BOZEMAN, Mont. — Trout tagging is going on its second year in the Big Hole, Beaverhead, Ruby and Madison Rivers. Tagging local trout is meant to help Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Montana State ...

Sampling last year found that “an overwhelming majority of trout from rivers in the upper Missouri River Basin are healthy.” That’s according to a news release Wednesday from Montana Fish, Wildlife & ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff, in cooperation with Montana State University, have begun tagging trout in the Big Hole, Beaverhead, Ruby and Madison rivers. This tagging effort is part of ...

“Southwest Montana supports some of the most popular fisheries in the U.S. However, brown and rainbow trout abundances have declined to near historic (lows) in many mainstem river sections throughout ...