Panelists participated in Deer Lodge Wednesday in a discussion about the dramatic decline in brown trout numbers in the upper Clark Fork River and identified possible influences driving the plummet.

The walleye bite on Lake of the Woods has been decent, but there are fewer big fish being caught than around the opener.

Up that stream I fished trout and slept on the shoreline. I only had three bites in 24 hours, but I landed two 17-inch and a ...