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In a sampling effort this year, walleye composed 61% of the fish species caught by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in a 1.3 mile section of the stream.

Out & About: March 16, 2023 .

Ling are truly the fish of many names, often called burbot but also lingcod, eel pout, mud shark, lawyer and poor man’s lobster.

Operators of two fly-fishing businesses in Craig said the recent hoot-owl restrictions placed on 35 miles of the Missouri River between Holter Dam and Cascade shouldn’t impact their business too severely, and said it is good the state is taking action. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks on Tuesday implemented the restrictions in which fishing is not allowed from 2 p.m. to midnight in an effort to keep anglers from stressing fish struggling with oxygen levels and warm water. FWP said the flow below Holter Dam is near the 10th percentile for the daily average on record. It also said temperatur...

For Helena angler Trevor Johnson, it is the allure of the unknown that has always inspired his passion for fishing. It doesn’t matter whether it's fishing from a boat costing tens of thousands of dollars or casting from the shore while sitting in a lawn chair, anyone at any time on any given cast can hook the fish of a lifetime, he says. And it is that promise of what the depths of Holter Reservoir might hold that led Trevor and his dad Kit Johnson to head out fishing on Monday. “This spring has been a beast out there, not because there’s no walleyes, but it’s been cold an...