Bull trout prefer the clear, cool waters of Idaho’s central mountains. They are common in the Salmon River drainage and many of the small streams that crisscross Idaho’s rugged mountain terrain.

Bull trout prefer the clear, cool waters of Idaho’s central mountains. They are common in the Salmon River drainage and many of the small streams that crisscross Idaho’s rugged mountain terrain.

In Idaho, that meant bull trout fishing was allowed, but harvest was not. Those regulations are still in place, so bull trout can be caught, but they must be immediately released unharmed.

According to Dillon, Idaho’s population units show thriving bull trout populations — and, in some places, such as the Snake River and Salmon Basin areas where Jones fishes, increasing numbers.

The bull trout measured 30.5 inches long, a new state record. That was long enough to beat the old mark of 29 inches set last summer by Aaron Fox in nearby Lake Pend Oreille.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than two dozen dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout and violating the Endangered Species Act, an environmental group says.

Congratulations to Sawyer Livesey of Post Falls on setting a new catch-and-release record for bull trout. Sawyer caught the monster while fishing the Kootenai River near Bonner’s Ferry on April ...

Non-native brook trout were introduced to Idaho more than 100 years ago, according to Brett Bowersox with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Spread of brook trout in Lost River Basin under ...

A bull trout sits in the Little Lost River in Idaho. The environmental group, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, filed a federal lawsuit in Portland, Oregon, on Monday, contending 26 dams ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than two dozen dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout and violating the Endangered Species Act, an environmental group says.A f… ...