Bull trout spawning sites in the Swan Lake basin hit their lowest count in 42 years in 2023, according to data from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. In a news release this week, FWP announced it ...

and Parks recently raised the alarm about declines in the number of bull trout spawning nests, called redds, across western Montana. According to a study, trends show redd declines in around 50% ...

State biologists found 500 bull trout spawning sites in the North and Middle Forks of the Flathead River this fall, indicating about 1,500 trout made the migration from Flathead Lake. That’s not ...

Bull trout spawning nests, or redds, have declined at almost half of the long-term monitoring sites in western Montana. Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologists say the decline is largely due to ...

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 ...

Brook trout have also been interbreeding with bull trout, spawning fertile hybrids between the two species. The interbred hybrids imperil population restoration efforts to save the federally ...

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 ...

They both agreed that the trout may have been a record, but it’s still out there to spawn and grow bigger. “During our bull trout spawning ground surveys, we’ve seen an uptick in numbers in ...

The location just downstream of the Bull Shoals Catch-and-Release area turns into catch-and-release only for brown trout ...