Smiley’s trout measured 26.25 inches in length and 16 inches in girth. Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The state brook trout record has been broken three times in the last five months.

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 ...

Northern Brook Trout. The northern strain of the brook trout is what you’ll encounter if you fish for brookies in the Rockies. In the late 1800s, ...

The state’s eight trout hatcheries combined are expected to release approximately 2.4 million rainbow, 693,000 brown, 125,000 brook and 14,000 golden rainbow trout.

The program, called the “5-in-5,” reclaimed five ponds in and around the White Mountain National Forest for native brook trout in just five years. Brook trout, with their characteristic orange ...

Brook trout may have a genetic trick up their scales when it comes to adapting, with limitations, to heat waves that threaten their existence. Scientists have known for years that brook trout—an ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — If you want to get technical, they are actually a kind of char, not closely related to other trout. But by whatever name, brook trout are Pennsylvania’s state fish.

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Monday the implementation of the Brook Trout Reserves Program, a new initiative to protect Wisconsin's native brook trout ...

Larry Vickers, an angler from Lake City, caught a brook trout that reportedly weighed 8.22 pounds a week before Smiley, but he opted to skip Colorado’s record certification process, so he could ...

Water Temperature Brown and rainbow trout operate at their best in temperatures between 45° and 65°. Brook trout often get lumped into that ideal temperature range, but the reality is that any ...