A glimpse at what's biting and what's hatching around western Montana ...

The author sets out on a canoe trip with the Colemans to trout fish the wild and winding Smith River in Montana.

A brown trout discovered June 9 has state biologists worried about potential impacts to native trout populations if the invasive fish get established.

The investigation began on Aug. 23, 2021, when Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks ... 2021, wardens received a report that someone had shot and abandoned a bull elk on a ranch near Cascade.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana game wardens are seeking information about the identity of a person who broke into a self-pay station at a fishing access site. According to a press release, someone ...

Western Montana is particularly water-starved this year after a meager snowpack and scorching July.Hot water temperatures forced state officials to implement fishing restrictions on 17 rivers this ...

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.