Michael Howell Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries biologist Jason Lindstrom recently gave Bitterroot ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Bitterroot River closure has been lifted after power lines have been removed from the water. The power lines had been in the water since the storm that hit Missoula on July 24.

MISSOULA, Mont. — NBC Montana is making a weekly fishing report, with help from a local expert, on how to capitalize on the spring Skwala hatch. Skwalas are big, dark-colored stoneflies that show up ...

HAMILTON – Waiting for the river to be at perfect condition can be a tedious task. Every year, anglers wait and wait for the right conditions to appear before they launch their season on the ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks has imposed fishing restrictions on 17 waterbodies across the state following a July of relentless heat, with most days soaring into the high 80s and 90s. The list ...

HAMILTON – “Does the skwala hatch always happen? What happens if the weather is too wet and cold for the adults to mate?” These two questions are the most commonly asked questions by new fishermen in ...

HAMILTON — After clarifying what constitutes a “float,” the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new regulations for the West Fork of the Bitterroot River, a world-renowned cutthroat trout ...

Fishing guide Jack Mauer, left, said that he’s known of pike in the Bitterroot ever since he moved to Victor in the mid-1980s. Missoulian photo by Michael Gallacher - Fishing guide Jack Mauer, left, ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have decided on the 16-member Bitterroot River Recreation Committee tasked with developing recommendations on how fishing should be managed on the upper ...