Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has enacted an emergency regulation for the lower stretches of the Bitterroot River after officials announced the “first confirmed smallmouth bass in the Bitterroot.” The department is asking anglers who catch the species to keep it, kill it, and report the catch.

<a href="https://montanafreepress.org/2023/07/31/fwp-to-anglers-catch-kill-and-report-smallmouth-bass-in-bitterroot-river/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LINK</strong></a> (via Montana Free Press)

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has enacted an emergency regulation for the lower stretches of the Bitterroot River after officials announced the “first confirmed smallmouth ...{ai:summary}<p>Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks implements emergency regulation for the Bitterroot River due to the discovery of smallmouth bass. Anglers urged to catch, kill, and report the species. #outdoors</p>

A Smallmouth Runs Through It

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