Stewart Beatty and his fishing partner Ricky Trahant have dominated the five-speckled-trout-stringer categories at recent rodeos. This summer's trophy speckled trout fishing has looked like last ...

I thought of all the pursuits over on Penns Creek waiting for Hendrickson mayflies to bring wild brown trout to the surface as I jammed a clip of my stringer through the gills of my fourth stocked ...

It means more than picking out a favorite poppin’ bug for a bream fishing trip or something like the old Peck’s Popper to lure a strike from an aggressive largemouth bass. Around here, fly fishing ...

Opening day of trout season fell on April Fool’s Day this year, so when I arrived on the shores of West Valley Creek Saturday morning at 7 a.m., I found that plenty of other “fishin’ fools” had ...

The blue nylon stringer is tied to a log along the shore of the Sucker River. At the end of the stringer, four Kamloops rainbow trout ride lightly in the current. They are handsome fish, silvery with ...

You can never tell who's going to ultimately win the speckled-trout-stringer category of the Faux Pas Rodeo based on what you see on the scales Thursday. Many anglers like to hold onto their fish so ...

One day, my friend Pete Fleischman was driving in the sand country of central Wisconsin when a couple of Huck Finn look-alikes popped out of the trees. They were carrying fishing rods and something ...

Coastal fishermen are wondering just how eventful this weekend’s Free Fishing Days across the state will be. Free Fishing Days means resident and nonresidents alike can fish in our state without ...

When ice fishing stocked trout, knowing where to look can make all the difference. Ask your local fisheries biologist about winter trout fishing opportunities in your area. Trout are stocked in a ...

This event featured a live weigh-in via video, with all fish being released right after the fish were caught. Two-person teams were allowed to enter their largest three speckled trout.

In many respects, trout are the “everyman” fish of the United States. Wild trout are revered in cold-flowing streams and rivers from upstate New York to New Mexico. Stocked, hatchery raised trout ...