Montana Info

westernrvparkowner wrote:

Gjac wrote:
Glacier NP my favorite NP. The fishing is great in the park and in surrounding rivers. You don't need a fishing licence in the park. Caught a lot of cut throat trout there maybe 12" or less", while fishing for cutthroat I caught a 20" lake trout which was nice on 4 lb test. The two lakes inside the park were good fishing. Caught what I though were brook trout at Pray Lake but found out later they were Splake. Caught what they call "Bull trout" in Flathead lake which are really Dolly Varden and they were a lot of fun some were over 20". Did not play Golf. I stayed in the park at the time I don't know if they are on the Reserve America now or not, it was first come first served at the time and had no problem getting a site.

Bull Trout and Dolly Varden are now considered two different species. (and Pluto is no longer a Planet) Neither are actually Trout, they are both Chars. I don't know what that actually means, but I do know that you get in a whole lot of trouble if you kill a Bull Trout and it is actually illegal in some streams to even target them. You are totally responsible for identifying the species of fish you catch. A Bull trout has a dorsal fin with no black spots or markings, differentiating it from the common Brook Trout. "NO BLACK, PUT IT BACK" is truly the law of the land.

. Montana is the only place that I heard the term Bull Trout, these looked like the same fish I caught up in Alaska and were called Dolly Varden. I learned that Brook Trout were also a char on that trip. In Alaska you can keep them (Dolly's), they feed on salmon eggs as soon as they are laid.