As the lake trout population has been reduced by nearly three decades of netting, Yellowstone Lake's native cutthroat trout have slowly rebounded and gotten bigger — a lot bigger.

When the fish was netted, the anglers noticed the red slash under its jaw, indicating it was a cutthroat trout. “I was stunned that it was a cutthroat because of its size,” Whitesitt told ...

Fulton holds up the big cutthroat, caught in the tailrace Photo courtesy of Charles Fulton Every year, three long-time fishing buddies meet up in either North Carolina or Tennessee to trout fish. On ...

“So basically our recovery goals for cutthroat trout are 40 fish per net — that would be a perfect situation and put us back to where we were before the lake trout invasion — but we have ...

During the wildfire, crews headed behind fire lines in fire-resistant suits with electro-shocking backpacks, oxygen bottles, nets and water tanks to capture the rare cutthroat trout from the south ...