Recently on Facebook, there were pictures and an article about a giant brook trout that was caught in the Adirondacks on July 5. It was 22 inches long and beat the previous six-pound record by three ...

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 ...

Benjamin Ferguson from Lowville, New York, and his fishing pal Shawn Widrick of Croghan, New York, are old hands at wilderness camping, canoeing and fishing in the wilds of the Adirondacks, located in ...

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?

One day this summer, shortly after noon, the angle of the sun must have been just right: It allowed Ben Harris to see shadows inside dozens of protective tree tubes that he and Amish farm boys had ...

With the scourge of the mountains in the past, it was time to get back on the trails. Yes, the infamous blackfly season is just a memory, so a couple of weeks ago I was once again hiking in the ...

Anglers who braved sunny but cold conditions were rewarded with some large fish at Rhode Island ponds. The Department of Environmental Management planned to stock 13 ponds the last two weeks of ...

When the General Assembly of Pennsylvania officially made the brook trout the state fish, March 9, 1970, there wasn’t really another candidate worthy of consideration. While it’s common these days for ...