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Final Fishing Regulation Changes for 2011

The Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission approved the final Fishing Regulation changes for 2011. The changes, to go into effect March 1, 2011, and include changes in the Western, Central and Eastern fishing districts. [Learn more]

Future Fisheries Restoration

Big Hole Restoration Project

Beginning in 1995, the Montana legislature passed the Future Fisheries Improvement Program, which increased the dollars allocated to fish habitat restoration and expanded the program to include habitat improvements in lakes or reservoirs.
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2010 Fishing Newsletter Cover

The articles in this issue highlight the wide diversity of tremendous fisheries we manage in the state; from hatchery supported walleye and trout fisheries in a variety of reservoirs to our internationally recognized wild trout fisheries. [Newsletter]

 

Leave Montana’s famous rivers to the teeming hordes. Creeks and minor tributaries are where an angler can find fly-fishing solitude these days. [Full Story]

Trout, walleye, and perch anglers on the sprawling reservoir want more and bigger fish. Is that possible, given the ecological limits of the lake and the complex relationships among species? [Full Story]

Walleye anglers and trout devotees sometimes argue over whose fish deserves the most respect in Montana. The thing is, neither side is right. In Montana, as in so many states, it’s minnows that rule. [Full Story]

 

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