When the General Assembly of Pennsylvania officially made the brook trout the state fish, March 9, 1970, there wasn’t really another candidate worthy of consideration. While it’s common these days for ...

If you’ve ever stood on the bank of a river with a fly rod, stared at the water, and wondered, ‘Where the hell do I start?’, you’re not alone. When you’re just getting started trout fishing, even ...

Editor’s Note: The trout season has just begun here in New York as I write this. A friend of mine called a little while ago to tell me he was going to take his teenage boys out for the opener and ask ...

Leave the fly rod and grab the muck boots. For an interesting take on brook trout angling, make for the hardwoods instead of the main stream. These quick tips on catching small creek, under the radar ...

I’ve got a few tattoos, one of which is a trout—a big hook-jaw brown on my leg. It’s fair to say that trout are my favorite freshwater species, and I’ve been fishing for them since I was a wee tiny ...

3/20: Jeff Makela, of Superior, caught this 28-inch native brown trout from a small spring pond in Bayfield County. It was caught July 19, 2025, after a morning rain storm. "I hope to share the story ...

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However, that sounded authoritarian, and also, might not appeal to the anglers who could benefit the most. After doing some research, which included pulling out a file titled wading, I decided this ...

TWRA says seasonal trout stockings were completed last week at North Chickamauga Creek and Big Soddy Creek, improving fall ...