A limited edition hardbound copy ($30) will only be available at the official launch of the book (and after, as supplies last), on December 16, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the Montana Tech Library Auditorium. Both Dr. Horner and Dr. Rogers will speak and sign copies at that event.

Montana Tourney Trail

Montana Tourney Trail App Mack Days

2025 Fall Mack Days – Final Results

Nov-03-25 by Angela Montana

The 2025 Fall Mack Days saw 151 anglers enter a whopping 18,414 lake trout, with Jerry Benson of Plains taking top honors.

Montana Tourney Trail App Mack Days

2025 Fall Mack Days – Week 8 Results

Oct-27-25 by Angela Montana

Only one week remains in the 2025 Fall Mack Days—don’t miss your chance to reel in lake trout, win big cash prizes, and help restore native trout in Flathead Lake!

Montana Tourney Trail App Mack Days

2025 Fall Mack Days – Week 7 Results

Oct-21-25 by Angela Montana

Only two weeks remain in the 2025 Fall Mack Days on Flathead Lake—over 14,700 lake trout have been turned in, big money tags are still out there, and the competition for top angler is heating up before the November 2 finale!

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Montana Fishing Reports

Don Wilkins Montana Fishing Reports

Don Wilkins’ Weekly Fort Peck Fishing Report 12.19.25

Dec-19-25 by Angela Montana

If You Like Walking, You’ll Love This Report…

Montana Fishing Reports

Gallatin River Fishing Report 12.15.25

Dec-16-25 by Angela Montana

Winter anglers are finding success on the Gallatin… if they fish it right…

Montana Fishing Reports

Late Season and Early Bites on the Ruby River

Dec-16-25 by Angela Montana

Small Flies, Big Possibilities on the Ruby River…

Montana Fishing Reports

Bighorn River Fishing Report 12.14.25

Dec-15-25 by Angela Montana

It’s not pretty out there, but the trout are cooperating…

Montana Fishing Reports

Yellowstone and Spring Creeks Fishing Report 12.11.25

Dec-13-25 by Angela Montana

It Is Holiday Trout Season, and Here Is How to Score in Paradise Valley Right Now!

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Want More Fish This Season? Start With Watching This MT Podcast Episode on YouTube..

Dec-13-25 by Angela Montana

STOP Scrolling — The Montana Outdoor Podcast Just Dropped GOLD…PURE ICE FISHING GOLD! Watch it now on YouTube!

Don Wilkins Montana Fishing Reports

Don Wilkins’ Weekly Fort Peck Fishing Report 12.12.25

Dec-12-25 by Angela Montana

Fort Peck offered just enough ice to wet a line and just enough weather drama to keep things interesting…

Montana Fishing Reports

Cold Water, Big Opportunity–Here Are The Fly Patterns You Need Right Now

Dec-11-25 by Angela Montana

Blustery Days and and big fish….Here’s how to beat the cold and find the browns…

Montana Fishing Reports

Bighorn River Fishing Report 12.9.25

Dec-10-25 by Angela Montana

The Trout Are Fighting Back—Are You Ready?

Outdoor How-To

How Make a Simple Survival Signal Torch

Oct-30-25 by Angela Montana

How to App DIY

The easiest signal torch made in minutes…

DIY Smoker: Filing Cabinet Turned Pitmaster

Oct-28-25 by Angela Montana

How to

Don’t throw that old filing cabinet away…give it a new gig!

DIY: McFishing Rod…That Works

Oct-18-25 by Angela Montana

App How to

Proof you don’t need fancy gear to make the perfect catch…

MT Wildlife

A Massive Elk Invasion

Dec-19-25 by Angela Montana

wildlife

This is an elk takeover that would be crazy to witness in-person!

The Wolf Debate Just Took a Sharp Turn in Washington

Dec-18-25 by Angela Montana

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While hunters and ranchers are cheering, animal activists are fuming….

A Gift for Trappers That They Will Actually Use

Dec-18-25 by Angela Montana

wildlife App Trapping

This simple tool is changing how trappers handle non-targets…

Viral Stories

Montana (Helena) Team Wins $500,000 in Cabo Fishing Tournament

Nov-05-25 by montanaoutdoor

Viral Stories App Fishing Montana Fishing Reports Montana Fishing Tournaments

A group of Montana anglers just proved that Big Sky Country breeds world-class fishermen — even in saltwater. Team Grey […]

Very Rare Footage of Wolverine Hunting Deer in Montana

Oct-19-25 by Angela Montana

wildlife App Viral Stories

Rare footage captures a wolverine hunting near Montana’s Ajax Mountain…

Bear’s Journey from Montana to the Savanna

Aug-15-25 by Angela Montana

App Viral Stories

From Montana’s peaks to Africa’s plains, this pup’s next job is guarding the herd to spare the fastest cat alive…

A Bison’s Final Steps at YNP’s Grand Prismatic Spring

Jun-23-25 by Angela Montana

App Viral Stories wildlife

Onlookers horrified at a bison took one wrong step into Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Spring…

Cow moose, 2 calves dead after encounter with angler

Jun-19-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Moose Viral Stories

On the morning of June 14, 2025, Wyoming Game and Fish Department personnel received a report that a cow moose had been shot in a confrontation with an angler on the North Tongue River in the Bighorn National Forest near Bear Lodge Resort. When game wardens responded, they found the moose deceased from her injuries.