Wildlife Commission urges public to refrain from moving mountain trout to other locations. Newly stocked fish can have ...

Benjamin Ferguson from Lowville, New York, and his fishing pal Shawn Widrick of Croghan, New York, are old hands at ...

Brook trout to be released into the Pequannock River. Brook trout require cold, high-quality habitats. They are typically found in small, upland streams, primarily in the northern tier of the state.

I had commitments that couldn’t wait on the Front Range. For my last day, we decided to fish a small brook trout stream in the Collegiate Peaks that we’d fished every year we’d been near it.

Skipping lunch one day, he opted to try a small stream near the resort. He was rewarded with two brook trout over 11 inches long – nice fish in anyone’s book and stellar for Western New York.

This beautifully colored fish is a true Pennsylvania native. Actually not a trout, but a char, the native brook trout requires clean, cold, pure, well-oxygenated water to survive.

Brook trout swim in the Presumpscot River in 2021 after being released by Gov. Janet Mills and representatives of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer ...

A brook trout usually reaches 7 to 12 inches in length but can grow to over 2 feet and weigh up to 15 pounds in larger lakes. Locally, Henry’s Lake produces some large brookies.

Brook trout, with their characteristic orange underbelly and speckled sides, is a highly valued fish in the eastern United States. They only survive in cool, exceptionally clean water.

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.

The majority were foot-long trout weighing about a pounds. There were a few very large brook, brown and golden trout, including a 9.5-pound tiger trout and a lunker golden trout.

Ben Harris, program manager in western Maryland for Trout Unlimited, surveys the growth of trees planted in spring near a small creek, home to native brook trout, on an Amish farm in Garrett County.