arctic grayling

Monster Bighole Brown Part 2

by Wayne Mumford June 29, 2009

I got a call today from Bruce Rich, Region 3 Fisheries Manager, in response to an email that I sent to Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks concerning the Monster Brown trout that was caught up there a couple weeks ago. The email I wrote was in short, an inquiry as to why Montana Fish Wildlife [...]

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Arctic Grayling

by Wayne Mumford May 4, 2009

Sunday we decided to make our first pilgrimage of the year to Rogers Lake for a Grayling slugfest. Two years ago the lake suffered from late summer heat that resulted in a significant loss of the Arctic Grayling in the lake. Last year the fishing still wasn’t bad but it definitely was not like previous [...]

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More on Arctic Grayling

by Wayne Mumford May 6, 2008

I wrote a couple days ago about Arctic Grayling and since then have been on a binge. Although they still seem a little groggy I think any fears that they were swallowed by the heat monster last summer are probably only true in part. There seem to be plenty of fish, maybe not to the [...]

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Arctic Grayling

by Wayne Mumford May 3, 2008

Water temperatures were hell on fish all over the west last year. Arctic Grayling are more sensitive to water habitat changes than many fish. For years they have been struggling to survive in the Bighole where drought has made the going pretty tough. This year they may fare a little better down there due to [...]

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