(Dean Krakel, Special to The Colorado Sun) Heil, left, Cuppett and Del Piccolo weigh and measure trout. Del Piccolo was gathering data on fish found in Coal Creek, a tributary of the Slate River.

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The Smith River holds a unique cold water fishery. It hosts a self-sustaining population of wild brown trout.

TAILWATER BROWN Hamp Kennedy, an angler from Texas, caught this 24-inch brown trout recently from the White River below ...

Meanwhile, the research will continue in the upper Clark Fork River to try to understand the precipitous plunge there in the numbers of brown trout. There is no shortage of variables.

TAILWATER BROWN Hamp Kennedy, an angler from Texas, caught this 24-inch brown trout recently from the White River below Beaver Dam. He fished with guide Austin Kennedy, who lives near the dam.

In the river’s Melrose section, estimates in 2024 suggested 506 brown trout per mile. That was up from a 2023 estimate of 324 brown trout per mile but well below the 908 per mile long-term ...

To date, after more than 20 years of river work, DEQ has completed cleanup of 7.5 phases of 22 phases of cleanup along the Clark Fork River. Work is underway on another. Money is tight.

While brown trout are prized by anglers in some streams, they’re not native to Montana. They were introduced in the Madison River in 1889, and today are found throughout most of the state.