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 ...
This harbor is one of only two or three known shoreline-spawning habitats for coaster brook trout, according to a new report ...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. The cold, clear water of LeConte Creek cascades over moss-covered boulders, lingers momentarily in small pools skirted by dense rhododendron, then rushes on through the hemlock, ...
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 ...
As the Potomac Headwaters Home Rivers Initiative coordinator for the conservation group Trout Unlimited (TU), one of Dustin Wichterman’s many jobs is to identify cold water creeks in the area that are ...
Discover how Wyoming's Game Creek restoration project led to a dramatic increase in native Snake River cutthroat trout by ...
Ice fishing for black bass appeals to the author because of the fish’s size and the powerful fight it delivers once hooked. Credit: Courtesy of Al Raychard Our kind and generous outdoors editor, Susan ...
The Latin name for brook trout -- Salvelinus fontinalis -- means 'speckled fish of the fountains,' but a new study suggests, for the first time, that the larger streams and rivers those fountains, or ...
Despite many decades of annual brook trout stocking in one northcentral Pennsylvania watershed, the wild brook trout populations show few genes from hatchery fish, according to researchers. Despite ...
Editor's note: This was originally published in 2017. ASHEVILLE - It’s not a large fish, the brook trout, sometimes called a “brookie” or a speckled trout. A respectable catch, one worthy of a ...