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?

Brook trout may be Pennsylvania’s state fish, but there are several reasons why they only make up about 4% of the stocked fish each year. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stocks about 3.2 ...

Pennsylvania's state fish is a freshwater favorite — the brook trout. The brook goes by several names locally, including brown trout, brookie and speckled trout.It is also the only native trout not ...

A Colorado man caught a huge trout and it’s the third time the state record has been broken in 2022. Matt Smiley, a tackle salesman from Lake City, Colorado, reeled in an eight-pound, nine-ounce brook ...

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 ...

The native brook trout, the official state fish of New York, is making a comeback in Adirondack streams due to the success of ...

The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently released its 2026 stocking schedule to distribute about 3.2 million trout.

From Ute Lake walleye to Tingley trout, see this week’s top New Mexico catches, hot baits and key lake closures before you go ...

Hughes says on Long Island, a two-month window for ice-fishing can occur in January and February. "If you get cold, still nights, you can have consistent ice; the best places are smaller lakes and ...

Pennsylvania stocks about 3.2 million trout annually, but only 4% are brook trout, the state fish. The number of stocked brook trout has been significantly reduced since 2016 to protect wild ...