Madison River Recovered From Whirling Disease

Madison River Recovered From Whirling Disease Montana

Rainbow trout are on the comeback on the Madison River the world-class fishing stream where Montana's first known outbreak of whirling disease happened about 16 years ago, nearly destroying the rainbow trout living in the river.

In the 1990s, whirling disease cut the rainbow trout population by 90 percent compared to levels taken in the 1960's and 1970's. After a series of rebounding years rainbows under 10 inches have pretty well recovered to levels before the outbreak and the population of larger trout is about 60 percent of what it was before the disease, said Dick Vincent former whirling disease coordinator for the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks.
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