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 has taken his canoe all across the Adirondacks, searching for big brook trout in wild places. And during a paddling expedition over Fourth of July weekend, the adventurous New Yorker ...

South Carolina's brook trout record, which until 2010 had stood for more than 30 years, was recently broken three times in less than a week as mature brood fish from the Walhalla State Fish Hatchery ...

A fisheries agent released thousands of fingerling brook trout into an Afton stream Wednesday in a milestone achievement after a years-long effort to repair damage to the stream brought by decades of ...

An aerial view of strategic wood addition work on the Waits River in Groton State Forest. Photo courtesy of Jud Kratzer, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. ORANGE — On a mid-June afternoon, the Waits ...

Fabius Brook begins life as a spring bubbling out of the ground in a cedar swamp located halfway between the villages of Tully and Fabius. It’s one of the few streams in Onondaga County that flows ...

Recent time in the high country led me along a small trickle of a stream. Brook trout preparing for spawning season burst through the shallow water, spooked by my surprise presence. I returned later ...

Native Americans were catching and eating brook trout from our streams hundreds of years before the first Pilgrims arrived in 1620. The Indians introduced the brook trout to Pilgrims as food and also ...

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?

Benjamin Ferguson (right) holds up the state-record brook trout alongside his fishing buddy Shawn Widrick; Ferguson caught the trout during a three-day canoe trip in the Adirondacks. Benjamin Ferguson ...