Starting Jan. 1, anglers in Connecticut can keep brook trout only 9 inches or longer, while the number of locations where absolutely no brook trout harvest will be allowed is increasing from 20 to 22.

For the last two weeks Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission personnel and volunteers have been stocking trout in ...

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 ...

If you get the chance to fish for native brook trout in their home waters, don't pass it up. There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport ...

SARANAC, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced a new state record for brook trout. Benjamin Ferguson of Lowville, which is in Lewis County, caught a ...

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 ...

Benjamin Ferguson from Lowville, New York, and his fishing pal Shawn Widrick of Croghan, New York, are old hands at wilderness camping, canoeing and fishing in the wilds of the Adirondacks, located in ...

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 ...

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?