Thanks everyone for the responses. John, strange - that article was posted on the very day (5-30) we were catching these fish! You are correct - and the picture in the article pharper posted confirms it - the salamanders in the lake we were at are definitely the Montana long-toed guys.

Anyway, thanks for looking into this everyone. I'm hopefully going back to the lake on Friday and if I have time this week I'll try to get a little creative at the vice and see what I come up with. I'll let you know if there any new developments...