And when another reader sent a photo of his son holding a nearly 30-inch whopper, I figured it was time to devote a column to this protected Idaho species. What’s a bull trout? Let’s start ...

Quick, can you name how many protected fish species we have in Idaho? For all you trivia buffs, the answer is four: white sturgeon, bull trout, burbot and sockeye salmon. For the most part ...

A quarter of the fish is sticking out of the water,” said Whalen, an Idaho Department of Fish and Game officer. The fact that bull trout still spawn in Lake Pend Oreille’s tributaries is ...

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.

Others are viewed with suspicion. Lots of government agencies are involved. When a bull trout reaches the Idaho-Montana border at Cabinet Gorge Dam, biologists at a new $2 million facility give it ...

While plenty of anglers enjoy fishing for brookies, they are a threat to an iconic Idaho native, the bull trout, Bowersox said. Brook trout can outcompete and cross-breed with bull trout.

The property is a designated wetland and floodplain, and it is designated as critical habitat for the threatened trout. In addition to degrading important habitat, the Idaho Club project will wound, ...

A bull trout caught in Idaho. (U.S. Forest Service image from Wikipedia via Courthouse News) SEATTLE (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday took up Montana conservation groups' six-year battle with ...

Here are some key questions and answers on bull trout in Idaho: Why are they protected? Bull trout were listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1998. In Idaho, that means ...