Montana Info
There are three couples headed to Montana in late June or July. This is the first trip for any of us to Montana. We all have 35 to 40' 5th wheels. We all play golf and enjoy fishing. We are looking...
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westernrvparkowner wrote:
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.
Really?! Bulls are catch and release? And you can't "target" them? Sad. A couple of my friends and I used to take annual fishing trips to the Flathead Valley to float and fish the North Fork (of the Flathead) from the border to Pole Bridge, sometimes a little further. We mostly fished for bulls (July?) but also for cutthroats, rainbows, browns, etc. After a week of that we'd meet another friend with a big boat and fish for bulls and lake trout on Flathead Lake. Always, always had a great time. We also spent a week on the Beaverhead one year. (danged whitefish!)
