MOUNTAIN HOME -- As anglers head out seeking a trophy trout this winter, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is reminding fishermen to watch out for the many nests (called redds) fish are making ...

In recent years, an informal bull trout benchmark of at least 178 bull trout spawning nests, called redds, in the upper Flathead River tributaries has been considered by state fisheries biologists ...

The amendment says that redd – spawning nest – counts for bull trout in the creek in 2023 and 2024 were the lowest on record since data started being compiled in 1993.

Bull trout were listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act in 1998, and the South Fork of the Flathead River is one of the last strongholds for the fish in Montana because the Hungry ...

Montana Further Restricts Bull Trout Fishing, Hoping to Limit Species’ Decline Montana is one of the last states in the country with fishable populations of native bull trout ...

Last year we conducted our annual redd count. We got over 40 years of data, and that was the lowest count for bull trout nests on record,” said Montana FWP's Dillon Tabish.

Female bull trout furrow gravel nests, called redds, in the streams 4 to 6 feet long and up to 3 feet wide to lay their eggs. Males immediately fertilize them and then cover the redds with clean ...

Bull trout redd numbers for the Hungry Horse/South Fork population 1993-2024. FWP/Fish and Wildlife Commission Support Local Journalism ...