There’s not a prettier sight in the spring than a native brook trout. Interestingly, brook trout aren’t really trout, but char and are closely related to Arctic Char, Dolly Varden and Lake Trout. If ...

Steve Schwartz demonstrates fly fishing technique in front of his home in Equinunk, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jackson River. A huge caddis hatch is keeping things interesting on the Jackson River, both above and below Gathright Dam. A tried and true size 14 Elk Hair Caddis is the ticket. Native Brook Trout ...

Connecticut is starting the year by rewriting how you fish for trout, and the changes are aimed squarely at keeping wild brook trout from slipping away. New size limits, special stream designations, ...

I grew up fishing, hiking, making maple syrup, and enjoying outdoor activities. I still do a lot of those activities, especially fishing. One of the native fish species that are supposed to be in New ...

Brown trout are a perfect example of this tinkering. Although they’re naturalized and fully wild in many places around the ...

Brook trout, scientifically known as Salvelinus fontinalis —the "little salmon of the fountain"—had lost their fountains, the clear, cool, richly oxygenated waters they need to survive. By 1879, ...

There is a line in a M*A*S*H episode where the Maj. Charles Winchester character states: “My family has had problems with immigrants ever since we came to America.” Although meant as a rhetorical joke ...

A combination of tools old and relatively new will be used to rid a creek in North Idaho of the colorful but invasive brook trout. In September, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game plans to poison ...