Resident licenses cost $25.47, a trout permit costs $12.47 and a combination Trout Lake Erie permit runs $18.47. The agency also offers multi-year licenses and discounted licenses for senior citizens.

Panelists participated in Deer Lodge Wednesday in a discussion about the dramatic decline in brown trout numbers in the upper Clark Fork River and identified possible influences driving the plummet.

Runoff is starting to slow and the fish are moving deeper to find the cooler water. Fishing has remained good and the weather ...