The slam was created as a way to protect native cutthroat trout in Utah. Entry into the competition is $20, and the money ...

Westslope Cutthroat The Westslope cutthroat is the state fish of Montana and can also be found in Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.

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 ...

MISSOULA -- While crossbreeding with other fish remains the biggest risk to Montana’s westslope cutthroat trout, new DNA testing shows the populations may be tougher than expected.

Photo by Chris Thompson Photography Underground Challenges The number of westslope cutthroat trout has plummeted by about 90% across the region, nearly qualifying the fish as endangered.

Cutthroat Trout are Idaho’s “state fish,” and the Westslope Cutthroat Trout is one of three subspecies native to the state, along with the Bonneville and Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.

Whitesitt submitted documentation of his released catch to the Idaho Fish and Game, and the agency verified it has a catch-and-release state record for Westslope cutthroat trout, the IFG reported ...

Daniel Whitesitt caught the 25-inch Westslope cutthroat trout on a stonefly nymph and then released it back into the river.

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. Photo: Idaho Fish and Game ...

Congratulations to Daniel Whitesitt of Post Falls, Idaho, on landing a new Catch-and-Release state record for Westslope Cutthroat Trout.

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will recognize the opening of fishing season with a statewide trout fishing derby. Lakes throughout the state open April 27.

The Dutchman Creek project proposed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would be the latest effort in a sustained campaign to save pure-strain westslope cutthroat trout in the Elkhorn Mountains.