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 ...

(Brook trout survival typically requires water temperatures below 68 degrees.) Planting trees has a huge effect on just about everything. “It’s good for the birds,” Harris says.

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, ...

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 ...

Anglers cheer new federal dollars aimed at keeping streams healthy for native brook trout. The initiative is one of more than 60 conservation projects nationwide to receive a total of more than $122 ...

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.

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.

In 1997, the state issued a minimum harvesting size of 7 inches for trout, both wild and stocked. This minimum was increased to 9 inches in 2008.

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 ...

Brook trout is the New Jersey state fish. The DEP will lead a multistate partnership to restore Eastern brook trout to waterways in NJ, NY and PA.

Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery will launch its popular Saturday Spring Fishing program this Saturday, April 5, from 9-11:30 a.m. The program runs through May 24. Cost is $5 per person, pre ...

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 ...