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Montana SB 425, Fort Peck Hatchery funding bill passes

by Wayne Mumford February 23, 2009

While the details are of course vague in the bills official description, one thing is now certain; funding shortfalls for the Fort Peck Walleye Hatchery are now secured by “REVENUE IN THE GENERAL LICENSE ACCOUNT OR any FEDERAL funding available to the department”.
And how do you interpret that? I think I hear the cash registers [...]

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Silas Goodrich’s fishing skills debunked?

by Wayne Mumford February 11, 2009

In case you missed it, all of a sudden, Walleye are a hot topic in Montana. Apparently, there aren’t enough around already so there is a big push to get more funding for the Fort Peck Hatchery (a warm water fish hatchery) to produce more, which is problematic because it’s not considered a native species [...]

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Montana Fish Wildlife Parks proposed 2009 regs

by Wayne Mumford August 12, 2008

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks has published its proposed changes for the 2009 fishing regulations. At the bottom of the page is a mailing address and also an email address to submit your comments. All comments must be submitted by Sept. 12th.
Personally, I am getting really weary of all the rhetoric about the “endangered” Bull [...]

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Westslope Cutthroat

by Wayne Mumford July 21, 2008

One of the few real natives left in the state of Montana. Personally, I’d rather catch Rainbows or Browns but they are a pretty trout. This one was fooled by an Olive Snowshoe Hare Emerger, #16.
We fished one of the smaller rivers in northwest Montana this week. Flows were normal but dropping fast. Temperatures are [...]

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