And while four bull trout barely register on the ladder’s count list, more than 1,700 other fish took advantage of the passage in its first year. That figure bumped up to 2,660 last year.

In response to record-low bull trout spawning nests in the South Fork of the Flathead River and some of its tributaries, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission last week adopted ...

Bull trout are a native fish species in Montana that relies on four essential conditions for survival: clean water, cold temperatures, a complex habitat, and connected fishery. To monitor this ...

It is unlawful to possess a live bull trout for any reason. Angling for bull trout is not allowed in South Fork Flathead River tributaries or Big Salmon Lake.

Nov. 6—By CHRIS PETERSON Hungry Horse News Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks will likely curtail the only legal bull trout river fishery in the state next season. At its Nov. 12 meeting the ...

Bull trout have populated the Klamath Basin for thousands of years. But, they’ve nearly been wiped out by competition from non-native fish. The 30-year recovery of this trout is proving to be a ...

Here’s a look at the biggest and baddest trout ever caught—from brookies to rainbows to lakers—according to the IGFA records.

Nonetheless, bull trout and other native fish in the St. Mary drainage on the east side of Glacier National Park have been killed by the hundreds by the Milk River irrigation project – by ...

Bull trout are running out of time in Montana as their traditional waters heat up, biologists say. By moving more than a hundred fish to higher elevations, fisheries scientists hope to save the ...

A bull trout is shown in an undated file photo. The Lake Pend Oreille system has one of the West’s largest bull trout populations. (Associated Press) By Becky Kramer beckyk@spokesman.com (509 ...

Bull trout are typically characterized by their aggressive feeding on kokanee and by their coloring — olive green to bronze backs, with spots of pale yellow, orange or salmon-colored.

Some real big fish swim in western Montana rivers. Leave them alone. As they slowly return from near extinction, bull trout have become a good problem to have for fisheries ...