When the record application got dropped on Fish and Game Sportfish Coordinator Koenig’s desk later that week, the 0.56-pound fish marked the first Westslope cutthroat trout that made it into the ...

Washington fisheries officials want brook trout out of a creek in Pend Oreille County to make more room for native westslope cutthroats. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — An angler has landed a new catch-and-release Idaho state record Westslope cutthroat trout. Daniel Whitesitt of Post Falls, Idaho caught the lunker while fishing the Clark Fork ...

In 2000, the FWS published a notice that the westslope cutthroat would not be listed, in part because of its presence in roadless or wilderness areas or national parks, which provide protection to ...

The students observed the streamside surgery and fretted a bit about the patient — an anesthetized westslope cutthroat trout. Tracy Elam, a state fisheries technician, wielded a scalpel to ...

From the IFG: Westslope Cutthroat Trout are found in rivers (and some lakes) primarily throughout central and northern Idaho. They rarely exceed 20 inches, making this an exceptional catch.

Later that morning, Whitesitt caught and released a beautiful cutthroat trout that was certified as a new state record on Wednesday. “We’d only caught one trout that morning, so it was pretty slow,” ...

Daniel Whitesitt hoists a trophy Westslope Cutthroat Trout from the Clark Fork River. The 25-inch trout set a new “catch-and-release” state record. Idaho Fish and Game Photo ...

In Northwest Montana, the native species is called a westslope cutthroat trout. These trout are unique, ... The state stopped putting rainbow trout in its waters 30 years ago.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for public comments on proposed state efforts to protect native westslope cutthroat trout in the Flathead Basin’s tributaries. One half of Montana’s ...