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 ...

Recent time in the high country led me along a small trickle of a stream. Brook trout preparing for spawning season burst through the shallow water, spooked by my surprise presence. I returned later ...

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 ...

New York’s state fish is the colorful brook trout. These fish has been around since the glaciers receded thousands of years ago, a native fish that is not a trout at all. It’s actually a char, like ...

The presence of brook trout says a lot about the condition of a lake, river, or stream. Brook trout are sensitive fish that can only spawn, grow, and survive in clean, cold water. If a body of water ...

Every time I fish a brook trout stream, I’m reminded why I have such a soft spot for them. I’m a sucker for dry fly eats, and a brook trout hits a dry fly like no other. The best thing about them?

Pennsylvania stocks about 3.2 million trout annually, but only 4% are brook trout, the state fish. The number of stocked ...

In addition to the new regulations, state biologists are transferring wild brook trout to waterways where they have ...

It was my last day fishing with the “Michigan guys.” I first met them when Joe Sprys invited me to speak and tie flies at the Michigan Fly Fishing Club’s annual banquet. That’s when I learned that a ...

Question: I have heard that you can catch trout in the Cuyuna mine pits. Are these native trout? Answer: Yes, there are trout in the old iron mine pits near Crosby, but most of the trout are not ...

A fish kill incident has wreaked havoc on native brook trout in a Minnesota stream. On August 2 nd, a fish kill was reported on Tischer Creek, which runs through the small city of Duluth, Minnesota.