Hungry Horse, MT

Starting next year, Montana anglers will face new restrictions if they fish for bull trout in Hungry Horse Reservoir and the South Fork of the Flathead River, two of the state's few remaining waterbodies where targeting the federally protected species…

Read the full list of amendments to South Fork and Hungry Horse Reservoir bull-trout fishing regulations and the FWP response.

The water bodies are two of the few places in Montana where anglers can fish for bull trout, a federally protected species.

Flathead National Forest officials rejected a 2022 version of the plan in a preliminary review before any public process got underway. The 2026 proposal varies little from the earlier one, according to Pursuit Chief Operating Officer Gary Rodgers, except to operate year-round instead of seasonally. It would still feature a base facility in Hungry Horse and a café about 3,000 vertical feet above. The post Flathead tram proposal returns for second look appeared first on Montana Free Press.