At many of the area’s reservoirs, fishing is sluggish thanks to the prolonged heat spell we’ve experienced. But action has begun to pick up at Cooney Reservoir in the morning and evening for ...

– Brenner Flaten, Montana Catfish Association. Missouri River, Fred Robinson Bridge: Good fishing from shore using crawlers for catfish. – Bohemian Corner Store. Tongue River Reservoir: The south side ...

In a sport where one or two fish can make or break a season, anglers earning top honors on this year's Montana Walleye Circuit all felt the mental side of tournament fishing is critical in finding ...

HELENA, Mont. — Walleye enthusiasts want the Montana Legislature to fully embrace the fish, but some find their proposal hard to swallow. A bill up for a state Senate hearing this week calls on ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana officials on Wednesday struck down a recommendation to loosen limits on walleye harvest ...

Montana anglers have landed six state-record fish since last August, according to a news release from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Trevor Johnson of Helena added a seventh whopper to that list on ...

Trevor Johnson of Helena reeled in a nearly 3-foot-long walleye from Holter Lake near Helena on May 10. Johnson's fish weighed in at 18.02 pounds on a certified scale, measured 32.25 inches in length ...

FISHING — Montana is trying to fight back against “bucket biologists” who’ve been raising havoc with fisheries for years. Most recently, Montana has ordered anglers to turn in walleye caught in Swan ...

Ken Schmidt doesn't view recent motor problems on his boat as a bad omen for the 2022 North Dakota Governor's Walleye Cup on Lake Sakakawea. The defending champ knows there are many more hurdles that ...

A bill up for a state Senate hearing this week calls on legislators to declare walleye, with big eyeballs and meat that is easily separated from bone, a native of Montana even though scientists widely ...

A trout group finds a walleye proposal being floated in the Montana Legislature fishy, but walleye enthusiasts say they're justified in wanting to recast the status of their standard-bearer. A bill up ...