BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled the westslope cutthroat trout does not merit the protection of the Endangered Species Act, likely ending environmental groups' decade-long effort to ...

Both Casey Hackathorn, Trout Unlimited’s state director, and Nathan Cook, an environmental scientist with NRDP, talked about the importance of Blacktail Creek as a spawning stream for westslope ...

Washington fisheries officials want brook trout out of a creek in Pend Oreille County to make more room for native westslope cutthroats.

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.

Kennewick, WA Nearly two dozen Eastern Washington lakes open Saturday, March 1, for trout fishing, and anglers also can try their luck at some that are open year round. “If you’re prepared for ...

Cutthroat trout from Priest Lake could end up on a dinner table in 2025 under proposed changes to Idaho’s fishing regulations.

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 ...

Cutthroat subspecies in Idaho include the Westslope, Yellowstone, and Bonneville cutthroat trout and the hybrid that anglers can submit for catch-and-release records is the Rainbow/Cutthroat Hybrid ...

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 ...

Daniel Whitesitt of Post Falls recently landed a new catch-and-release state record for westslope cutthroat trout. Whitesitt hooked the lunker trout while fishing the Clark Fork River on April 13.