By the Numbers: Fishing Edition

88%: trout’s chance of survival if exhaustively exercised

62%: trout’s chance of survival if exhaustively exercised and held out of the water for 30 seconds

28%: trout’s chance of survival if exhaustively exercised and held out of the water for 60 seconds

33.1: weight of Montana’s record rainbow trout, in pounds

14: estimated pounds of edible meat on said trout

389,882: total Montana fishermen in 2008 (resident and non-resident)

1,286,136: total resident conservation/fishing licenses sold in the last 10 years

5: daily trout limit (rainbow, brown, or golden) in Central District rivers and streams