials started dropping old ...

They're more than just a good-looking fish. Brook trout have a lot to tell us about the state of our trout streams.

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 populations ...

Tagging local trout is meant to help Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Montana State University understand both population declines and health concerns in the Upper Missouri River Basin.

Otoliths. Natal origins. Necrosis. Moribund. These scientific terms and many others appear in a 52-page interim report from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks evaluating the health, life cycles and ...