May 2008

Ted’s Montana Grill

by Wayne Mumford May 29, 2008

After opening 57 “Ted’s Montana Grills” in 19 states, media mogul Ted Turner will finally grace Montana with one. The historic Baxter Hotel in Bozeman will house the latest addition to the chain. Featuring of course, Ted’s favorite pet, Buffalo- Bison to be proper. On the menu that is, no wild west shows at Ted’s. [...]

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Missouri River update

by Wayne Mumford May 28, 2008

Lester from Lakestream reports that the dam operators on the Missouri River started opening the spigot this weekend. High flows are expected to last several days while the river gets a good flush. For a report on the fishing give him a call, 406-862-1298.

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Bighorn River update

by Wayne Mumford May 28, 2008

Two weeks ago the Bureau of Rec decided it needed to cut flows in the Bighorn River to 1500 cfs, a knee jerk reaction I suspect to water skiers not being able to access the Horseshoe Bend launch on Bighorn Lake for the holiday weekend. Today the Bureau woke up to the fact that they [...]

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Montana snow pack, Tuesday, May, 27th

by Wayne Mumford May 27, 2008

It is still snowing in places. The northern Rocky Mountain Front, as in Blackfeet Reservation got its normal late spring dump this weekend. Snow levels were around 5500 ft over the weekend in the west and it was definitely precipitating. While the weather has been a little more like “back in the old days” this [...]

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Montana’s muddy waters

by Wayne Mumford May 27, 2008

Despite being more or less a working weekend there was still a few hours of fishing. We saw a lot of muddy water between Kalispell and Anaconda, mainly the Clark Fork which was running bank full. We ended up lake fishing of course and it was pretty good going. It was a battle of the [...]

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Montana weather and the “wake zone”

by Wayne Mumford May 23, 2008

The afternoon started with rain and wind. Fishing was lousy for me, a lot of casting practice. I was out fished by my youngest son yet again. To make matters worse the jet boat freaks with skis, tubes and boards began their summer assault on the lake. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks sold out yet [...]

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Memorial Day weather

by Wayne Mumford May 23, 2008

I think you get the picture. Rain through Monday, showers from there. While the media seems to think that rivers have stabilized or subsided a little, I think you would have a hard time telling anyone living and working along them thats the case. In fact they are probably thinking about flotation devices and sandbags.

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Farmed fish killing wild salmon

by Wayne Mumford May 23, 2008

From Moldy Chum, these short takes on industrial fish farming in British Columbia. These films, produced by Calling from the Coast, are a nasty little pill we need to be giving anyone who supports open water fish farms. In B.C., fish farming by Cermaq, a Norwegian company, has infected wild salmon with lice.

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