Western Native Trout Challenge: Lake Fishing Montana's Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Описание: The Western Native Trout Challenge invites anglers to help celebrate this legacy by catching native trout and char in each of 12 Western states, at their own pace. By attempting to catch 18 of the 21 species throughout 12 states (at the master caster level), participants can enjoy the adventure of a lifetime! Enjoy this adventure in 4k resolution. You can find more information on the WNTI/WNTC here: https://westernnativetroutchallenge.org/

Montana came together worse and somehow better than anticipated. While the Big Sky state has some unique rules that govern the regulations of the WNTC, we tried our best to find a means of fishing for wild "stream" fish and catching the qualified "stocked" WCT that are required for the challenge.

We started at a southern MT lake and put 7 hours into the first day and 4 miles total of float tubing. Zero fish caught. We drove around the area at dusk and decided to hit the stream nearby in the morning. We were met with native grayling and some fantastic cutthroat trout. This creek was so great, there will be a specific episode about it later after this episode*

After getting our skunk off at the creek, I put another 1.5 hours into the first lake and decided it wasn't going to happen. We drove 2 hours north to Butte where we fished Homestake Lake which is on the WNTC map for Montana. We didn't have to fish long before we got into them. The fish were not of the "wild" quality we wanted to see but after the grind we faced, we couldn't have been happier. The icing on the cake was a wild bull moose swimming across the lake and hanging out with us for a good 45 minutes.

So Montana came together full circle after a grindy start and uncertain outlook and we came out so grateful for the experience..