Brook trout may be Pennsylvania’s state fish, but there are several reasons why they only make up about 4% of the stocked fish each year. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stocks about 3.2 ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania's state fish is a freshwater favorite — the brook trout. The brook goes by several names locally, including brown trout, brookie and speckled trout.It is also the only native trout not ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has been busy stocking millions of trout across the state, but as an angler, do you know the differences between the types of fish? The agency raises about ...

Anglers across Pennsylvania got out for Saturday’s start to trout season, in pursuit of some 3.2 million adult trout being stocked this year in 691 streams and 130 lakes open to the public. New Jersey ...

Anglers planning to fish along Roaring Brook in Lackawanna County this season will encounter changes due to ongoing bridge ...

This potential change aims to better manage and protect wild trout populations, particularly brook and brown trout. A recent survey found that 85% of anglers would support increasing the minimum size ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will begin stocking Pennsylvania waterways with trout next week. Beginning Oct. 1 and continuing through mid-December, the PFBC will stock about 116,500 ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is considering increasing the minimum legal size for trout by 2 inches. Currently, a trout must be at least 7 inches long for an angler to keep that fish ...

Pennsylvania stocks about 3.2 million trout annually, but only 4% are brook trout, the state fish. The number of stocked brook trout has been significantly reduced since 2016 to protect wild ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is considering whether to raise the minimum size for anglers to keep trout. During the agency’s Fisheries Committee meeting on Sept. 30, members spoke about ...