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

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 ...

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.

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 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 — 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 ...

A Nevada-based mineral company has announced plans to develop a mine near the headwaters of the West Fork of the Bitterroot River in western Montana. If approved, the project could extract billions of ...

Fly fishermen – with their armadas of rubber boats filled with anglers dressed in khaki vests and chest waders – are the iconic Bitterroot River’s own symbol. The 75 miles of the river’s main stem ...