Fellin has been vocal for years about his concerns regarding declining trout populations in the Big Hole River, the Beaverhead, the Jefferson and other rivers in the Jefferson River Basin. Population ...

Electrofishing sampling of trout populations in the Big Hole, Beaverhead and Ruby rivers reveals modest uptick in numbers and encouraging presence of juvenile fish. However, numbers remain below ...

Yet Save Wild Trout insists its focus is working collaboratively with FWP, the Big Hole River Foundation, the Big Hole Watershed Committee, the fishing community and others, along with a scientist ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Annual fishing closures began on Tuesday for sections of the Big Hole, Ruby and Beaverhead rivers. The closures are to protect trout during spawning seasons. To see what areas are ...

HELENA, Mont. — New brown trout regulations were approved on Friday by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission for the Big Hole and Beaverhead rivers, effective immediately. The regulations are meant ...

A previous record-high brown trout population contributed to an outbreak of a fungal infection known as Saprolegnia in the Big Hole River in the fall of 2014, according to the Montana Department of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Two conservation groups are petitioning the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to ...

A great hue and cry produced a prodigious splash last year — like a burly brown trout pursuing a salmonfly. The fuss and fuming focused on trout populations declining since 2011 in the nationally ...