“A majority of the brook trout streams are located in the Allegheny and Genesee watersheds,” says Tom Hoffman, ... Skipping lunch one day, he opted to try a small stream near the resort.

This is not to say, however, that brook trout are always little. The current state record brook trout was harvested in 2022. The fish from Waterdog Lake tipped the scales at 26.25 pounds. The old idea ...

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) began assessing all trout waters in January 2025 and while most ...

1. Stalk Stockers. Ponds and small lakes form the backbone of many states’ put-and-take trout programs. In some cases, these waters aren’t able to sustain year-round wild trout populations due ...

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.

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.

They are typically found in small, upland streams, primarily in the northern tier of the state. Today, Eastern brook trout are found in only a fraction of the waters of their native range, the DEP ...

The only thing more stunning than a September brook trout is an October brook trout. This non-native little char that swims in trout streams all over eastern Idaho really puts on a show this time ...

With splashes and dashes, thousands of tiny brook trout swam free in several southeast Minnesota streams this August. That represented a major milestone in a Minnesota Department of Natural Resourc… ...