While it can be effective anywhere on any number of species, it is well-suited for fishing the native brook trout “small waters” of southwest Virginia, West Virginia and western North Carolina.

Thus, a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) transplanted from its native California to Virginia is regarded as a nonnative in its new home; by the same reasoning, an Eastern brook trout becomes a ...

They’ve become a favorite among fly anglers in the American West – but to get the best of what brook trout fishing offers, head east. Brookies are native to the eastern United States ...

For many fishermen, wild trout fishing is about getting away from the crowds and enjoying some blue lining. You click in the ...

If the stream is small enough, they remove and kill the rainbow and brown trout that invaded these waters a century ago. In larger, deeper sections, they’ll scoop up as many native brook trout as ...

Aa Aa Aa Over the past 100 years, brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, (Figure 1) have experienced extensive declines throughout their native range. Declines have been especially precipitous in the ...

When it comes to native fish species such as lake sturgeon, lake trout and brook trout, the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation office located in Basom (part of the U.S. Fish and ...

Robert Riggs and his son Brent carried their small jon boat, trolling motor, and fishing gear to the edge of Mannington Lake in West Virginia ... trout, a hybrid cross between a brown and a brook ...

It’s critical to enjoy the resource responsibly so that native brook trout always have a home in the mountain streams of Pennsylvania. (Faux is a member of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers ...

Robert Riggs holds up the new West Virginia ... trout I’d ever seen.” Read Next: The 10 Best Trout Lures of 2025, Proven Fish Catchers for All Trout Species The two quickly identified the fish as a ...